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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 Semi Finals - Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy vs. Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, Argentina Marta Menegatti Viktoria Orsi Toth Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: August 16, 1990 (25 yrs old) Birth Date: August 14, 1990 (25 yrs old) Home Town: Ariano Polesine Home Town: Santeramo in Colle Resides: Ariano Polesine Resides: Santeramo Height: 180 cm (5'11") Height: 185 cm (6'1") Weight: 67 kg (149 lbs.) Weight: 75 kg (167 lbs.) Seasons: 11 Seasons: 7 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 81 Tournaments: 41 Best Finish: 1st (Sochi 2015) Best Finish: 1st (Sochi 2015) Career Winnings: $375,788 Career Winnings: $164,463 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 29 1 1 2 3 3 0 9 0 4 5 US$312,925.00 FIVB Age Group WC 10100000000 US$0.00 Overall 30 1 2 2 3 3 0 9 0 4 5 US$312,925.00 Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before Antalya Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 10/21/2015 Pool B Merve Aktas / Resmiye Cakmak, Turkey (31) Won 21-8, 21-11 0:28 Wed, 10/21/2015 Pool B Norisbeth Agudo / Olaya Pazo, Venezuela (18) Won 21-16, 21-17 0:44 Thu, 10/22/2015 Pool B Alexandra Jupiter / Laura Longuet, France (15) Won 21-11, 21-16 0:29 Fri, 10/23/2015 Winner 2 Teresa Mersmann / Isabel Schneider, Germany (10) Won 21-16, 21-14 0:39 Fri, 10/23/2015 Winner 3 Kim Behrens / Anni Schumacher, Germany (22, Q6) Won 21-13, 21-15 0:34 Sat, 10/24/2015 Semi-Finals Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug, Argentina (3) Marta Menegatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 29th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Marta is playing in her 20th FIVB World Tour final four with one gold, five silver, six bronze medals and seven 4th place finishes. Viktoria is playing in her 8th FIVB World Tour final four with one gold, one silver, two bronze medals and three 4th place finishes. This is Marta's and Viktoria's 2nd Final Four of 2016 (Bronze Puerto Vallarta Open). Marta finished 5th in the Olympic Games with Greta Cicolari in 2012 (London). Marta and Viktoria finished 9th in the FIVB World Championships in 2015 (The Hague). Marta finished 9th in the FIVB World Championships in 2011 (Rome) and 5th in 2013 (Stare Jablonki), both with Greta Cicolari. Viktoria finished 37th in the FIVB World Championships with Giada Benazzi in 2011 (Rome) 37th. Marta and Viktoria are currently ranked 1st in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 750 points and 2nd in winnings with $10,500. Marta and Viktoria rank 41st on the all-time FIVB World Tour team gold medal list with one, 103rd on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 29, and 47th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $312,925. Marta and Viktoria have a career 91-56 (61.9%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 11-1 (91.7%) record in 2016, and an all-time record of 5-0 (100.0%) in Antalya. Marta (1) and Viktoria (1) each ranks 54th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals. Marta (71) ranks 107th and Viktoria (40) ranks 233rd in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Marta ($375,137) ranks 36th and Viktoria ($164,462) ranks 106th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Marta and Viktoria won the silver medal at the U21 World Championship in 2010 (Alanya, Turkey). Marta won the silver medal at the U19 World Championships with Gilda Lombardo in 2007 (Myslowice, Poland). Marta won the gold medal at the CEV European Championship Final with Greta Cicolari in 2011 (Kristiansand, Norway). Marta was named the FIVB World Tour Most Improved Player in 2011. Page 1 of 8 Ana Gallay Georgina Klug Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: January 16, 1986 (29 yrs old) Birth Date: June 11, 1984 (31 yrs old) Home Town: Nogoya Home Town: Santa Fe Resides: Entre Rios Resides: Mar del Plata Height: 173 cm (5'8") Height: 172 cm (5'8") Weight: 66 kg (147 lbs.) Weight: 63 kg (140 lbs.) Seasons: 7 Seasons: 4 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 39 Tournaments: 34 Best Finish: 2nd (Xiamen 2015) Best Finish: 2nd (Xiamen 2015) Career Winnings: $94,738 Career Winnings: $94,263 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 37 Money FIVB 33 0 1 0 0 6 0 9 0 11 2 2 1 US$185,775.00 Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before Antalya Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 10/21/2015 Pool C Atasoy Burcu / Tugba Ozdemir, Turkey (30) Won 21-9, 21-19 0:30 Wed, 10/21/2015 Pool C Nadezda Makroguzova / Olga Motrich, Russia (19) Won 24-22, 10-21, 15-13 0:48 Thu, 10/22/2015 Pool C Yulia Abalakina / Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia (14) Won 21-14, 21-17 0:34 Fri, 10/23/2015 Winner 2 Alexandra Jupiter / Laura Longuet, France (15) Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-13 0:48 Fri, 10/23/2015 Winner 3 Taru Lahti / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (9) Won 21-17, 21-19 0:38 Sat, 10/24/2015 Semi-Finals Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (2) Ana Gallay and Georgina Klug have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 33rd FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Ana is playing in her 2nd FIVB World Tour final four with one silver medal. Georgina is playing in her 2nd FIVB World Tour final four with one silver medal. This is Ana's and Georgina's 1st Final Four of 2016. Their last Final Four was a Silver at Xiamen in September, 2015. Ana finished 19th in the Olympic Games with Virginia Zonta in 2012 (London). Ana and Georgina finished 37th in the FIVB World Championships in 2015 (The Hague). Ana and Georgina are currently ranked 2nd in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 650 points and 4th in winnings with $7,875. Ana and Georgina rank 87th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 33 and 83rd on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $185,775. Ana and Georgina have a career 84-68 (55.3%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 8-2 (80.0%) record in 2016, and an all-time record of 5-0 (100.0%) in Antalya. Ana (39) ranks 236th and Georgina (34) ranks 265th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Ana ($94,737) ranks 166th and Georgina ($94,262) ranks 168th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Ana and Georgina won the gold medal at the South American Beach Volleyball Tour Final in August of this year (Parque Sarmiento, ARG). Ana and Georgina won the gold medal at the XVII Pan Am Games in July of this year (Toronto). Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth lead the series 2-0 Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 6/28/2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015 Pool L Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth 15-21, 21-19, 15-9 0:51 6/3/2015 Porec Major Series Pool H Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth 21-17, 21-17 0:38 Page 2 of 8 Semi Finals - Marketa Slukova/Barbora Hermannova, Czech Republic vs. Jennifer Kessy/Emily Day, United States Marketa Slukova Barbora Hermannová Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: June 28, 1988 (27 yrs old) Birth Date: November 7, 1990 (24 yrs old) Home Town: Prague Home Town: Ostrava Resides: Prague Resides: Prague Height: 180 cm (5'11") Height: 179 cm (5'10") Weight: 69 kg (153 lbs.) Weight: 73 kg (162 lbs.) Seasons: 12 Seasons: 9 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 72 Tournaments: 59 Best Finish: 1st (2 times) Best Finish: 1st (Mangaung 2014) Career Winnings: $282,863 Career Winnings: $50,300 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 Money FIVB 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 US$9,075.00 Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before Antalya Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 10/21/2015 Pool D Kim DiCello / Kendra Van Zwieten, United States (20) Won 21-15, 21-18 0:34 Wed, 10/21/2015 Pool D Martina Bonnerova / Vendula Haragova, Czech Republic (29) Won 21-13, 21-19 0:40 Thu, 10/22/2015 Pool D Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (4) Won 21-12, 21-13 0:29 Fri, 10/23/2015 Winner 2 Anastasia Barsuk / Alexandra Moiseeva, Russia (23, Q8) Won 21-17, 21-14 0:33 Fri, 10/23/2015 Winner 3 Yulia Abalakina / Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia (14) Won 11-21, 21-12, 15-13 0:43 Sat, 10/24/2015 Semi-Finals Emily Day / Jennifer Kessy, United States (6) Marketa Slukova and Barbora Hermannova started playing together this year. They are playing in their 5th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Marketa is playing in her 6th FIVB World Tour final four with two gold medals, one bronze medal and two 4th place finishes. Barbora is playing in her 2nd FIVB World Tour final four with one gold medal. This is Marketa's and Barbora's 1st Final Four of 2016.