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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Mazuri Orlen Grand Slam
July 26 - 31, 2011

(Q29) 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 Best:

4th (CEV Niechorze 2011)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,956.19

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

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
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	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	US$9,501.33

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 41st
2007	Did not play	Janis Smedins - 25th
2009	Did not play	Martins Plavins - 17th
2010	Toms Smedins - 33rd	Artis Caics - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	14, Q4	4th	420	€ 3,750.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	22, Q16	9th	240	€ 1,500.00
CEV	8/12-15/2010	European Championship Final	21	19th	80	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q24	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00

Stare Jablonki Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2011	Qualifier 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (Q4)	Lost 18-21, 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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$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	4	$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	1	$1,700.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	15	$11,050.00
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	18	$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	1	$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	4	$750.00	Total	78	0	2	2	1	8	8	8	13	36	$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 %
2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	10	4	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
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	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00	10	7	58.8 %

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	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	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
											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
											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
											2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00
8	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	3	$3,125.00	Total	Total	44	0	1	0	2	3	7	7	5	19	$18,050.00

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	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
2010-2011	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	1-4	20.0%

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 trail the series against the field 2-7 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Caics/Smedins	21	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	Caics/Smedins	21	21-19, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 27, Q11 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q9	Caics/Smedins	Q24	21-16, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 30 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 0-1
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Doppler/Mellitzer	30, Q8	Caics/Smedins	Q24	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # Q3 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Semi-Finals	Boersma/Spijkers	5	Caics/Smedins	14, Q4	21-17, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # Q4 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ces/Ces	Q4	Caics/Smedins	Q29	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # Q17 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 0-1
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 3	Hordvik/Horrem	1	Caics/Smedins	22, Q16	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q26 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 1-0
7/15/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Winner 1	Caics/Smedins	22, Q16	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	11	21-17, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q28 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
7/23/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 3	Caics/Smedins	14, Q4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	21-19, 21-15	0:34