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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Huntington Beach Four Star
May 1 - 6, 2018

(9) 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 Huntington Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	5	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	5	5th	480	US$6,000.00
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

Huntington Beach Four Star Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/3/2018

Winner 2

Markus Bockermann / Lars Fluggen, Germany (24)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	27	13	3	0.370	1	5	2	1
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	2	1	0
	2	14	6	1	0.357	1	3	1	1
Janis Smedins	Total	17	7	1	0.353	1	7	3	1
	1	11	5	1	0.364	1	6	1	0
	2	6	2	0	0.333	0	1	2	1

Fri, 5/4/2018

Winner 3

Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (8)

Won 19-21, 21-10, 15-12

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	35	19	7	0.343	6	6	3	0
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	2	1	0
	2	10	5	3	0.200	5	3	1	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	1	1	1	0
Janis Smedins	Total	22	13	3	0.455	0	13	0	4
	1	4	4	2	0.500	0	3	0	3
	2	12	4	1	0.250	0	7	0	1
	3	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	0	0

Fri, 5/4/2018

Winner 4

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (1)

Won 24-22, 21-18

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	40	17	8	0.225	2	6	2	3
	1	21	8	2	0.286	0	4	1	3
	2	19	9	6	0.158	2	2	1	0
Janis Smedins	Total	24	10	4	0.250	2	15	0	1
	1	15	6	2	0.267	2	9	0	1
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	6	0	0

Sat, 5/5/2018

Winner 5

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (12)

Won 12-21, 21-16, 15-12

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	39	17	5	0.308	6	4	1	3
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	2	1	2
	2	17	7	1	0.353	3	0	0	0
	3	11	5	1	0.364	3	2	0	1
Janis Smedins	Total	19	11	1	0.526	0	7	2	1
	1	7	3	0	0.429	0	1	0	0
	2	5	4	1	0.600	0	2	2	1
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	4	0	0

Sun, 5/6/2018

Semi-Finals

Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (7)

Lost 21-17, 18-21, 10-15

0:55

Sun, 5/6/2018

Bronze Medal

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (12)

Lost 20-22, 17-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	Total	21	13	4	0.429	1	2	0	3
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	0	0	1
	2	10	6	2	0.400	1	2	0	2
Janis Smedins	Total	19	11	3	0.421	0	7	4	5
	1	6	6	2	0.667	0	4	3	2
	2	13	5	1	0.308	0	3	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Aleksandrs Samoilovs	162	79	27	0.321	16	23	8	10
Janis Smedins	101	52	12	0.396	3	49	9	12
Total	263	131	39	0.350	19	72	17	22
Opponents	262	127	48	0.302	14	69	10	27

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 45-32 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 5 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 2-4
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 4	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	24-22, 21-18	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 2 Goncalves/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
8/4/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Goncalves/Loyola	4	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	24-22, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 3 Doppler/Horst, Austria 6-4
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool B	Doppler/Horst	18	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:44
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 # 4 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
Series tied with # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 4-3
5/6/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:55
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
Lead the series against # 8 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 6-5
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Cerutti/Schmidt	8	19-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:49
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	21-17, 21-16	0:33
6/3/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:50
7/3/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
6/19/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	21-19, 21-15	0:37
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	21-12, 21-19	0:33
7/12/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:44
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-17, 21-19	0:38
8/3/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-14, 21-17	0:35
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	21-9, 21-19	0:35
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	13-21, 23-21, 15-7	0:53
Lead the series against # 10 Solberg/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
3/4/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	Solberg/Wanderley	9, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 6-4
5/6/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	22-20, 21-17	0:42
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 5	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gavira/Herrera	12	12-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:41
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 # 14 Brunner/Hyden, United States 1-0
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Brunner/Hyden	12	21-14, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 18 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-2
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	25-23, 21-17	0:38
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 # 20 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 # 23 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 # 24 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 6-3
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Bockermann/Fluggen	24	21-14, 21-11	0:30
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 # 26 Aye/Krou, France 1-0
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Aye/Krou	28, Q8	21-19, 15-21, 15-7	0:46
Lead the series against # 29 Patterson/Slick, United States 1-0
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Patterson/Slick	19	21-18, 21-18	0:38