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US$150,000 Dela Beach Open Three Star
June 14 - 18, 2017

(2) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

234

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$861,578.86

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

190

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$783,311.13

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
CEV	14	2	4	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$121,149.93
FIVB	105	13	5	8	6	15	0	31	2	16	2	1	3	3	US$1,131,175.00
Overall	119	15	9	9	6	17	0	35	2	17	2	1	3	3	US$1,252,324.93

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Did not play
2010	Did not play	Martins Plavins - 17th
2011	Ruslans Sorokins - 13th	Martins Plavins - 25th
CEV 2012	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Martins Plavins - 9th
2013	Janis Smedins - 2nd	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 2nd
2014	Janis Smedins - 5th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th
2015	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	1	4th	300	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	2	17th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2016	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	2	5th	0	US$9,000.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	1	1st	320	€ 6,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	2	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
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

The Hague Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/15/2017	Pool B	Mees Blom / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (31)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:26
Fri, 6/16/2017	Pool B	Martins Plavins / Haralds Regza, Latvia (15)	Won 13-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:40
Sat, 6/17/2017	Winner 2	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (11)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:34

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	1	$776,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	8	0	4	3	6	0	16	0	7	2	2	$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
Confederation Championship	11	1	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	$93,250.00
Total	116	14	9	8	6	16	0	35	2	20	3	3	$1,224,425.00

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	1	$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	5	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	2	$465,900.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	12	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	21	$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
14	1	4	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	$50,750.00	Confederation Championship	14	1	4	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$54,875.00
225	16	12	8	6	28	68	46	23	18	$828,062.50	Total	184	15	11	11	8	21	53	33	9	23	$749,937.50

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 %
2013	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2014	FIVB	12	1	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	$233,500.00	50	20	71.4 %
2014	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
2015	FIVB	9	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$123,000.00	40	14	74.1 %
2015	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,625.00	12	1	92.3 %
2016	FIVB	15	3	0	2	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	$258,875.00	61	23	72.6 %
2016	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	10	2	83.3 %
2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,000.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	52	9	5	4	5	10	0	13	0	5	1	0	$824,675.00	220	77	74.1 %
Total	CEV	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$62,625.00	33	6	84.6 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,875.00	2013	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2014	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
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
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,312.50	2015	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,312.50
15	3	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	$129,437.50	2016	FIVB	15	3	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	$129,437.50
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2016	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$6,000.00	2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$6,000.00
163	13	8	5	5	23	46	31	19	13	$656,225.00	Total	Total	126	12	9	8	7	16	28	20	7	19	$581,025.00

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%
2016-2017	48	66.7%	12	16.7%	12	16.7%	60-12	83.3%	15	36.6%	8	19.5%	18	43.9%	15-26	36.6%	48-18	72.7%	27-20	57.4%	2	0	77-38	67.0%
Against the Field	34	60.7%	9	16.1%	13	23.2%	43-13	76.8%	14	30.4%	8	17.4%	24	52.2%	14-32	30.4%	68-46	59.6%	46-42	52.3%	0	1	57-45	55.9%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	22	7	0	0	15	6	5	0	0	0	1	4	43	17
Total	0	0	8	6	200	83	0	0	127	66	23	14	8	6	14	9	380	184

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 45-18 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 5-1
9/16/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	21-19, 21-14	0:34
7/30/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	21-18, 21-19	0:36
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool D	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	21-19, 32-30	0:42
8/2/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	21-18, 21-19	0:38
7/12/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 7-4
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
8/1/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-18, 24-22	0:41
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
6/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Gavira/Herrera	4	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:50
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
8/4/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Gavira/Herrera	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-19, 21-17	0:44
7/25/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gavira/Herrera	14	21-19, 26-24	0:45
Series tied with # 7 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 1-1
6/3/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Semi-Finals	Krasilnikov/Liamin	8	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-14, 21-17	0:33
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Krasilnikov/Liamin	15	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Brunner/Patterson, United States 1-0
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Brunner/Patterson	12	30-32, 21-14, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 2-6
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-18, 21-18	0:34
9/12/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
6/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-19, 14-21, 17-15	0:55
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	24-26, 21-18, 15-12	0:56
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	24-22, 25-23	0:45
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:50
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Doppler/Horst, Austria 6-3
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool A	Doppler/Horst	17	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-15, 21-13	0:29
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	9	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Doppler/Horst	9	21-17, 28-26	0:45
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Doppler/Horst	10	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
8/24/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Doppler/Horst	17	22-20, 21-17	0:38
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Doppler/Horst	20	21-18, 21-16	0:36
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Doppler/Horst	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-18, 21-18	0:38
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Doppler/Horst	18	21-19, 21-17	0:38
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Doppler/Horst	16, Q1	21-18, 29-27	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 4-0
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Plavins/Regza	15	13-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:40
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 # 16 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 2-0
9/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	21-17, 21-14	1:33
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 # 17 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	17	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 2-0
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Dressler/Kunert	20	21-10, 18-21, 15-9	0:47
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Dressler/Kunert	13, Q4	21-16, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 27, Q13 Crabb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool B	Crabb/Rosenthal	31, Q12	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	25-23, 25-23	0:45
Lead the series against # 29, Q18 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	16, Q15	13-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 31 Blom/Penninga, Netherlands 1-0
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Blom/Penninga	31	21-13, 21-12	0:26
Lead the series against # Q4 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-0
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Babich/Gordieiev	31, Q9	21-14, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # Q12 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Gregory/Sheaf	15	21-8, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q14 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Faiga/Hilman	8	21-15, 23-21	0:35
Lead the series against # Q15 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 4-0
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	29, Q8	21-14, 21-18	0:34
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	17	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:46
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	15	21-15, 21-15	0:33
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	20, Q2	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Series tied with # Q17 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 1-1
9/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Bykanov/Koshkarev	7	18-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:42
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Bykanov/Koshkarev	27, Q3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	23-25, 24-22, 19-17	1:02
Lead the series against # Q19 Denin/Popov, Ukraine 1-0
9/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Denin/Popov	11, Q5	21-17, 22-20	0:34