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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2013

(26, Q5) Toms Smedins/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Toms Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 1986 (38 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 (42 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

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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Andris Krumins - 33rd
2009	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th
2010	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2011	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2012	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	30	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	25, Q5	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	25, Q6	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	22	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	19	25th	150	US$1,500.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/10/2013	Qualifier 2	Gianluca Casadei / Paolo Ficosecco, Italy (Q21)	Won 23-25, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool G	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (7)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:36
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool G	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (10)	Lost 15-21, 10-21	0:35
Fri, 7/12/2013	Pool G	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (23, Q3)	Lost 21-13, 17-21, 11-15

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Sorokins trail the series against the field 7-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Smedins/Sorokins	30	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Filho/Santos, Brazil 1-3
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Filho/Santos	7	Smedins/Sorokins	26, Q5	21-15, 21-14	0:36
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	9	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	21-19, 21-13	0:38
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	Filho/Santos	9	21-15, 13-21, 15-13	0:47
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Filho/Santos	14	Smedins/Sorokins	19	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Smedins/Sorokins	26, Q5	21-15, 21-10	0:35
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Smedins/Sorokins	22	21-11, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	21-18, 24-22	0:42
Trail the series against # 12 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	11	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 16 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	Smedins/Sorokins	22	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	28-26, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 Spijkers/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-1
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Smedins/Sorokins	30	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19	16-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:51
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	Spijkers/Varenhorst	20	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:48
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Spijkers/Varenhorst	11	Smedins/Sorokins	22	23-21, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	Smedins/Sorokins	26, Q5	13-21, 21-17, 15-11
Trail the series against # 32, Q13 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 0-1
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Mullner/Wutzl	43	Smedins/Sorokins	30	17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # Q9 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	Eithun/Horrem	24, Q4	21-14, 11-21, 15-9	0:43
Lead the series against # Q16 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Smedins/Sorokins	22	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	27	21-19, 25-27, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # Q21 Casadei/Ficosecco, Italy 2-0
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Sorokins	26, Q5	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q21	23-25, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
6/11/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q22	21-18, 21-17	0:36