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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge La Paz
March 16 - 19, 2023

(4) 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 La Paz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	5	13th	460	US$5,000.00
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

La Paz Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/17/2023	Pool D	Toni Rodriguez / Savvy Simo, United States (21, Q14)	Lost 21-18, 13-21, 11-15	0:47
Fri, 3/17/2023	Pool D	Helena Havelkova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (16)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:33
Sat, 3/18/2023	Winner 1	Talita Antunes / Thamela Coradello, Brazil (5)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:36

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	9	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	$38,800.00	21	15	58.3 %
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	2	1	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	$48,800.00	22	21	51.2 %

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
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	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
14	0	2	1	1	2	6	1	0	1	$24,500.00	Total	Total	144	2	11	8	9	23	44	22	18	7	$513,225.00

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	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%
2022-2023	36	64.3%	10	17.9%	10	17.9%	46-10	82.1%	9	25.7%	7	20.0%	19	54.3%	9-26	25.7%	36-19	65.5%	19-17	52.8%	0	0	55-36	60.4%
Against the Field	14	60.9%	6	26.1%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	6	37.5%	3	18.8%	7	43.8%	6-10	37.5%	28-14	66.7%	24-12	66.7%	0	0	26-13	66.7%

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	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 lead the series against the field 6-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Antunes/Coradello, Brazil 0-1
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Antunes/Coradello	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	4	21-18, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Placette/Richard, France 0-1
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 # 14 Kraft/Stockman, United States 1-0
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Kraft/Stockman	9	17-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Havelkova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool D	Gottardi/Menegatti	4	Havelkova/Slukova	16	21-11, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 17, Q4 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 # 21, Q14 Rodriguez/Simo, United States 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool D	Rodriguez/Simo	21, Q14	Gottardi/Menegatti	4	18-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 22, Q16 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 # Q1 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-1
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 # Q8 McNamara/McNamara, Canada 1-0
7/24/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Bronze Medal	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	McNamara/McNamara	8	21-19, 21-16	0:38