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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Mazury Open
July 20 - 24, 2005

(30, Q52) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

183

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$401,724.80

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Jurmala

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

208

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$776,151.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$127,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,600.00
Overall	42	2	0	0	0	4	2	5	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$133,000.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	6/17-19/2005	Finland Satellite	15, Q11	1	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/15-19/2004	Under 21 World Championships	16	5	0	US$0.00

Poland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/19/2005	Country Quota	Kristians Marnics / Tomass Marnics, Latvia	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:32
Wed, 7/20/2005	Qualifier 1	John Garcia-Thompson / Javier Luna, Spain (Q13)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:41
Wed, 7/20/2005	Qualifier 2	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Ukraine (Q20)	Won 21-15, 25-23	0:43
Wed, 7/20/2005	Qualifier 3	Agustin Correa / Jesus Ruiz Nunez, Spain (Q36)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:39
Thu, 7/21/2005	Winner 1	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:37
Thu, 7/21/2005	Contender 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (19)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:34

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Samoilovs lead the series against the field 6-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	21-19, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 19 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against Marnics/Marnics, Latvia 1-0
7/19/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Country Quota	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	Marnics/Marnics		21-16, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q13 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q13	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # Q20 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q20	21-15, 25-23	0:43
Lead the series against # Q31 Krumins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
6/19/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Gold Medal	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q11	Krumins/Sorokins	7, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # Q36 Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	Correa/Ruiz Nunez	Q36	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q43 Seppanen/Tolonen, Finland 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q11	Seppanen/Tolonen	10	21-13, 21-18	0:37