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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
September 23 - 28, 2014

(24, Q3) Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, France

Youssef Krou
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1989 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Agadir, Morocco

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$169,124.83

Edouard Rowlandson
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mauguio

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$100,295.22

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	US$16,658.84
FIVB	34	1	0	3	2	4	0	5	0	9	5	5	US$158,475.00
Overall	40	1	2	3	2	6	0	5	1	10	5	5	US$175,133.84

Previous São Paulo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Andy Ces - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/11-14/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	9	2nd	288	€ 4,000.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	8/7-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	13, Q5	5th	192	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	31, Q21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	17, Q6	5th	192	€ 1,187.50
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	80	US$0.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool H	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (9)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:39
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool H	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (8)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:51
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool H	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (25, Q4)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 1	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (11)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 16-18	0:54

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	2	3	$92,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	1	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	4	3	2	$52,475.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	35	1	0	3	2	4	0	5	0	10	5	5	$159,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Youssef Krou												Edouard Rowlandson
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
28	1	0	0	0	3	7	8	2	7	$79,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	4	6	$52,450.00
42	1	2	3	1	3	11	7	7	7	$55,737.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	0	3	1	1	4	4	5	4	$29,987.50
12	1	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	1	$10,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	$4,050.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$3,000.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
91	3	4	5	2	8	20	24	9	16	$156,837.50	Total	50	2	0	3	2	4	7	12	9	11	$90,487.50

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
2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$11,000.00	6	8	42.9 %
2014	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,187.50	13	6	68.4 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$11,000.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,187.50	13	6	68.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Youssef Krou													Edouard Rowlandson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$9,200.00
											2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$125.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,500.00	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,500.00
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,093.75	2014	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,093.75
8	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	$9,593.75	Total	Total	20	0	1	0	0	2	1	6	4	6	$18,918.75

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	50	66.7%	11	14.7%	14	18.7%	61-14	81.3%	19	25.7%	11	14.9%	44	59.5%	19-55	25.7%	50-44	53.2%	30-25	54.5%	2	2	82-71	53.6%
2013-2014	17	73.9%	5	21.7%	1	4.3%	22-1	95.7%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	7	58.3%	3-9	25.0%	17-7	70.8%	8-3	72.7%	0	0	25-10	71.4%
Against the Field	8	42.1%	6	31.6%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	7	17.9%	4	10.3%	28	71.8%	7-32	17.9%	16-52	23.5%	26-18	59.1%	1	1	22-36	37.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	3	15	15	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	26
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	2	24	22	0	0	16	8	1	4	3	1	1	0	48	37
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	10	6	45	41	0	0	24	19	1	5	3	2	1	0	84	73

Head to Head Results
Krou/Rowlandson trail the series against the field 7-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bourne/Hyden	15, Q2	Krou/Rowlandson	Q18	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Krou/Rowlandson	24, Q3	Krasilnikov/Semenov	8	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 9 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Gibb/Patterson	9	Krou/Rowlandson	24, Q3	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Doppler/Horst	5	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	21-18, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 11 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Krou/Rowlandson	24, Q3	21-16, 19-21, 18-16	0:54
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	18	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 13 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
9/14/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	2	Krou/Rowlandson	9	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	Bockermann/Urbatzka	4	15-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
7/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Pool A	Krou/Rowlandson	17, Q6	Huber/Seidl	1	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q5	Krou/Rowlandson	Q21	12-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 21 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	8	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:58
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Krou/Rowlandson	24, Q3	Kosiak/Rudol	25, Q4	21-18, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
9/14/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Semi-Finals	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	12, Q1	14-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 28, Q6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-2
9/12/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool A	Garcia/Marco	8	Krou/Rowlandson	9	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:52
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	21-10, 16-21, 15-13	0:36
Lead the series against # Q9 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Daguerre/Salvetti	10	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:58