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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Moscow Grand Slam
August 21 - 25, 2013

(21) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd
2010	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th
2011	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd
2012	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	17	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	26, Q5	25th	240	US$2,750.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/22/2013	Pool E	Isaac Kapa / Christopher McHugh, Australia (12)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool E	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (5)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 12-15	0:53
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool E	Andy Ces / Edouard Rowlandson, France (28, Q11)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 1	Alexander Horst / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (19)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:39

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	3	$27,000.00	12	23	34.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	3	$27,000.00	12	23	34.3 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	$13,500.00	2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	$13,500.00
50	0	1	0	1	3	7	5	8	25	$27,925.00	Total	Total	75	0	4	0	0	5	22	16	13	15	$158,300.00

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	0	0.0%	5	55.6%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	12	100.0%	0-12	0.0%	0-22	0.0%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	6-15	28.6%

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 6-15 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 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 # 4 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 # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Smedins/Sorokins	21	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 11 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
Series tied with # 12 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-1
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Smedins/Sorokins	21	Kapa/McHugh	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
4/30/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kapa/McHugh	29, Q13	Smedins/Sorokins	Q4	21-10, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 18 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Hadrava/Kufa	16	Smedins/Sorokins	17	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 19 Horst/Petutschnig, Austria 0-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Horst/Petutschnig	19	Smedins/Sorokins	21	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
7/25/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Ranghieri/Tomatis	32, Q10	Smedins/Sorokins	17	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 28, Q11 Ces/Rowlandson, France 1-0
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Smedins/Sorokins	21	Ces/Rowlandson	28, Q11	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 32, Q16 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 1-0
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q21	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:53
Trail the series against # Q4 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 # Q15 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