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US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Gstaad
July 3 - 7, 2024

(8) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 17th
2011	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 3rd
2012	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2013	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2014	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 25th
2015	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2016	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 5th
2017	Did not play	Rebecca Perry - 25th
2019	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 17th
2021	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 17th
2023	Marta Menegatti - 5th	Valentina Gottardi - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
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 Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/4/2024	Pool A	Agatha Bednarczuk / Rebecca Cavalcanti, Brazil (9)	Lost 20-22, 23-25	0:45
Thu, 7/4/2024	Pool A	Louisa Lippmann / Laura Ludwig, Germany (16, Q6)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 7/5/2024	Pool A	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (1)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:41
Sat, 7/6/2024	Winner 2	Terese Cannon / Megan Kraft, United States (14, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:35

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	10	1	1	0	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	$70,500.00	34	21	61.8 %
2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	FIVB	25	1	3	1	4	5	0	6	2	2	0	1	$156,800.00	68	51	57.1 %

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
5	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$20,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$20,000.00
28	1	3	1	4	6	10	2	0	1	$78,500.00	Total	Total	158	3	12	8	12	27	48	23	18	7	$567,225.00

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	15	50.0%	8	26.7%	7	23.3%	23-7	76.7%	1	3.8%	6	23.1%	19	73.1%	1-25	3.8%	30-36	45.5%	18-26	40.9%	1	0	25-31	44.6%

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 23-28 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 1-5
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Gottardi/Menegatti	8	Schoon/Stam	1	21-19, 21-18	0:41
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 # 2 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 # 3 Brasher/Nuss, United States 1-3
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Brasher/Nuss	2	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-13, 21-17	0:36
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Brasher/Nuss	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-13, 21-16	0:35
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Brasher/Nuss	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 9 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-1
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	9	Gottardi/Menegatti	8	22-20, 25-23	0:45
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 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
Series tied with # 13, Q1 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-1
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Alvarez/Moreno	14, Q6	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	21-19, 19-21, 18-16	1:00
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Alvarez/Moreno	Q7	21-17, 14-21, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 14, Q2 Cannon/Kraft, United States 1-1
7/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Cannon/Kraft	14, Q2	Gottardi/Menegatti	8	21-17, 21-15	0:35
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 # 15, 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 # 16, Q6 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 2-0
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Gottardi/Menegatti	8	Lippmann/Ludwig	16, Q6	23-21, 21-17	0:40
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q10	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q3 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-3
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Artacho/Clancy	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	9-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:55
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	0:54
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Artacho/Clancy	7	21-16, 27-25	0:45
3/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Bronze Medal	Artacho/Clancy	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	16-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:55
Lead the series against # Q7 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