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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008

(Q24) Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, Latvia

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

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

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	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	8	1	US$6,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,850.00
Overall	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	4	6	8	1	US$10,850.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Toms Smedins - 33rd	Janis Smedins - 33rd
2007	Toms Smedins - 33rd	Janis Smedins - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	30, Q12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/31-9/2/2007	Milan Challenger	4	9th	32	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	Q14	33rd	26	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	3	7th	40	US$1,200.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q22	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 1	Josip Kovacev / Jegor Zukovskij, Croatia (Q41)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:41
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 2	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (Q9)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:40
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 3	Fabien Dugrip / Gregory Gagliano, France (25, Q8)	Lost 18-21, 27-25, 12-15	0:56

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	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$4,850.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	4	0	$10,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Janis Smedins												Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00	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
66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00
79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00
4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00
6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00	Challenger	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50	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
2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	7	7	50.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,450.00	5	4	55.6 %
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	3	57.1 %
2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$4,000.00	7	10	41.2 %
2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	3	4	42.9 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	$6,000.00	18	20	47.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$4,850.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Janis Smedins													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	1	0	0	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	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
26	0	1	1	1	2	3	1	4	13	$7,725.00	Total	Total	26	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	4	14	$5,425.00

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	14	66.7%	2	9.5%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	3	15.0%	2	10.0%	15	75.0%	3-17	15.0%	14-15	48.3%	5-7	41.7%	1	0	20-22	47.6%
2007-2008	9	69.2%	0	0.0%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	9	69.2%	3-10	23.1%	9-9	50.0%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	12-14	46.2%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	8	72.7%	1-10	9.1%	6-16	27.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	5-12	29.4%

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	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	22
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	4
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	21	18	2	1	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	33	35

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Smedins trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Smedins/Smedins	32, Q16	21-13, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Smedins/Smedins	30, Q25	21-15, 21-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	3	Smedins/Smedins	30, Q12	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 24, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Smedins/Smedins	Q15	13-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:53
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Smedins/Smedins	32, Q16	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q1	8-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 25, Q8 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-2
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Dugrip/Gagliano	25, Q8	Smedins/Smedins	Q24	21-18, 25-27, 15-12	0:56
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Dugrip/Gagliano	19	Smedins/Smedins	30, Q12	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 28, Q14 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Pedrosa/Rosas	19	Smedins/Smedins	30, Q25	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 29, Q10 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	31, Q15	Smedins/Smedins	Q18	21-14, 21-23, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 31, Q18 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Henriquez/Hernandez	27, Q15	Smedins/Smedins	Q18	13-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q7 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Smedins	Q61	Lochhead/Pitman	Q4	22-20, 13-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # Q9 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Smedins	Q24	Berg/Brinkborg	Q9	21-19, 21-11	0:40
Trail the series against # Q17 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 0-2
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	29, Q13	Smedins/Smedins	Q20	21-14, 21-16	0:34
9/7/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Qualifier 2	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	23, Q5	Smedins/Smedins	Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q34 Abreu/Fernandes, Angola 1-0
9/5/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Smedins	30, Q12	Abreu/Fernandes	Q21	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q41 Kovacev/Zukovskij, Croatia 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Smedins	Q24	Kovacev/Zukovskij	Q41	21-14, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q54 Knapek/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Contender 2	Smedins/Smedins	9	Knapek/Mourtzios	11	25-23, 21-18	0:43