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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
July 1 - 6, 2013

(8) 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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2011	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2012	Marta Menegatti - 2nd	Greta Cicolari - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	3	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	3	5th	300	US$6,500.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	2	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	7	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	5	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	3	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Stare Jablonki World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/1/2013

Pool H

Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (41)

Won 21-13, 21-12

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	28	14	0	0.500	7	5	1	1
	1	15	7	0	0.467	4	3	0	1
	2	13	7	0	0.538	3	2	1	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	13	9	1	0.615	1	7	1	2
	1	7	4	1	0.429	1	3	1	1
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	4	0	1

Tue, 7/2/2013

Pool H

Varapatsorn Radarong / Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand (32)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	21	17	1	0.762	0	3	3	1
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	2	1	1
	2	12	10	0	0.833	0	1	2	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	23	12	2	0.435	0	14	2	3
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	8	0	1
	2	13	6	1	0.385	0	6	2	2

Wed, 7/3/2013

Pool H

Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (17)

Lost 16-21, 21-17, 13-15

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	42	21	5	0.381	2	12	6	1
	1	12	7	3	0.333	2	0	0	0
	2	20	11	1	0.500	0	7	4	1
	3	10	3	1	0.200	0	5	2	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	16	8	1	0.438	0	5	1	3
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	2	1	0
	2	6	2	0	0.333	0	3	0	1
	3	7	3	1	0.286	0	0	0	2

Thu, 7/4/2013

Winner 1

Victoria Bieneck / Julia Grossner, Germany (25)

Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-11

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	40	22	4	0.450	2	2	1	2
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	1	0	0
	2	12	6	3	0.250	1	0	1	2
	3	16	8	1	0.438	1	1	0	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	23	14	1	0.565	0	10	1	1
	1	7	2	0	0.286	0	2	0	1
	2	9	8	1	0.778	0	3	0	0
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	5	1	0

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 2

Monika Brzostek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (1)

Won 21-14, 21-12

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	29	16	6	0.345	3	3	1	1
	1	17	9	3	0.353	2	1	0	0
	2	12	7	3	0.333	1	2	1	1
Marta Menegatti	Total	11	7	0	0.636	0	5	5	2
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	4	1	1
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	1	4	1

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 3

Liliane Maestrini / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (13)

Lost 22-20, 15-21, 13-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	Total	23	9	5	0.174	2	5	1	3
	1	12	4	2	0.167	1	1	0	3
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	1	0
	3	5	2	2	0.000	1	2	0	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	54	27	6	0.389	0	12	0	2
	1	22	11	2	0.409	0	6	0	0
	2	16	6	4	0.125	0	2	0	2
	3	16	10	0	0.625	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Greta Cicolari	183	99	21	0.426	16	30	13	9
Marta Menegatti	140	77	11	0.471	1	53	10	13
Total	323	176	32	0.446	17	83	23	22
Opponents	345	168	38	0.377	18	75	13	37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Greta Cicolari - 9th
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 42-28 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 2-0
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	1	21-14, 21-12	0:34
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	Brzostek/Wojtasik	10	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 2-5
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 4	Xue/Zhang	3	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	21-19, 21-15	0:35
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 # 4 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-2
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	21-18, 21-13	0:36
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 5 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 3-2
7/15/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Holtwick/Semmler	8	21-13, 21-19	0:35
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Holtwick/Semmler	15	21-10, 21-17	0:32
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 # 7 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 5-1
8/18/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cicolari/Menegatti	2	Birlova/Ukolova	24	16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Birlova/Ukolova	18	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q2	21-18, 22-20	0:38
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Cicolari/Menegatti	10	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	22-20, 22-20	0:40
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:52
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 # 9 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 3-1
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cicolari/Menegatti	10	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	21-18, 21-18	0:41
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
Lead the series against # 10 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 4-3
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
8/4/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	21-15, 21-16	0:38
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Baquerizo/Fernandez	10	20-22, 21-14, 15-6	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 13 Maestrini/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 3	Maestrini/Seixas	13	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 14 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-2
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	16, Q1	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 15 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 4-3
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	10	Kolocova/Slukova	7	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Cicolari/Menegatti	10	Kolocova/Slukova	7	11-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:46
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 # 17 Borger/Buthe, Germany 3-1
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	17	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:48
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Cicolari/Menegatti	1	Borger/Buthe	16	21-16, 21-17	0:41
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	Borger/Buthe	14	21-14, 21-18	0:35
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	Borger/Buthe	25, Q3	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Cicolari/Menegatti	4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	13	21-12, 17-21, 15-11	0:43
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	19	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	21-15, 21-17	0:33
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	8	Cicolari/Menegatti	9	21-18, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 19 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-2
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	Cicolari/Menegatti	1	21-17, 21-17	0:41
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	26-24, 26-24	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 2-0
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	1	Bawden/Clancy	18	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	Bawden/Clancy	19	21-19, 25-23	0:41
Lead the series against # 23 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 2-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Cicolari/Menegatti	4	Nestarcova/Pridalova	20, Q5	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:47
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Nestarcova/Pridalova	12, Q4	21-15, 21-18	0:29
Lead the series against # 25 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-0
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	Bieneck/Grossner	25	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 26 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 # 27 Broder/May, Canada 1-0
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	Broder/May	26, Q7	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 29 van der Vlist/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Wesselink/van der Vlist	26	Cicolari/Menegatti	4	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 32 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 1-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool H	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	Radarong/Udomchavee	32	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 33 Hansel/Schutzenhofer, Austria 0-1
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Hansel/Schutzenhofer	30, Q14	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 38 Sinnema/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	4	Sinnema/Stiekema	28, Q10	21-13, 21-9	0:30
Lead the series against # 41 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 2-0
7/1/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool H	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	41	21-13, 21-12	0:34
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Cicolari/Menegatti	1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32	21-12, 21-17	0:36