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€ 25,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters
May 20 - 24, 2015

(4) Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, France

Youssef Krou
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Agadir, Morocco

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$170,329.00

Edouard Rowlandson
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mauguio

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$101,470.02

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
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	US$498.76
FIVB	34	1	0	3	2	4	0	5	0	9	5	5	US$158,475.00
Overall	42	1	2	3	2	6	0	5	2	10	6	5	US$175,632.60

Previous Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Edouard Rowlandson - 13th	Youssef Krou - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	9	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	3	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	5	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	5	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	24, Q3	17th	240	US$7,000.00
CEV	9/11-14/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	9	2nd	288	€ 4,000.00
CEV C&S	8/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	8	13th	126	€ 300.00
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

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool D	Jan Dumek / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (20, Q11)	Won 22-20, 21-13	0:35
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool D	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (13)	Lost 16-21, 21-13, 13-15	0:48
Sat, 5/23/2015	Winner 1	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (15)	Won 24-22, 18-21, 15-9	0:46
Sat, 5/23/2015	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Solovejs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (21)	Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:49
Sun, 5/24/2015	Semi-Finals	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (1)	Won 21-13, 17-21, 15-12	0:51
Sun, 5/24/2015	Gold Medal	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (11)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:39

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	0	$92,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	1	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	4	3	0	$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	0	$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	0	$79,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	4	0	$52,450.00
42	1	2	3	1	3	11	7	7	0	$55,737.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	0	3	1	1	4	4	5	0	$29,987.50
12	1	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	$10,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$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	1	$156,837.50	Total	50	2	0	3	2	4	7	12	9	0	$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	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$34,000.00	25	10	71.4 %
2014	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,187.50	13	6	68.4 %
2014	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$375.00	0	4	0.0 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
2015	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$40,000.00	30	13	69.8 %
Total	CEV	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,937.50	17	8	68.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$375.00	0	4	0.0 %

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
											2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											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
											2013	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	$512.50
8	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	$17,000.00	2014	FIVB	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	$17,000.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$187.50	2014	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$187.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2015	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
15	1	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	3	$26,156.25	Total	Total	32	1	2	3	0	4	4	6	6	6	$36,093.75

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	9	47.4%	7	36.8%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	5	45.5%	3-8	27.3%	9-5	64.3%	10-6	62.5%	0	1	19-12	61.3%
2014-2015	9	56.3%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	5	45.5%	3-8	27.3%	9-5	64.3%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	17-10	63.0%
Against the Field	4	36.4%	5	45.5%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	8-6	57.1%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	10-7	58.8%

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 lead the series against the field 19-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
5/24/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Semi-Finals	Krou/Rowlandson	4	Fijalek/Prudel	1	21-13, 17-21, 15-12	0:51
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 # 3 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-2
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Winner 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	2	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	21-10, 21-19	0:15
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 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
Series tied with # 8 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-2
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Garcia/Marco	10	21-10, 21-17	0:32
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Gold Medal	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Garcia/Marco	16	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
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 # 10 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 2-0
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	9	21-17, 21-16	0:33
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
Series tied with # 11 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-1
5/24/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Gold Medal	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	11	Krou/Rowlandson	4	21-15, 21-17	0:39
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 # 12, Q3 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 1-0
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Krou/Rowlandson	Q18	Petutschnig/Winter	Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 13 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 0-1
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Faiga/Hilman	13	Krou/Rowlandson	4	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 15 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-0
5/23/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	4	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	15	24-22, 18-21, 15-9	0:46
Trail the series against # 16 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kollo/Vesik	28, Q7	Krou/Rowlandson	Q10	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 1-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	3	Eglseer/Mullner	14	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 18, Q7 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 2-1
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Kissling/Kovatsch	24, Q10	Krou/Rowlandson	9	21-13, 21-15	0:35
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Kissling/Kovatsch	28	21-14, 21-23, 15-13	0:53
7/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Pool A	Krou/Rowlandson	17, Q6	Kissling/Kovatsch	16	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 20, Q11 Dumek/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-0
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Krou/Rowlandson	4	Dumek/Kufa	20, Q11	22-20, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 21 Solovejs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
5/23/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	4	Solovejs/Sorokins	21	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 0-1
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Contender 1	Finsters/Tocs	16	Krou/Rowlandson	8	3-1	0:54
Trail the series against Horl/Hupfer, Austria 0-1
5/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 1	Horl/Hupfer	21, Q1	Krou/Rowlandson	12	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q2 Bykanov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
11/8/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Bronze Medal	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Bykanov/Prokopiev	16	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q5 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 3-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	3	Daguerre/Salvetti	19, Q1	21-12, 21-12	0:40
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Daguerre/Salvetti	21, Q4	21-15, 20-22, 15-10	0:54
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
Lead the series against # Q19 Gritsai/Romano, Azerbaijan 1-0
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool A	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Gritsai/Romano	16	21-12, 21-17	0:41