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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT
November 1 - 6, 2011

(5) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Marta Menegatti - 13th	Greta Cicolari - 13th
2010	Did not play	Valeria Rosso - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	6	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/11-16/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	3	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	5	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	13	9th	400	US$11,000.00
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

Phuket Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/3/2011	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (28, Q2)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:34
Thu, 11/3/2011	Winner 2	Katrien Gielen / Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium (12)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:39
Fri, 11/4/2011	Contender 2	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (22)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:49
Fri, 11/4/2011	Contender 3	Angela Lavalle / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (14)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:37
Fri, 11/4/2011	Contender 4	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (7)	Won 12-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:48
Sat, 11/5/2011	Contender 5	Vivian Cunha / Taiana Lima, Brazil (6)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:41
Sat, 11/5/2011	Contender 6	Katrien Gielen / Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium (12)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:43
Sat, 11/5/2011	Semi-Finals	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (2)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:44
Sun, 11/6/2011	Bronze Medal	Louise Bawden / Becchara Palmer, Australia (19)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:47

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	0	$47,000.00	15	21	41.7 %
2011	FIVB	13	0	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	0	2	0	$151,850.00	47	25	65.3 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	1	2	3	1	1	6	5	3	3	0	$218,550.00	73	52	58.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	0	$24,500.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	1	0	$37,800.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	2	0	$75,925.00	2011	FIVB	13	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	2	0	$75,925.00
26	0	1	2	3	2	11	3	4	0	$110,275.00	Total	Total	37	0	4	2	3	5	15	5	3	0	$124,225.00

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%
2010-2011	42	64.6%	14	21.5%	9	13.8%	56-9	86.2%	6	14.3%	8	19.0%	28	66.7%	6-36	14.3%	42-28	60.0%	20-17	54.1%	0	1	62-46	57.4%
Against the Field	40	70.2%	10	17.5%	7	12.3%	50-7	87.7%	8	21.6%	8	21.6%	21	56.8%	8-29	21.6%	80-42	65.6%	36-30	54.5%	0	0	58-36	61.7%

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 38-26 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Xue/Zhang, China 2-4
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	21-17, 22-20	0:41
7/16/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	4	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	21-17, 22-24, 15-9	0:50
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Xue/Zhang	4	21-15, 21-13	0:31
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
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-7
11/5/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	Kessy/Ross	5	26-24, 21-15	0:39
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	3	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	21-17, 21-16	0:34
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 # 3 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool F	Salgado/Salgado	11	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	21-14, 21-11	0:32
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	Salgado/Salgado	8	21-16, 21-15	0:36
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Salgado/Salgado	12	21-17, 27-25	0:41
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	21-16, 16-21, 20-18	0:56
Series tied with # 4 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-2
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	21-18, 21-17	0:36
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Baquerizo/Fernandez	28	21-12, 21-13	0:29
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 # 6 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 1-0
11/5/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 5	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Cunha/Lima	6	21-17, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-3
11/4/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 4	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Kolocova/Slukova	7	12-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:48
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Kolocova/Slukova	23	21-18, 21-15	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 11 Fendrick/Niles, United States 3-0
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	Fendrick/Niles	14	21-16, 21-17	0:32
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
Series tied with # 12 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-1
11/5/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 6	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Gielen/Mouha	12	21-15, 21-18	0:43
11/3/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 2	Gielen/Mouha	12	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 14 Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
11/4/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Lavalle/Maestrini	14	21-11, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 16 Kohler/Sude, Germany 2-0
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	Kohler/Sude	22	21-12, 21-17	0:33
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	Kohler/Sude	19	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-0
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	Bansley/Maloney	30, Q12	21-16, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 2-1
11/6/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Bronze Medal	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Bawden/Palmer	19	21-19, 21-15	0:47
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 # 20 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 3-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool F	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	Hansel/Montagnolli	22	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
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 # 21 Dampney/Mullin, England 4-0
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	Dampney/Mullin	27	19-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:51
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Dampney/Mullin	26, Q12	23-21, 21-16	0:40
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 # 22 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 2-0
11/4/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Candelas/Garcia	22	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:49
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 # 25 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Gioria/Momoli	21, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 27, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-1
11/3/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	28, Q2	21-11, 21-17	0:34
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
Lead the series against # Q3 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 # Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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