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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(13) Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy

Greta Cicolari
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 23, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bergamo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

7

Tournaments:

53

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$211,900.00

Marta Menegatti
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rovigo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

19

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

3

Career Winnings:

US$575,716.93

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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Greta Cicolari - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	14	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	14	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	18	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	16	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	18	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/9-14/2010	Kristiansand Open	17	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool L

Roos Van der Hoeven / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (37)

Won 21-7, 21-8

0:25

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	13	11	0	0.846	4	1	1	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	3	1	0	0
	2	7	6	0	0.857	1	0	1	2
Marta Menegatti	Total	17	10	4	0.353	0	12	4	2
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	8	0	0
	2	8	4	2	0.250	0	4	4	2

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool L

Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Niles, United States (12)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	20	15	3	0.600	3	5	0	1
	1	14	9	3	0.429	1	3	0	1
	2	6	6	0	1.000	2	2	0	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	36	16	4	0.333	0	15	1	4
	1	18	8	3	0.278	0	10	0	2
	2	18	8	1	0.389	0	5	1	2

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool L

Lucy Boulton / Denise Johns, England (36)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	20	14	0	0.700	3	4	2	2
	1	11	7	0	0.636	1	2	1	2
	2	9	7	0	0.778	2	2	1	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	24	16	4	0.500	0	8	1	3
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	5	0	2
	2	11	7	4	0.273	0	3	1	1

Thu, 6/16/2011

Winner 1

Anastasia Barsuk / Anna Vozakova, Russia (26)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	18	7	2	0.278	3	6	1	0
	1	11	4	0	0.364	1	2	0	0
	2	7	3	2	0.143	2	4	1	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	37	18	8	0.270	0	13	3	1
	1	19	10	4	0.316	0	7	2	1
	2	18	8	4	0.222	0	6	1	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (8)

Lost 15-21, 19-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	31	14	3	0.355	2	2	2	5
	1	16	7	1	0.375	0	1	1	3
	2	15	7	2	0.333	2	1	1	2
Marta Menegatti	Total	17	8	3	0.294	0	14	0	3
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	8	0	2
	2	11	6	2	0.364	0	6	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	102	61	8	0.520	15	18	6	10
Marta Menegatti	131	68	23	0.344	0	62	9	13
Total	233	129	31	0.421	15	80	15	23
Opponents	222	96	39	0.257	11	59	6	13

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Marta Menegatti - 5th	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Rebecca Perry - 37th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 5th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Valentina Gottardi - 5th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Valentina Gottardi - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	13	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	8	5th	600	US$18,000.00

Head to Head Results
Cicolari/Menegatti lead the series against the field 36-33 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 12 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:45
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 1-2
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 6	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Antonelli/Antunes	1	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
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 # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-5
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross	3	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	21-18, 21-18	0:41
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	21-16, 21-13	0:33
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	22-20, 21-8	0:37
5/7/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	6	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	21-15, 21-18	0:39
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Cicolari/Menegatti	9	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Gold Medal	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	21-18, 21-19	0:38
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Cicolari/Menegatti	25	Keizer/Van Iersel	8	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	8	Cicolari/Menegatti	9	21-18, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 5-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	21-15, 15-21, 15-11	0:49
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Semi-Finals	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	26-24, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-15, 21-19	0:35
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Cicolari/Menegatti	21	21-15, 21-14	0:34
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 # 8 Xue/Zhang, China 1-2
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	8	Cicolari/Menegatti	13	21-15, 21-19	0:35
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Xue/Zhang	3	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	0:48
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	21-17, 27-25	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	21-16, 16-21, 20-18	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Akers/Branagh, United States 2-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Akers/Branagh	12, Q2	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Akers/Branagh	8	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Fendrick/Niles, United States 2-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool L	Cicolari/Menegatti	13	Fendrick/Niles	12	21-17, 21-17	0:36
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	Fendrick/Niles	16	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 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
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
Series tied with # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	10	36-34, 19-21, 15-12	1:08
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 # 20 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-3
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kolocova/Slukova	19	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	21-19, 21-23, 15-9	0:58
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Kolocova/Slukova	10	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kolocova/Slukova	20	Cicolari/Menegatti	25	22-24, 21-15, 15-12	1:03
Series tied with # 21 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	18	Cicolari/Menegatti	15	21-19, 21-19	0:39
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 22 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
Series tied with # 23 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Baquerizo/Fernandez	17	21-16, 21-15	0:38
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	25, Q12	Cicolari/Menegatti	9	21-23, 21-17, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 26 Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 1-0
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	13	Barsuk/Vozakova	26	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 27 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 2-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Hansel/Montagnolli	19	21-15, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 28 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 3-2
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	Martins/Santanna	15	21-14, 23-21	0:38
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Martins/Santanna	12	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 29 Giombini/Rosso, Italy 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Giombini/Rosso	19	14-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:48
Trail the series against # 30 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 # 31 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 # 32 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
Trail the series against # 33 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 # 34 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 36 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool L	Cicolari/Menegatti	13	Boulton/Johns	36	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 37 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool L	Cicolari/Menegatti	13	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	37	21-7, 21-8	0:25
Trail the series against # 40 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-2
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Holtwick/Semmler	31	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	21-19, 21-16	0:38
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Cicolari/Menegatti	21	21-15, 21-16	0:41
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 41 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 # 42 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 2-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Cicolari/Menegatti	25	Meppelink/Wesselink	24	21-23, 21-16, 15-9	1:16
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/Wesselink	28, Q10	Cicolari/Menegatti	12	21-17, 21-18	0:37
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	9	Meppelink/Wesselink	26, Q9	26-24, 27-25	0:50
Lead the series against # 46 Goricanec/Graessli, Switzerland 1-0
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	Goricanec/Graessli	32, Q19	21-16, 21-18	0:37