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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Sochi Open
September 8 - 13, 2015

(23, Q2) Toms Smedins/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Toms Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 1986 (40 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$41,307.65

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$170,032.23

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$1,638.65
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	1	US$29,000.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	2	1	US$30,638.65

Previous Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/8/2015	Qualifier 1	Yegor Dmitriyev / Artem Petrossyants, Kazakhstan (Q15)	Won 21-6, 21-5	0:24
Wed, 9/9/2015	Pool G	Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson, Switzerland (10)	Lost 21-15, 13-21, 15-17	0:51
Thu, 9/10/2015	Pool G	Murat Giginoglu / Volkan Gogtepe, Türkiye (7)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:49
Thu, 9/10/2015	Pool G	Jian Bao / Likejiang Ha, China (26, Q3)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 9/11/2015	Winner 2	Cesar Menendez / Francisco Tomas, Spain (22)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:38

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	1	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	$22,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	3	$29,500.00

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	1	$1,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$10,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	15	$11,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	12	$86,350.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	18	$13,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	13	$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	1	$3,375.00	Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$1,500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$4,375.00
78	0	2	2	1	8	8	8	13	36	$34,200.00	Total	95	0	4	0	0	6	24	19	15	27	$165,275.00

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 %
2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	1	5	16.7 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	3	$29,000.00	15	25	37.5 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	1	5	16.7 %

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
											2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
											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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2006	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2007	CEV
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
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
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
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$2,875.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$625.00	2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$625.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$593.75
70	0	1	0	2	3	10	12	12	30	$34,675.00	Total	Total	98	0	4	0	0	7	27	22	15	23	$167,118.75

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%
2014-2015	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	5	2	9	21	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	28

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Sorokins lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool J	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Smedins/Sorokins	16	22-20, 18-21, 15-8	0:54
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Smedins/Sorokins	30	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 7 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool G	Smedins/Sorokins	23, Q2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	7	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-1
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool G	Gabathuler/Gerson	10	Smedins/Sorokins	23, Q2	15-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 20 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 2-0
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q21	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:53
5/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 1	Smedins/Sorokins	8	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	16, Q11	21-19, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 22 Menendez/Tomas, Spain 0-1
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Menendez/Tomas	22	Smedins/Sorokins	23, Q2	22-20, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Bao/Ha, China 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool G	Smedins/Sorokins	23, Q2	Bao/Ha	26, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q15 Dmitriyev/Petrossyants, Kazakhstan 1-0
9/8/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Sorokins	23, Q2	Dmitriyev/Petrossyants	Q15	21-6, 21-5	0:24