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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
Thursday, May 28, 2026 Court #2 14:00

Match #17: Pool E

(5) Valentina Gottardi/Reka Orsi Toth, Italy
vs.
(17, Q1) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States

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$182,968.50

Reka Orsi Toth
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Budapest

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$99,935.03

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	13	1	2	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	US$169,500.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Marta Menegatti - 13th	Did not play
2024	Marta Menegatti - 5th	Did not play
2025	Reka Orsi Toth - 5th	Valentina Gottardi - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	3	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	6	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	9	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	2	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool E	Valentyna Davidova / Anhelina Khmil, Ukraine (20, Q5)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool E	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (17, Q1)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool E	Anna-Lena Grune / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (8)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	$123,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	13	1	2	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	$169,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Valentina Gottardi												Reka Orsi Toth
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
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$23,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$10,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
26	1	1	0	4	10	7	2	0	0	$116,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	1	1	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	$67,250.00
8	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$30,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$9,125.00
4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	2	5	1	5	3	1	0	0	$3,650.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U17 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
46	3	5	1	5	14	13	3	0	0	$182,500.00	Total	44	2	4	5	1	13	10	6	1	1	$98,225.00

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	$121,000.00	29	15	65.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	2	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	$167,000.00	39	20	66.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Valentina Gottardi													Reka Orsi Toth
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,850.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
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	8	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	$2,850.00
10	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$35,250.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$1,400.00
10	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	0	$39,500.00	2024	FIVB	10	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$16,600.00
11	2	1	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	$71,750.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	$64,375.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00
45	3	5	1	5	14	13	3	0	1	$181,250.00	Total	Total	43	2	4	5	1	13	10	6	1	1	$96,975.00

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	27	75.0%	5	13.9%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	7	30.4%	8	34.8%	8	34.8%	7-16	30.4%	27-8	77.1%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	39-20	66.1%
2025-2026	25	78.1%	4	12.5%	3	9.4%	29-3	90.6%	6	31.6%	6	31.6%	7	36.8%	6-13	31.6%	25-7	78.1%	10-9	52.6%	0	0	35-16	68.6%
Against the Field	14	73.7%	2	10.5%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	4	30.8%	4	30.8%	5	38.5%	4-9	30.8%	28-10	73.7%	12-14	46.2%	0	0	20-12	62.5%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	15	6	0	0	11	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	29	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Total	0	0	0	0	20	10	0	0	15	8	3	0	0	0	1	2	39	20

Ally Batenhorst
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

193 cm (6'5")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$17,250.00

Sara Hughes
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$378,844.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$34,500.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Summer Ross - 9th
2019	Did not play	Summer Ross - 9th
2021	Did not play	Emily Capers - Country Quota
2022	Did not play	Kelley Kolinske - 13th
2023	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 5th
2024	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Qualifier 1	Martina Terenova / Barbora Tokosova, Slovakia (Q16)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:31
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool E	Anna-Lena Grune / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (8)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool E	Valentina Gottardi / Reka Orsi Toth, Italy (5)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool E	Valentyna Davidova / Anhelina Khmil, Ukraine (20, Q5)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$16,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Total	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$34,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ally Batenhorst												Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	3	1	1	2	9	10	1	0	0	$152,250.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	3	0	5	1	4	7	4	2	0	$80,625.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$17,250.00	Total	82	10	1	8	4	18	23	6	3	0	$378,695.00

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
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	11	6	64.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$32,000.00	12	8	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ally Batenhorst													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
											2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
											2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
											2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00	Total	Total	81	10	1	8	4	18	23	6	3	8	$377,445.00

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	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4-4	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	12-8	60.0%
2025-2026	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4-4	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	12-8	60.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	3
Total	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	12	8

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool E