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US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 10 - 19, 2022

(43) 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 Winnings:

US$170,218.50

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

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
FIVB	28	1	3	1	5	5	0	8	2	1	1	0	1	US$172,880.66

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2011	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2012	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 4th
2013	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2019	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/10/2022	Pool F	Sara Hughes / Kelley Kolinske, United States (6)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 6/11/2022	Pool F	Maria Carro / Angela Lobato, Spain (19)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:39
Sun, 6/12/2022	Pool F	Karelys Simisterra / Ariana Vilela, Ecuador (30)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:38
Wed, 6/15/2022	Winner 1	Ana Gallay / Fernanda Pereyra, Argentina (24)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:45
Thu, 6/16/2022	Winner 2	Margherita Bianchin / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (12)	Won 25-23, 21-15	0:46
Fri, 6/17/2022	Winner 3	Sophie Bukovec / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (20)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:36

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	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	Marta Menegatti - 5th	Valentina Gottardi - 5th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Valentina Gottardi - 9th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Reka Orsi Toth - 5th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	43	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	9th	800	US$11,000.00

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
Total	28	1	3	1	5	5	0	8	2	2	0	0	$172,800.00

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
44	3	4	1	5	14	13	3	0	0	$169,750.00	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
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	0	4	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$20,100.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$27,600.00	11	12	47.8 %

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
											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
											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
											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
											2011	FIVB	13	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	2	0	$75,925.00
											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
											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
											2017	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$10,950.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	$12,000.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	2	0	$36,000.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,650.00
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
5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	$10,050.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	$10,050.00
9	0	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	1	$13,900.00	Total	Total	139	2	10	7	9	23	41	22	18	7	$502,625.00

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	46	59.7%	16	20.8%	15	19.5%	62-15	80.5%	11	19.6%	14	25.0%	31	55.4%	11-45	19.6%	46-31	59.7%	27-29	48.2%	1	0	74-60	55.2%
2021-2022	13	65.0%	2	10.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	6	30.0%	2	10.0%	12	60.0%	6-14	30.0%	13-12	52.0%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	21-19	52.5%
Against the Field	21	56.8%	6	16.2%	10	27.0%	27-10	73.0%	1	4.0%	8	32.0%	16	64.0%	1-24	4.0%	42-32	56.8%	14-36	28.0%	0	0	28-34	45.2%

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
Total	0	0	8	2	38	33	0	0	22	11	4	6	1	5	1	3	74	60

Head to Head Results
Gottardi/Menegatti trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 6 Hughes/Kolinske, United States 1-0
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	43	Hughes/Kolinske	6	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-1
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Borger/Sude	8	Gottardi/Menegatti	1	21-18, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Bukovec/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
6/17/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	Gottardi/Menegatti	43	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 24 Gallay/Pereyra, Argentina 1-0
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	43	Gallay/Pereyra	24	21-15, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 30 Simisterra/Vilela, Ecuador 1-0
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	43	Simisterra/Vilela	30	21-15, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 40 Orsi Toth/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
5/29/22	FIVB	Cervia Futures	Bronze Medal	Orsi Toth/Orsi Toth	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	22-20, 21-17	0:42