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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open Kristiansand 2010
August 9 - 14, 2010

(17) 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 Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	25	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	16	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	11/3-8/2009	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	7	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/11/2010	Winner 1	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Niles, United States (16)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:38
Wed, 8/11/2010	Winner 2	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 13-21, 11-21	0:26
Thu, 8/12/2010	Contender 2	Louise Bawden / Becchara Palmer, Australia (18)	Won 24-22, 21-13	0:43
Thu, 8/12/2010	Contender 3	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Angelina Grun, Germany (24, Q6)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:39

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 %
2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	$41,000.00	12	19	38.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	$60,700.00	23	25	47.9 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	$20,500.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	$20,500.00
11	0	0	0	1	0	6	3	1	0	$30,350.00	Total	Total	20	0	1	0	1	2	10	5	1	0	$31,000.00

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%
2009-2010	18	60.0%	4	13.3%	8	26.7%	22-8	73.3%	4	17.4%	6	26.1%	13	56.5%	4-19	17.4%	18-13	58.1%	8-14	36.4%	0	0	26-27	49.1%
Against the Field	32	66.7%	9	18.8%	7	14.6%	41-7	85.4%	7	16.7%	10	23.8%	25	59.5%	7-35	16.7%	64-50	56.1%	32-34	48.5%	0	0	48-42	53.3%

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 trail the series against the field 11-15 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	21-13, 21-11	0:26
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	21-13, 21-19	0:34
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Cicolari/Menegatti	9	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kolocova/Slukova	20	Cicolari/Menegatti	25	22-24, 21-15, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 7 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	16	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	12-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:47
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	20	Cicolari/Menegatti	12	18-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # 11 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Cicolari/Menegatti	9	Candelas/Garcia	24	21-17, 12-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-1
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Martins/Santanna	16	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	21-12, 22-20	0:38
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Cicolari/Menegatti	12	Martins/Santanna	21, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:32
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	29, Q8	Martins/Santanna	14	21-18, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Akers/Turner, United States 1-2
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Akers/Turner	5	Cicolari/Menegatti	12	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
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 # 14 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Lessard/Martin	15, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 Fendrick/Niles, United States 1-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	Fendrick/Niles	16	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 18 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	Bawden/Palmer	18	24-22, 21-13	0:43
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	17	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	21-13, 7-21, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 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 # 20 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
Trail the series against # 21 Huang/Yue, China 0-1
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Huang/Yue	30, Q8	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	21-6, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Mouha/Van Breedam	28	Cicolari/Menegatti	21	21-14, 16-21, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 24, Q6 Brink-Abeler/Grun, Germany 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q3 Hu/Jin, China 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	Hu/Jin	32	21-16, 30-28	0:46