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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 40,000 CEV Challenger Varna
July 14 - 18, 2010

(12, Q6) Artis Caics/Toms Smedins, Latvia

Artis Caics
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 13, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valmiera

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$10,308.87

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:

105

Career Wins:

Career CEV C&S Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$46,748.44

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	US$9,501.33
CEV C&S	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,978.80
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	15	2	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	US$19,480.13

Previous Varna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Toms Smedins - 3rd	Artis Caics - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	7/23-26/2009	CEV Challenger Varna	4, Q1	3rd	64	€ 1,950.00
CEV C&S	7/16-19/2009	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	13	1st	80	€ 1,920.00

CEV Challenger Varna Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/15/2010	Qualifier 1	Anssi Hakala / Pekka Seppanen, Finland (Q11)	Won 21-10, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 7/16/2010	Winner 1	Milen Stoyanov / Boris Yankov, Bulgaria (5)	Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
Fri, 7/16/2010	Winner 2	Jan Dumek / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (13, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:42
Sat, 7/17/2010	Winner 3	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (1)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:45
Sat, 7/17/2010	Contender 4	Konstantin Mitev / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (16)	Lost 21-14, 19-21, 9-15	0:45

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Artis Caics												Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00
											Challenger	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$1,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$750.00	Total	78	0	2	2	1	8	8	8	13	0	$34,200.00

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
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2009	CEV C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,870.00	12	1	92.3 %
2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,070.00	15	3	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Artis Caics													Toms Smedins
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2005	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
											2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
											2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,650.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,935.00	2009	CEV C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,935.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
7	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	$2,535.00	Total	Total	48	3	2	1	1	8	6	6	5	16	$17,460.00

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	13	68.4%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4-3	57.1%	13-2	86.7%	8-3	72.7%	0	0	21-5	80.8%
2009-2010	12	70.6%	4	23.5%	1	5.9%	16-1	94.1%	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	12-2	85.7%	8-1	88.9%	0	0	20-3	87.0%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	10-4	71.4%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	9-3	75.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Total	0	0	2	4	3	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11

Head to Head Results
Caics/Smedins lead the series against the field 6-3 (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 # 1 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/17/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 3	Lario/Mesa	1	Caics/Smedins	12, Q6	21-17, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 Stoyanov/Yankov, Bulgaria 3-0
7/16/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 1	Caics/Smedins	12, Q6	Stoyanov/Yankov	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
7/26/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Bronze Medal	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	Stoyanov/Yankov	5	14-21, 21-17, 27-25	1:05
7/18/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Winner 4	Caics/Smedins	13	Stoyanov/Yankov	16, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 9, Q3 Kohler/Rohde, Germany 0-1
7/24/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 1	Kohler/Rohde	13, Q7	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	21-12, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 13, Q7 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
7/16/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 2	Caics/Smedins	12, Q6	Dumek/Tichy	13, Q7	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 14, Q9 Haavisto/Vahela, Finland 1-0
7/24/09	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Contender 1	Caics/Smedins	4, Q1	Haavisto/Vahela	12, Q6	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 16 Mitev/Neshev, Bulgaria 0-1
7/17/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Contender 4	Mitev/Neshev	16	Caics/Smedins	12, Q6	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # Q11 Hakala/Seppanen, Finland 1-0
7/15/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Qualifier 1	Caics/Smedins	12, Q6	Hakala/Seppanen	Q11	21-10, 21-17	0:39