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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Gstaad Major
July 5 - 10, 2016

(Q24) Toms Smedins/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia

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

Aleksandrs Solovejs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

108 kg (238 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Anapa 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$37,867.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	US$0.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Did not play	Martins Plavins - 25th
2013	Ruslans Sorokins - 25th	Did not play
2014	Did not play	Martins Plavins - 33rd
2015	Did not play	Rihards Finsters - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	80	US$0.00

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/5/2016	Qualifier 1	Ryan Doherty / John Mayer, United States (Q9)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:30

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Toms Smedins												Aleksandrs Solovejs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$14,250.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$16,250.00
9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	$7,250.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00	Challenger
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
73	0	2	2	1	8	8	7	9	0	$32,700.00	Total	41	1	1	0	1	4	3	6	5	0	$37,750.00

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
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Toms Smedins													Aleksandrs Solovejs
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2007	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,650.00	2008	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00	2008	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00	2009	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	$13,500.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,750.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
59	0	1	0	1	3	8	6	9	31	$29,925.00	Total	Total	24	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	15	$29,500.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%
2015-2016	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Solovejs trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 18, Q1 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	14, Q1	Smedins/Solovejs	Q16	26-28, 21-15, 17-15	0:50
Trail the series against # Q9 Doherty/Mayer, United States 0-1
7/5/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 1	Doherty/Mayer	Q9	Smedins/Solovejs	Q24	21-13, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # Q22 Appelgren/Boman, Sweden 1-0
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Solovejs	Q16	Appelgren/Boman	Q17	21-17, 21-16	0:31