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€ 200,000 European Championships
August 15 - 20, 2022

(11) Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti, Italy

Valentina Gottardi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (The Hague 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$190,043.25

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:

185

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$624,948.39

Awards

VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Server 2023
VolleyballMag.com BPT Most Improved 2023
VolleyballMag.com BPT Rookie of the Year 2023

Awards

Most Improved Player 2011

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$25,959.50
FIVB	28	1	3	1	5	5	0	8	2	1	1	0	1	US$172,880.66
Overall	31	1	4	1	5	7	0	8	2	1	1	0	1	US$198,840.16

Previous Munich Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	12	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	3	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/7-10/2022	Lecce Futures	1	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	43	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	5/26-29/2022	Cervia Futures	3	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Madrid Futures	2	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	23	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	Q17	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-10/2021	World Tour Finals - Italy	1	9th	0	US$7,500.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/16/2022	Pool F	Sara Breidenbach / Reka Orsi Toth, Italy (22)	Won 17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:54
Wed, 8/17/2022	Pool F	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (6)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:42
Thu, 8/18/2022	Winner 1	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Gerda Grudzinskaite, Lithuania (28)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:38
Thu, 8/18/2022	Winner 2	Sandra Ittlinger / Isabel Schneider, Germany (8)	Won 16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
Fri, 8/19/2022	Winner 3	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (17)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:44

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	4	4	0	4	2	1	0	0	$106,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$28,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00
Total	31	1	4	1	5	7	0	8	2	2	0	0	$195,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Valentina Gottardi												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	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$23,500.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$45,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$11,500.00
24	1	0	0	4	10	7	2	0	0	$103,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	71	0	3	3	10	12	21	11	10	0	$372,725.00
8	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$30,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	2	4	4	2	8	14	7	6	0	$132,350.00
4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00	Confederation Championship	11	1	1	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	$29,750.00
48	3	5	1	5	17	13	3	0	0	$183,250.00	Total	172	4	13	8	13	32	51	26	18	0	$604,975.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	0	4	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$33,800.00	21	12	63.6 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	$41,300.00	21	16	56.8 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Valentina Gottardi													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
											2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	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
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											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
											2009	CEV C&S	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
											2009	CEV Under Age	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											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
											2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	13	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	2	0	$75,925.00
											2011	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	$68,250.00
											2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	1	0	$45,875.00
											2014	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	$73,187.50
											2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00
											2015	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	0	$59,000.00
											2016	FIVB	14	0	1	1	1	4	6	1	0	0	$52,187.50
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2017	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$10,950.00
											2017	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	$12,000.00
											2018	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	2	0	$36,000.00
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,650.00
											2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,850.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$9,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
											2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	CEV Under Age
8	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	$16,900.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	$16,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
15	0	2	1	1	4	5	1	0	1	$22,750.00	Total	Total	164	4	13	12	9	30	45	26	18	7	$533,500.00

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	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	5-4	55.6%	6-1	85.7%	0	0	11-5	68.8%
2021-2022	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	4-8	33.3%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	1	20	22	0	0	10	7	0	4	0	4	0	0	38	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	7	3	0	0	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	17	7
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	11	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	5
Total	0	0	8	2	43	35	0	0	27	13	5	6	1	5	1	4	85	65

Head to Head Results
Gottardi/Menegatti trail the series against the field 9-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	1	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	23	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-2
8/17/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool F	Borger/Sude	6	Gottardi/Menegatti	11	21-19, 21-19	0:42
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Borger/Sude	8	Gottardi/Menegatti	1	21-18, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Ittlinger/Schneider, Germany 2-1
8/18/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	11	Ittlinger/Schneider	8	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Ittlinger/Schneider	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Ittlinger/Schneider	4	21-14, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Carro/Lobato, Spain 0-1
6/11/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Carro/Lobato	19	Gottardi/Menegatti	43	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 1-0
6/16/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	43	Bianchin/Scampoli	12	25-23, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 12 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-0
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q3	21-16, 10-21, 15-12	0:49
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Bobner/Verge-Depre	10	24-22, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 0-1
8/19/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Alvarez/Moreno	17	Gottardi/Menegatti	11	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Piersma/van Driel, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Semi-Finals	Piersma/van Driel	17, Q4	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 20 Gonzalez/Soria, Spain 0-2
5/22/22	FIVB	Madrid Futures	Gold Medal	Gonzalez/Soria	1	Gottardi/Menegatti	2	21-19, 21-14	0:42
3/16/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Qualifier 1	Gonzalez/Soria	Q16	Gottardi/Menegatti	Q17	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 22 Breidenbach/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-0
8/16/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	11	Breidenbach/Orsi Toth	22	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 25 van Driel/Ypma, Netherlands 1-0
5/27/22	FIVB	Cervia Futures	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Ypma/van Driel	6	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 26 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 1-0
5/21/22	FIVB	Madrid Futures	Semi-Finals	Gottardi/Menegatti	2	Klinger/Klinger	6	19-21, 21-12, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 28 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite, Lithuania 1-0
8/18/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	11	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	28	21-15, 21-19	0:38