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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Long Beach Grand Slam
August 23 - 28, 2016

(2) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

211

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$777,745.86

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

Awards

Team of the Year 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Sportsperson 2018

Awards

Best Hitter 2013, 2014
Best Offensive Player 2013, 2016
Best Setter 2013, 2018
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	105	13	5	8	6	15	0	31	2	16	2	1	3	3	US$1,131,175.00

Previous Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Janis Smedins - 5th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th
2014	Janis Smedins - 5th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th
2015	Janis Smedins - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-18/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	9	19th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	1	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	6	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	5	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	6	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	13	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	9	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	4	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	4	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	4	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	2	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	7	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	1	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	1	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	2	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	3	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	9	5th	480	US$17,000.00

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool B	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (15)	Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:48
Thu, 8/25/2016	Pool B	Tilo Backhaus / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (31)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:29
Thu, 8/25/2016	Pool B	Jonathan Erdmann / Bennet Poniewaz, Germany (18)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 8/26/2016	Winner 2	Martins Plavins / Haralds Regza, Latvia (17)	Won 21-9, 21-15	0:27
Sat, 8/27/2016	Winner 3	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (5)	Won 14-21, 21-9, 16-14	0:42
Sat, 8/27/2016	Semi-Finals	Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (3)	Lost 21-14, 14-21, 11-15	0:51
Sun, 8/28/2016	Bronze Medal	Marco Caminati / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (20)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:41

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$22,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	4	5	4	2	8	0	11	2	8	1	0	$776,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	8	0	4	3	6	0	16	0	7	2	0	$280,675.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00
Total	105	13	5	8	6	15	0	31	2	19	3	0	$1,131,175.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Samoilovs												Janis Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00
81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50
5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50	Total	170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	FIVB	13	3	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	$197,300.00	61	14	81.3 %
2014	FIVB	12	1	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	$233,500.00	50	20	71.4 %
2015	FIVB	9	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$123,000.00	40	14	74.1 %
2016	FIVB	14	3	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	$249,875.00	59	22	72.8 %
Total	FIVB	48	9	5	4	4	9	0	12	0	4	1	0	$803,675.00	210	70	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Samoilovs													Janis Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,250.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	3	$31,400.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,550.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00	2012	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	$47,975.00
13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00	2013	FIVB	13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00
13	1	2	0	2	5	1	1	1	0	$117,350.00	2014	FIVB	12	1	2	0	2	5	1	0	1	0	$116,750.00
10	2	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	$65,000.00	2015	FIVB	9	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$61,500.00
14	3	0	2	2	1	3	3	0	0	$124,937.50	2016	FIVB	14	3	0	2	2	1	3	3	0	0	$124,937.50
144	11	6	4	4	20	41	26	19	13	$608,887.50	Total	Total	110	10	7	6	6	13	26	16	7	19	$530,712.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	234	70.9%	47	14.2%	49	14.8%	281-49	85.2%	53	31.4%	31	18.3%	85	50.3%	53-116	31.4%	234-85	73.4%	100-80	55.6%	3	2	337-167	66.9%
2015-2016	69	71.1%	13	13.4%	15	15.5%	82-15	84.5%	17	43.6%	8	20.5%	14	35.9%	17-22	43.6%	69-14	83.1%	30-23	56.6%	2	0	101-37	73.2%
Against the Field	50	74.6%	8	11.9%	9	13.4%	58-9	86.6%	16	40.0%	7	17.5%	17	42.5%	16-24	40.0%	100-34	74.6%	48-32	60.0%	0	0	74-33	69.2%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	88	36	0	0	54	25	9	6	4	2	4	5	163	77
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	72	29	0	0	51	28	8	7	4	3	8	0	146	70
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	12	4
Total	0	0	8	6	178	76	0	0	112	60	18	14	8	6	13	5	337	167

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 56-20 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 1-3
7/10/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Lucena	2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-18, 21-16	0:36
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-19, 21-13	0:36
9/13/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	24-22, 21-19	0:44
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	24	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	17-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 3 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-3
8/27/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Solberg	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	14-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:51
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Goncalves/Solberg	4	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	21-16, 20-22, 15-7	0:49
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool F	Goncalves/Solberg	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 4 Gibb/Patterson, United States 5-3
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Gibb/Patterson	5	21-17, 21-19	0:40
7/2/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Gibb/Patterson	4	21-18, 21-16	0:38
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Gibb/Patterson	12, Q1	21-15, 21-17	0:33
8/2/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Gibb/Patterson	16	21-19, 21-15	0:40
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Gibb/Patterson	13	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	14-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:54
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-15, 21-16	0:34
5/26/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gibb/Patterson	7	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 5-2
8/27/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kantor/Losiak	5	14-21, 21-9, 16-14	0:42
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	23, Q1	Samoilovs/Smedins	7	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:44
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kantor/Losiak	16	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	1:15
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kantor/Losiak	21	21-14, 21-14	0:32
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kantor/Losiak	25	21-12, 21-15	0:28
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kantor/Losiak	19	21-16, 21-16	0:34
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kantor/Losiak	19	21-18, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 5-3
7/10/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-14, 34-32	0:51
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Gavira/Herrera	4	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-16, 21-17	0:37
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-18, 20-22, 20-18	0:56
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Gavira/Herrera	3	23-25, 21-17, 16-14	0:55
10/12/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-14, 21-12	0:29
7/25/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gavira/Herrera	14	21-19, 26-24	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 3-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Ontiveros/Virgen	9	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-14, 21-19	0:34
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Ontiveros/Virgen	7	21-17, 21-16	0:37
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Ontiveros/Virgen	24, Q8	24-22, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
7/24/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Ontiveros/Virgen	19	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Bourne/Hyden, United States 2-0
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Bourne/Hyden	13	24-22, 21-16	0:37
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Bourne/Hyden	13	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 6-1
7/30/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	22-24, 21-16, 15-9	0:54
7/2/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-18, 21-16	0:37
5/15/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Fijalek/Prudel	6	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:55
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool H	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	21-17, 21-19	0:36
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Fijalek/Prudel	1	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 2-0
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Felipe/Filho	12	15-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:46
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Felipe/Filho	12	21-23, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 12 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 2-0
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	O'Gorman/Pedlow	20	23-21, 21-17	0:39
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	O'Gorman/Pedlow	18	21-15, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 2-1
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool A	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	16	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:38
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	7	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	26, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:31
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	18	21-15, 29-27	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 2-1
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Binstock/Schachter	20	21-23, 21-18, 15-10	0:45
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Binstock/Schachter	16	21-17, 21-18	0:41
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Binstock/Schachter	28, Q12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-19, 24-26, 15-8	0:57
Lead the series against # 15 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 3-1
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:48
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	21-16, 21-13	0:34
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-17, 21-17	0:37
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	22-20, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 9-1
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool F	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	23-25, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21	23-21, 21-16	0:35
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	24, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:29
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	14	21-18, 21-16	0:33
9/12/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	6	21-16, 19-21, 15-6	0:52
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	20, Q2	21-14, 21-10	0:29
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	21-14, 21-19	0:38
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	19	21-17, 21-19	0:35
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	18	21-19, 21-19	0:38
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	16	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 3-0
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Plavins/Regza	17	21-9, 21-15	0:27
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Plavins/Regza	16	21-18, 21-12	0:35
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Plavins/Regza	9	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Erdmann/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Erdmann/Poniewaz	18	22-20, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Crabb/Crabb, United States 1-0
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Crabb/Crabb	29, Q8	21-10, 21-13	0:28
Lead the series against # 20 Caminati/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
8/28/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Caminati/Ranghieri	20	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 21, Q1 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 1-0
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Bryl/Kujawiak	26, Q8	21-15, 23-25, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 22 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30, Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 31 Backhaus/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Backhaus/Windscheif	31	21-14, 21-13	0:29