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US$300,000 BPT Elite 16 Ostrava
June 5 - 9, 2024

(6) 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$166,718.50

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 Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Laura Giombini - 41st
2021	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 25th
2023	Marta Menegatti - 13th	Valentina Gottardi - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	6	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	10	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	10	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	10	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	13, Q1	9th	600	US$6,000.00
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

Elite16 Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/6/2024	Pool C	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (14, Q9)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 6/7/2024	Pool C	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (3)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 6/7/2024	Pool C	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (11)	Lost 21-19, 13-21, 11-15	0:47
Sat, 6/8/2024	Winner 1	Louisa Lippmann / Laura Ludwig, Germany (15, Q10)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 6/8/2024	Winner 2	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (4)	Lost 20-22, 12-21	0:40

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	1	1	0	0	0	$20,000.00	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	13	13	3	0	0	$166,250.00	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	10	1	1	0	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	$70,500.00	34	21	61.8 %
2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00	11	9	55.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	1	3	1	4	4	0	6	2	2	0	1	$148,800.00	66	49	57.4 %

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
10	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$35,250.00	2023	FIVB	10	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$35,250.00
4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00
27	1	3	1	4	5	10	2	0	1	$74,500.00	Total	Total	157	3	12	8	12	26	48	23	18	7	$563,225.00

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%
2023-2024	33	57.9%	14	24.6%	10	17.5%	47-10	82.5%	5	13.9%	12	33.3%	19	52.8%	5-31	13.9%	33-19	63.5%	19-22	46.3%	1	0	53-41	56.4%
Against the Field	18	52.9%	7	20.6%	9	26.5%	25-9	73.5%	2	6.9%	9	31.0%	18	62.1%	2-27	6.9%	36-34	51.4%	18-36	33.3%	1	0	28-35	44.4%

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 25-26 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-1
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	21-14, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 2 Cheng/Hughes, United States 1-2
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	13-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	11-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	30-28, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 3 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 3-4
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Salgado/Seixas	3	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Salgado/Seixas	3	21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:56
4/21/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Seixas	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	22-20, 21-23, 25-23	1:19
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	7	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-15, 21-16	0:40
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Salgado/Seixas	6	21-16, 21-18	0:40
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
Series tied with # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 1-1
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	22-20, 21-12	0:40
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	9	21-10, 19-21, 15-7	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-5
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Semi-Finals	Schoon/Stam	6	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	23-21, 21-10	0:39
10/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Bronze Medal	Schoon/Stam	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-17, 22-20	0:42
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
Series tied with # 8 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-2
5/25/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	8	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	14-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
3/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	13, Q1	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-19, 21-13	0:34
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
Series tied with # 9 Donlin/Flint, United States 1-1
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Donlin/Flint	15	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-14, 21-18	0:39
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Donlin/Flint	9	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-3
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	6	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 16-14	0:53
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 # 11 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 1-3
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:47
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Muller/Tillmann	8	21-10, 21-16	0:33
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:42
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	10	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	21-17, 13-21, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13, Q5 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-1
3/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Mader/Verge-Depre	16, Q6	23-21, 29-27	0:59
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Mader/Verge-Depre	13	22-20, 21-15	0:41
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 # 14, Q9 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 2-0
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14, Q9	21-17, 21-14	0:34
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 # 15, Q10 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 1-0
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q10	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q2 Cannon/Kraft, United States 1-0
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Cannon/Kraft	15, Q7	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q3 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 # Q4 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 4-1
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Bobner/Verge-Depre	15, Q5	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
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
Trail the series against # Q7 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 # Q8 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 2-0
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Fernandez/Soria	7, Q3	24-22, 21-19	0:46
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Fernandez/Soria	18, Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # Q13 Placette/Richard, France 1-1
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