Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 18 - 23, 2013
(Q19) 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: 70
Career Wins: 3
Career FIVB WT Wins: 1 (Porec 2018)
Career Winnings: US$56,764.60
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 Rome Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB Age Group WC 6/5-9/2013 Under 23 World Championships 16 17th 112 US$0.00
FIVB 4/30-5/4/2013 Shanghai Grand Slam Q19 41st 80 US$0.00
FIVB 4/23-27/2013 Fuzhou Open 28, Q18 17th 200 US$2,300.00
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
Rome Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 6/18/2013 Qualifier 1 Finn Dittelbach / Eric Koreng, Germany (Q14) Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-12 0:53
Tue, 6/18/2013 Qualifier 2 Philip Gabathuler / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (22, Q3) Lost 20-22, 21-18, 11-15 0:50
Head to Head Results
Popov/Samoday trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 7 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/11/12FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool J Cerutti/Rego 1 Popov/Samoday 32, Q32 21-18, 21-19 0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
4/24/13FIVBFuzhou Open Pool E Erdmann/Matysik 5 Popov/Samoday 28, Q18 21-12, 21-19 0:36
Trail the series against # 15 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, 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
Trail the series against # 22, Q3 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
6/18/13FIVBRome Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Gabathuler/Weingart 22, Q3 Popov/Samoday Q19 22-20, 18-21, 15-11 0:50
Lead the series against # Q1 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
Lead the series against # Q12 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
Lead the series against # Q14 Dittelbach/Koreng, Germany 1-0
6/18/13FIVBRome Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Popov/Samoday Q19 Dittelbach/Koreng Q14 14-21, 21-19, 15-12 0:53
Trail the series against # Q18 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 0-1
4/30/13FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Mullner/Wutzl Q14 Popov/Samoday Q19 21-17, 17-21, 15-12 0:48