Team Preview

European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 2 - 5, 2023

(3) 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 Vienna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2017	Did not play	Rebecca Perry - 37th
FIVB 2018	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
FIVB 2019	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 25th
2021	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	7	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	13, Q2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	15, Q4	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q1	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	3	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	15, Q10	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	5	13th	460	US$5,000.00
CEV	8/15-20/2022	European Championships	11	5th	600	€ 4,000.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	12	9th	600	US$6,000.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/2/2023	Pool C	Sofia Gonzalez / Sol Guidarelli, Spain (30)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
Wed, 8/2/2023	Pool C	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (19)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 8/3/2023	Winner 2	Niina Ahtiainen / Taru Lahti, Finland (15)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:40
Fri, 8/4/2023	Winner 3	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (11)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:50

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	9	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	$38,800.00	21	15	58.3 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2023	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$43,500.00	24	13	64.9 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	3	1	2	2	0	3	2	2	0	1	$89,800.00	45	32	58.4 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	6	3	66.7 %

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
9	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	$19,400.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	$19,400.00
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
7	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$21,750.00	2023	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$21,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
24	1	3	1	2	6	8	2	0	1	$49,000.00	Total	Total	173	5	14	12	10	32	48	27	18	7	$559,750.00

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%
2022-2023	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	3-3	50.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	8-6	57.1%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%

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 lead the series against the field 20-15 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-2
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	4	21-17, 21-18	0:51
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Brunner/Huberli	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:53
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 # 2 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-3
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	18-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:50
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	21-16, 21-15	0:37
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	23	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	10	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	21-17, 13-21, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Mader/Verge-Depre	7	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	21-10, 17-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 7 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-0
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Graudina/Samoilova	15, Q6	21-19, 21-17	0:42
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Graudina/Samoilova	7	22-20, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 2-0
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Klinger/Klinger	22, Q21	21-15, 21-17	0:45
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 # 9 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 3-1
7/23/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Semi-Finals	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Bobner/Verge-Depre	9	21-14, 21-15	0:36
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q6	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	21-19, 25-23	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 10 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 1-0
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	Sliwka/Wachowicz	Q5	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 11 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-2
8/4/23	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Alvarez/Moreno	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	21-18, 23-21	0:50
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Alvarez/Moreno	Q7	21-17, 14-21, 15-11	0:53
8/19/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Alvarez/Moreno	17	Gottardi/Menegatti	11	21-18, 21-18	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 13 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 1-0
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	21-19, 21-23, 18-16	1:04
Lead the series against # 14 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Hermannova/Stochlova	19, Q11	23-21, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 1-0
8/3/23	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15	21-12, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 0-1
4/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Qualifier 2	Borger/Ittlinger	16, Q9	Gottardi/Menegatti	Q1	21-17, 21-23, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Placette/Richard, France 2-1
8/2/23	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Placette/Richard	19	21-17, 21-14	0:37
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Placette/Richard	4	23-21, 22-20	0:50
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Placette/Richard	12	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	19-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 20 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 1-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Fernandez/Soria	18, Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 23 Dunarova/Mokra, Czech Republic 1-0
5/27/22	FIVB	Cervia Futures	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Dunarova/Mokra	14, Q11	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 25 Bentele/Lutz, Switzerland 0-1
5/29/22	FIVB	Cervia Futures	Semi-Finals	Bentele/Lutz	11, Q1	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 27 Parkkinen/Sinisalo, Finland 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Parkkinen/Sinisalo	22, Q9	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 28 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
Lead the series against # 30 Gonzalez/Guidarelli, Spain 1-0
8/2/23	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Gonzalez/Guidarelli	30	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:59