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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 KATARA Beach Volleyball Cup 2018
March 6 - 10, 2018

(5) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

209

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$776,151.48

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (37 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

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 Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Toms Smedins - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	12	3rd	960	US$20,000.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	3	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	2	9th	480	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	7	17th	160	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	5	17th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	2	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	2	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	1	4th	300	US$4,000.00

Doha Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/7/2018	Pool E	Kacper Kujawiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (28, Q12)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:32
Wed, 3/7/2018	Pool E	Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (12)	Lost 23-25, 20-22	0:39
Thu, 3/8/2018	Winner 1	Marco Caminati / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (18, Q1)	Won 21-18, 29-27	0:53
Thu, 3/8/2018	Winner 2	Billy Allen / Ryan Doherty, United States (25, Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:33
Thu, 3/8/2018	Winner 3	Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Igor Velichko, Russia (15)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:29

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 35-28 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 1-4
3/3/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	21-14, 21-12	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 2 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 6-2
3/3/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	Kantor/Losiak	3	12-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 3 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 2-7
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	21-16, 21-12	0:30
7/1/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-12, 14-21, 15-11	0:42
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
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
Series tied with # 4 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 # 7 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 # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 4-2
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:49
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
7/12/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 11 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 0-1
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool G	Pedlow/Schachter	10	Samoilovs/Smedins	7	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 12 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-2
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool E	Bryl/Fijalek	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	25-23, 22-20	0:39
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	Bryl/Fijalek	21	21-14, 21-13	0:31
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	16	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 Stoyanovskiy/Velichko, Russia 0-1
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 3	Stoyanovskiy/Velichko	15	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-15, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 17 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 2-0
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	21-14, 21-19	0:37
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 # 18, Q1 Caminati/Ranghieri, Italy 2-0
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Caminati/Ranghieri	18, Q1	21-18, 29-27	0:53
8/28/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Caminati/Ranghieri	20	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 19 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	21, Q3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	20-22, 21-18, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 5-3
7/30/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Bockermann/Fluggen	26	21-19, 21-15	0:39
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 1	Bockermann/Fluggen	19	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-19, 21-19	0:42
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	21-16, 21-15	0:34
5/15/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Bockermann/Fluggen	9	By Forfeit
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Semi-Finals	Bockermann/Fluggen	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
9/6/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	21-15, 25-23	0:44
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool C	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	13-21, 31-29, 15-13	0:53
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q7	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Allen/Doherty, United States 1-0
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Allen/Doherty	25, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 28, Q12 Kujawiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kujawiak/Rudol	28, Q12	21-16, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # Q18 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