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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$292,800 Fuzhou Open
April 23 - 27, 2013

(19) Toms Smedins/Ruslans Sorokins, 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

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$160,900.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	1	US$29,000.00

Previous Fuzhou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Fuzhou Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/24/2013	Pool C	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (3)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:39
Wed, 4/24/2013	Pool C	Yury Bogatov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (30, Q4)	Lost 21-17, 15-21, 10-15	0:51
Thu, 4/25/2013	Pool C	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (14)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:40

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$22,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	$29,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Toms Smedins												Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,700.00
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	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	0	$86,350.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	0	$59,000.00
9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00	Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,100.00
											Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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	91	0	4	0	0	5	23	18	14	0	$160,900.00

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
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	0	3	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Toms Smedins													Ruslans Sorokins
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,650.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,950.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
41	0	1	0	1	3	6	2	6	22	$15,175.00	Total	Total	66	0	4	0	0	5	21	13	11	12	$145,550.00

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	23.5%	6	35.3%	7	41.2%	10-7	58.8%	4	18.2%	1	4.5%	17	77.3%	4-18	18.2%	4-17	19.0%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	15-25	37.5%
2012-2013	2	14.3%	6	42.9%	6	42.9%	8-6	57.1%	3	15.0%	1	5.0%	16	80.0%	3-17	15.0%	2-16	11.1%	9-7	56.3%	1	0	12-23	34.3%
Against the Field	1	9.1%	5	45.5%	5	45.5%	6-5	54.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	13	100.0%	0-13	0.0%	2-24	7.7%	10-10	50.0%	1	0	7-17	29.2%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	6	12	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Total	0	0	5	2	9	18	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	25

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Sorokins trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Schmidt/Solberg	3	Smedins/Sorokins	19	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Filho/Santos	14	Smedins/Sorokins	19	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 30, Q4 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Bogatov/Prokopiev	30, Q4	Smedins/Sorokins	19	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:51