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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Edmonton
July 20 - 23, 2023

(7) 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 Edmonton Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Challenge Edmonton Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/21/2023	Pool F	Liliana Fernandez / Paula Soria, Spain (18, Q8)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 7/21/2023	Pool F	Barbora Hermannova / Marie-Sara Stochlova, Czech Republic (19, Q11)	Won 23-21, 21-16	0:41
Sat, 7/22/2023	Winner 1	Terese Cannon / Sarah Marmelstein, United States (1)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:52
Sat, 7/22/2023	Winner 2	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (22, Q21)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:45
Sun, 7/23/2023	Semi-Finals	Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (9)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:36
Sun, 7/23/2023	Gold Medal	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (2)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:42

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	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$43,500.00	24	13	64.9 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	3	1	2	2	0	3	2	2	0	1	$89,800.00	45	32	58.4 %

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
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
20	1	3	1	2	3	7	2	0	1	$45,000.00	Total	Total	150	3	12	8	10	24	45	23	18	7	$533,725.00

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	22	62.9%	10	28.6%	3	8.6%	32-3	91.4%	4	22.2%	6	33.3%	8	44.4%	4-14	22.2%	44-14	75.9%	28-18	60.9%	1	0	37-16	69.8%

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 21-9 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Cannon/Marmelstein, United States 2-0
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Cannon/Marmelstein	1	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:52
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Cannon/Marmelstein	11	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-2
7/23/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Gold Medal	Salgado/Seixas	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	21-14, 21-16	0:42
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Salgado/Seixas	12	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	16-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 6, Q16 McBain/Pavan, Canada 1-0
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	McBain/Pavan	Q15	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 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 # 12 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 1-0
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Gold Medal	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Lopes/Silva	8	18-21, 25-23, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 13 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
Series tied with # 14, Q4 Antunes/Coradello, Brazil 1-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Antunes/Coradello	14	21-15, 23-21	0:41
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Antunes/Coradello	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	4	21-18, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Alvarez/Moreno	Q7	21-17, 14-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 18, Q8 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 # 19, Q11 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 # 20 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
Lead the series against # 22, Q21 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 # Q5 Kraft/Stockman, United States 3-0
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	Kraft/Stockman	Q13	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	0:54
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Kraft/Stockman	Q15	24-22, 21-18	0:42
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Kraft/Stockman	9	17-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # Q12 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
Trail the series against # Q18 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 # Q27 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
Trail the series against # Q28 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 # Q29 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
Lead the series against # Q32 Schneider/Sude, Germany 1-0
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Schneider/Sude	Q7	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58