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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Stadium Court 11:00

Match #19: Pool A

(12) Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti, Italy
vs.
(24) Marwa Abdelhady/Doaa Elghobashy, Egypt

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$184,818.50

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

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 Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Marta Menegatti - 13th	Valentina Gottardi - 13th
2023	Marta Menegatti - 4th	Valentina Gottardi - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-13/2024	Elite16 Vienna	3	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
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

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool A

Liliana Fernandez / Paula Soria, Spain (13)

Lost 22-24, 21-9, 14-16

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	Total	23	13	4	0.391	4	2	4	4
	1	9	4	3	0.111	1	1	1	2
	2	3	3	0	1.000	2	1	2	0
	3	11	6	1	0.455	1	0	1	2
Marta Menegatti	Total	31	18	3	0.484	0	7	2	2
	1	17	9	2	0.412	0	4	0	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	3	1	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	0	0	1	1

Tue, 7/30/2024

Pool A

Marwa Abdelhady / Doaa Elghobashy, Egypt (24)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	Total	12	9	2	0.583	3	2	6	4
	1	5	3	1	0.400	2	2	4	2
	2	7	6	1	0.714	1	0	2	2
Marta Menegatti	Total	25	15	5	0.400	0	9	2	0
	1	15	8	3	0.333	0	4	0	0
	2	10	7	2	0.500	0	5	2	0

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool A

Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)

Lost 17-21, 10-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	Total	21	8	7	0.048	0	1	2	4
	1	4	2	0	0.500	0	1	2	3
	2	17	6	7	-0.059	0	0	0	1
Marta Menegatti	Total	20	8	5	0.150	0	2	0	1
	1	15	7	4	0.200	0	1	0	1
	2	5	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	0

Sun, 8/4/2024

Winner 1

Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (3)

Lost 18-21, 21-17, 12-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	Total	14	9	2	0.500	6	2	1	6
	1	4	4	0	1.000	3	0	0	4
	2	4	3	0	0.750	2	1	0	1
	3	6	2	2	0.000	1	1	1	1
Marta Menegatti	Total	51	22	5	0.333	0	18	1	0
	1	22	7	4	0.136	0	7	0	0
	2	16	9	1	0.500	0	5	1	0
	3	13	6	0	0.462	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	70	39	15	0.343	13	7	13	18
Marta Menegatti	127	63	18	0.354	0	36	5	3
Total	197	102	33	0.350	13	43	18	21
Opponents	184	97	30	0.364	13	43	10	16

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2012	Olympic Games	London	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Laura Giombini - 9th
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Did not play	Laura Giombini - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Rebecca Perry - 37th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 5th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 19th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Valentina Gottardi - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Marta Menegatti - 5th	Valentina Gottardi - 5th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Valentina Gottardi - 9th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Valentina Gottardi - 9th
2024	World Tour Finals	Doha	Reka Orsi Toth - 7th	Did not play
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Reka Orsi Toth - 5th	Did not play

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
26	1	1	0	4	10	8	2	0	0	$117,850.00	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
46	3	5	1	5	14	14	3	0	0	$184,350.00	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	7	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$46,000.00	16	16	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	1	3	1	4	5	0	8	2	2	0	1	$162,800.00	71	56	55.9 %

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
7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$23,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$23,000.00
30	1	3	1	4	6	12	2	0	1	$81,500.00	Total	Total	160	3	12	8	12	27	50	23	18	7	$570,225.00

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	17	50.0%	7	20.6%	10	29.4%	24-10	70.6%	2	6.9%	9	31.0%	18	62.1%	2-27	6.9%	34-34	50.0%	18-38	32.1%	1	0	27-36	42.9%

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

Marwa Abdelhady
Egypt

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cairo

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,020.28

Doaa Elghobashy
Egypt

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 8, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cairo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,767.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	US$325.26

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/29-6/1/2024	Futures Spiez	2	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/23-26/2024	Futures Battipaglia	2	13th	140	€ 100.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool A

Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)

Lost 14-21, 19-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marwa Abdelhady	Total	13	6	0	0.462	0	3	1	3
	1	3	1	0	0.333	0	1	1	2
	2	10	5	0	0.500	0	2	0	1
Doaa Elghobashy	Total	29	15	4	0.379	0	2	1	1
	1	15	8	3	0.333	0	1	0	0
	2	14	7	1	0.429	0	1	1	1

Tue, 7/30/2024

Pool A

Valentina Gottardi / Marta Menegatti, Italy (12)

Lost 16-21, 10-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marwa Abdelhady	Total	13	4	3	0.077	1	0	2	1
	1	6	4	1	0.500	1	0	0	1
	2	7	0	2	-0.286	0	0	2	0
Doaa Elghobashy	Total	17	7	2	0.294	0	4	0	2
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	0	2
	2	6	2	1	0.167	0	1	0	0

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool A

Liliana Fernandez / Paula Soria, Spain (13)

Lost 18-21, 14-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marwa Abdelhady	Total	6	2	2	0.000	0	1	1	3
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	2
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	1	1	1
Doaa Elghobashy	Total	37	16	10	0.162	0	6	3	2
	1	21	9	5	0.190	0	5	0	1
	2	16	7	5	0.125	0	1	3	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marwa Abdelhady	32	12	5	0.219	1	4	4	7
Doaa Elghobashy	83	38	16	0.265	0	12	4	5
Total	115	50	21	0.252	1	16	8	12
Opponents	121	73	18	0.455	7	32	14	9

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Nada Meawad - 19th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Randa Radwan - 37th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Farida El Askalany - 37th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Doaa Elghobashy - 19th	Marwa Abdelhady - 19th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Nada Hamdy - 37th	Did not play

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$300.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marwa Abdelhady												Doaa Elghobashy
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	$1,950.00	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	$3,650.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$300.00	1	7	12.5 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$300.00	1	7	12.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marwa Abdelhady													Doaa Elghobashy
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
											2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2023	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$150.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$250.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	$3,650.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	0-7	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-7	12.5%
2023-2024	0	0	0	0-0	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	0-7	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-7	12.5%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-0		0	0	0-3	0.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Total	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7

Head to Head Results
Gottardi/Menegatti lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/30/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool A	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	Abdelhady/Elghobashy	24	21-16, 21-10	0:38