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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$75,000 Doha Open
November 4 - 8, 2014

(3) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Toms 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

Toms Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Göteborg 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$33,414.46

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$1,200.00

Previous Doha Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Doha Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/5/2014	Pool C	Khallouf Abdelaziz / Tamer Abdelrasoul, Qatar (30)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:31
Wed, 11/5/2014	Pool C	Michael Plantinga / Cameron Wheelan, Canada (19, Q2)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:33
Thu, 11/6/2014	Pool C	Tim Holler / Jonas Schroder, Germany (14)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 12-15	0:42
Thu, 11/6/2014	Winner 1	Peter Kildegaard / Martin Olesen, Denmark (18)	Lost 20-22, 14-21	0:33

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Samoilovs												Toms 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
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00
5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00
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	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50	Total	73	0	2	2	1	8	8	7	9	0	$32,700.00

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
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Samoilovs													Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$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	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	3	$31,400.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,650.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00	2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	$13,500.00
13	1	2	0	2	5	1	1	1	0	$117,350.00	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$600.00
120	6	5	1	2	18	34	22	19	13	$418,950.00	Total	Total	53	0	1	0	1	3	7	6	8	27	$28,525.00

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	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2013-2014	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 14 Holler/Schroder, Germany 0-1
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool C	Holler/Schroder	14	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:42
Trail the series against # 18 Kildegaard/Olesen, Denmark 0-1
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 1	Kildegaard/Olesen	18	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	22-20, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 Plantinga/Wheelan, Canada 1-0
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Plantinga/Wheelan	19, Q2	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 30 Abdelaziz/Abdelrasoul, Qatar 1-0
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Abdelaziz/Abdelrasoul	30	21-15, 21-17	0:31