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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 3 - 8, 2009

(7) Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy

Greta Cicolari
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 23, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bergamo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$211,900.00

Marta Menegatti
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rovigo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$575,716.93

Awards

Most Improved Player 2011

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	40	0	3	4	4	6	1	9	5	5	3	US$408,750.00

Previous Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2009	Sanya Open	15, Q8	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	29, Q8	13th	180	US$4,250.00

Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/5/2009	Winner 1	Hiromi Suzuki / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (26)	Won 19-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:00
Thu, 11/5/2009	Winner 2	Anastasia Barsuk / Ekaterina Birlova, Russia (23, Q3)	Lost 21-9, 18-21, 13-15	0:54
Fri, 11/6/2009	Contender 2	Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin, England (25, Q1)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:54
Fri, 11/6/2009	Contender 3	Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift, United States (17)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 14-16	0:52

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	2	2	3	3	0	7	0	4	1	0	$269,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	5	1	2	0	$110,350.00
Total	40	0	3	4	4	6	1	9	5	5	3	0	$408,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Greta Cicolari												Marta Menegatti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$45,200.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$11,500.00
30	0	2	2	3	3	7	4	4	0	$138,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	71	0	3	3	10	12	21	11	10	0	$372,725.00
20	0	1	2	1	2	8	1	4	0	$58,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	2	4	4	2	8	14	7	6	0	$132,350.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	0	$12,800.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											U21 World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
53	0	3	4	4	7	16	5	8	0	$211,900.00	Total	161	3	12	8	13	27	50	23	18	0	$575,225.00

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
2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$19,700.00	11	6	64.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$19,700.00	11	6	64.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Greta Cicolari													Marta Menegatti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$9,850.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$9,850.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$9,850.00	Total	Total	12	0	1	0	1	2	6	2	0	0	$10,500.00

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	85	66.4%	24	18.8%	19	14.8%	109-19	85.2%	23	28.0%	15	18.3%	44	53.7%	23-59	28.0%	85-44	65.9%	47-34	58.0%	0	1	132-79	62.6%
2008-2009	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	6-3	66.7%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	11-6	64.7%
Against the Field	29	61.7%	9	19.1%	9	19.1%	38-9	80.9%	11	33.3%	5	15.2%	17	51.5%	11-22	33.3%	58-34	63.0%	40-28	58.8%	0	0	49-31	61.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	45	21	0	0	26	14	2	5	2	3	0	2	75	45
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	18	14	1	3	2	1	0	1	45	30
Total	0	0	3	0	55	23	0	0	48	31	3	8	4	4	0	3	132	79

Head to Head Results
Cicolari/Menegatti lead the series against the field 9-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Akers/Turner, United States 1-1
11/1/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Bronze Medal	Akers/Turner	3	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	21-15, 21-15	0:36
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	Akers/Turner	3	21-13, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 3 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	22-20, 21-18	0:39
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	29, Q8	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-17, 11-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Cicolari/Menegatti	29, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
11/1/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	21-18, 16-21, 20-18	1:00
Trail the series against # 17 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 0-1
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 3	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	17	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	13-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:52
Series tied with # 23, Q3 Barsuk/Birlova, Russia 1-1
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 2	Barsuk/Birlova	23, Q3	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	9-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	Barsuk/Birlova	26	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Dampney/Mullin, England 2-0
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Dampney/Mullin	25, Q1	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:54
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	Dampney/Mullin	18	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 26 Suzuki/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Suzuki/Tanaka	26	19-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Giordano/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	Giordano/Hamzaoui	Q9	21-16, 8-21, 27-25	0:55
Lead the series against # Q28 Joshua/Matauatu, Vanuatu 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	Joshua/Matauatu	Q25	21-12, 21-10	0:29