Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$292,800 Fuzhou Open
April 23 - 27, 2013
(28, Q18) Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine
 
Sergiy Popov
Ukraine
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Aug 6, 1991 (33 yrs old)
Home Town: Zaporishya
Height: 188 cm (6'2")
Weight: 80 kg (176 lb)
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 72
Career Wins: 3
Career FIVB WT Wins: 1 (Porec 2018)
Career Winnings: US$61,264.60
Valeriy Samoday
Russia / Ukraine
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 4, 1991 (33 yrs old)
Home Town: Sumy
Height: 194 cm (6'4")
Weight: 92 kg (202 lb)
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 34
Career Wins: 5
Career FIVB WT Wins: 3
Career Winnings: US$28,055.90
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131719253341Money
FIVB100000100030231 US$26,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC52000000011100 US$0.00
Overall152000100041331 US$26,400.00
Previous Fuzhou Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 8/14-19/2012 Stare Jablonki Grand Slam 31 17th 160 US$5,100.00
FIVB 7/10-14/2012 Berlin Grand Slam 32, Q32 25th 80 US$3,500.00
Fuzhou Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 4/23/2013 Qualifier 1 Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (Q15) Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-10 0:55
Tue, 4/23/2013 Qualifier 2 Janis Peda / Martins Plavins, Latvia (Q2) Won 21-17, 21-17 0:30
Wed, 4/24/2013 Pool E Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (5) Lost 12-21, 19-21 0:36
Wed, 4/24/2013 Pool E Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (12) Won By Forfeit  
Thu, 4/25/2013 Pool E Vitor Felipe / Evandro Goncalves, Brazil (21) Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-12 0:54
Fri, 4/26/2013 Winner 1 Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (13) Lost 19-21, 11-21 0:35
Head to Head Results
Popov/Samoday lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 5 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
4/24/13FIVBFuzhou Open Pool E Erdmann/Matysik 5 Popov/Samoday 28, Q18 21-12, 21-19 0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
4/24/13FIVBFuzhou Open Pool E Popov/Samoday 28, Q18 Stiekema/Varenhorst 12 By Forfeit  
Trail the series against # 13 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
4/26/13FIVBFuzhou Open Winner 1 Dyachenko/Sidorenko 13 Popov/Samoday 28, Q18 21-19, 21-11 0:35
Lead the series against # 21 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
4/25/13FIVBFuzhou Open Pool E Popov/Samoday 28, Q18 Felipe/Goncalves 21 21-19, 19-21, 15-12 0:54
Trail the series against # 29, Q12 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
8/17/12FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Pool K Ingrosso/Ingrosso 18 Popov/Samoday 31 21-18, 19-21, 15-9 0:53
Lead the series against # Q2 Peda/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
4/23/13FIVBFuzhou Open Qualifier 2 Popov/Samoday 28, Q18 Peda/Plavins Q2 21-17, 21-17 0:30
Lead the series against # Q15 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-0
4/23/13FIVBFuzhou Open Qualifier 1 Popov/Samoday 28, Q18 Kantor/Losiak Q15 21-17, 18-21, 15-10 0:55
9/4/11FIVB Age Group WCUnder 21 World Championships Gold Medal Popov/Samoday 20 Kantor/Losiak 9 22-20, 19-21, 15-12 0:55
Lead the series against # Q16 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/10/12FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Popov/Samoday 32, Q32 Kuleshov/Yakovlev Q17 21-19, 14-21, 15-9 0:49