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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 18 - 23, 2013

(6) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, 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

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Resides:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	105	13	5	8	6	15	0	31	2	16	2	1	3	3	US$1,131,175.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 25th	Did not play
2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Martins Plavins - 41st
2011	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Martins Plavins - 4th
2012	Ruslans Sorokins - 5th	Martins Plavins - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	10	2	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	9	1	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	6	9	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	6	17	200	US$2,300.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/19/2013	Pool F	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (27, Q9)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:31
Thu, 6/20/2013	Pool F	Philip Gabathuler / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (22, Q3)	Won 21-15, 21-10	0:33
Fri, 6/21/2013	Pool F	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (11)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:38
Fri, 6/21/2013	Winner 1	Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (13)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:50
Sat, 6/22/2013	Winner 2	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (1)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:38
Sat, 6/22/2013	Winner 3	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (9)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:57
Sun, 6/23/2013	Semi-Finals	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (7)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:31
Sun, 6/23/2013	Gold Medal	Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal, United States (3)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:44

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 19-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 1-2
6/16/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Schmidt/Solberg	4	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	21-19, 21-12	0:41
5/26/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Schmidt/Solberg	4	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:51
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Schmidt/Solberg	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	22-24, 33-31, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/23/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 4 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-0
5/26/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gibb/Patterson	7	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 7 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-0
6/23/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Cerutti/Rego	7	21-10, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 9 Filho/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Filho/Santos	9	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Doppler/Horst	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-18, 21-18	0:38
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Doppler/Horst	18	21-19, 21-17	0:38
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Doppler/Horst	16, Q1	21-18, 29-27	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 3-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:50
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	21-9, 21-13	0:31
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Dollinger/Windscheif	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 15 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	11	15-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 16 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	21-12, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 22, Q3 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 3-0
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Gabathuler/Weingart	22, Q3	21-15, 21-10	0:33
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Gabathuler/Weingart	26	21-18, 21-14	0:37
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gabathuler/Weingart	25, Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	21-11, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Felipe/Goncalves	23, Q2	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # Q4 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Eithun/Horrem	24	21-15, 21-15	0:34