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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 PAF Open
August 17 - 22, 2010

(11) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

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

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$160,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	2	3	US$279,900.00

Previous Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Martins Plavins - 13th	Did not play
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	14	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	23	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	5	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	19	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	25	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	23, Q3	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	25	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	18	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	22	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	16	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	12	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	17	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	14	2	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	17	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	26, Q7	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	29	17	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q3	33	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	20, Q4	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	31	9	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	25, Q4	13	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	21	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	11	17	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	12	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	19	13	180	US$3,900.00

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/19/2010	Winner 1	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (22, Q5)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 13-15	0:59
Thu, 8/19/2010	Contender 1	Christopher McHugh / Joshua Slack, Australia (27, Q9)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:46

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Sorokins trail the series against the field 5-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-15, 21-14	0:40
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	29	21-15, 21-19	0:44
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:45
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	21-11, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-18, 22-20	0:54
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	Araujo/Santos	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:59
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-19, 21-12	0:41
Series tied with # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	21-17, 21-15	0:39
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Gavira/Herrera	3	23-21, 17-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-18, 21-23, 15-7	1:00
Lead the series against # 15 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	Lochhead/Pitman	21	21-19, 17-21, 18-16	0:53
Trail the series against # 18 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-14, 7-21, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 19 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Bogatov/Prokopiev	16	22-20, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 20 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	21	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-14, 17-21, 18-16	1:06
Trail the series against # 22, Q5 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	22, Q5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	Redmann/VanHuizen	16	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Pastukhov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Pastukhov/Semenov	28	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 27, Q9 McHugh/Slack, Australia 0-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	McHugh/Slack	27, Q9	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	21-15, 21-18	0:46