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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fuzhou Open
April 19 - 23, 2016

(12) 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:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$154,118.60

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 Winnings:

US$90,245.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	34	1	0	3	2	4	0	5	0	9	5	5	US$158,475.00

Previous Fuzhou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Andy Ces - 25th
2015	Edouard Rowlandson - 3rd	Youssef Krou - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	12	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	13	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	16	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	24	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	14	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	4	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	6	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	7	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	14	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	32	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	11	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	18	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	19	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	18	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	9	3rd	400	US$6,000.00

Fuzhou Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/20/2016	Pool E	Nico Beeler / Alexei Strasser, Switzerland (21)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:37
Wed, 4/20/2016	Pool E	Stefan Basta / Lazar Kolaric, Serbia (28, Q13)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:32
Thu, 4/21/2016	Pool E	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (5)	Lost 11-21, 14-21	0:29
Fri, 4/22/2016	Winner 1	Jackson Henriquez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (18)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:35
Fri, 4/22/2016	Winner 2	Dmitri Barsuk / Nikita Liamin, Russia (24, Q5)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:34

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
Total	34	1	0	3	2	4	0	5	0	9	5	0	$158,475.00

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
86	3	4	5	2	8	18	21	9	1	$153,837.50	Total	49	2	0	3	2	4	7	11	9	0	$89,987.50

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 %
2015	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$59,000.00	17	16	51.5 %
2016	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	1	0	$31,900.00	19	23	45.2 %
Total	FIVB	24	1	0	3	1	2	0	4	0	7	3	3	$124,900.00	61	49	55.5 %

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
											2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$9,200.00
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
7	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$29,500.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$29,500.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	$15,950.00	2016	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	$15,950.00
24	1	0	3	1	2	4	7	3	3	$62,450.00	Total	Total	33	1	0	3	1	2	5	9	6	6	$71,650.00

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	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%
2015-2016	24	60.0%	5	12.5%	11	27.5%	29-11	72.5%	14	26.4%	7	13.2%	32	60.4%	14-39	26.4%	24-32	42.9%	19-18	51.4%	2	0	45-50	47.4%
Against the Field	18	60.0%	6	20.0%	6	20.0%	24-6	80.0%	7	23.3%	4	13.3%	19	63.3%	7-23	23.3%	36-36	50.0%	26-20	56.5%	0	1	31-29	51.7%

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
Total	0	0	10	6	43	40	0	0	24	18	1	5	3	2	1	0	82	71

Head to Head Results
Krou/Rowlandson lead the series against the field 26-19 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
11/13/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	Krou/Rowlandson	6	15-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-2
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	8	Krou/Rowlandson	24	21-17, 23-25, 15-13	0:52
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	14	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-16, 21-16	0:35
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	17	Krou/Rowlandson	32	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Bourne/Hyden, United States 1-3
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Bourne/Hyden	5	Krou/Rowlandson	12	21-16, 21-19	0:35
11/13/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Bronze Medal	Bourne/Hyden	3	Krou/Rowlandson	6	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	0:50
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool B	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Bourne/Hyden	15	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bourne/Hyden	15, Q2	Krou/Rowlandson	Q18	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Krou/Rowlandson	12	21-11, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	9	Krou/Rowlandson	12	21-13, 21-15	0:29
Series tied with # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Krou/Rowlandson	11	21-15, 21-15	0:40
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Lupo/Nicolai	16	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 10 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-1
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	15	Krou/Rowlandson	18	21-18, 22-20	0:39
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Binstock/Schachter	4	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-2
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	24	Grimalt/Grimalt	22	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:45
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	Krou/Rowlandson	14	21-19, 21-16	0:35
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 # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 3-0
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	12	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	13	21-15, 17-21, 15-7	0:52
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool A	Krou/Rowlandson	16	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	17	18-21, 27-25, 15-9	1:09
11/12/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	6	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	4	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 14 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 15 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-1
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool F	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	11	Krou/Rowlandson	6	24-22, 29-27	0:50
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	2	21-12, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 17 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	6	Huber/Seidl	17	21-12, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 18 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 2-0
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	12	Henriquez/Villafane	18	21-17, 21-15	0:35
4/5/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool D	Krou/Rowlandson	13	Henriquez/Villafane	20	21-9, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 19 Fuchs/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool D	Krou/Rowlandson	4	Fuchs/Windscheif	13	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 20 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-2
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Kosiak/Rudol	21	Krou/Rowlandson	12	21-18, 21-8	0:30
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 2	Kosiak/Rudol	17	Krou/Rowlandson	4	21-17, 36-34	0:51
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 # 21 Beeler/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	12	Beeler/Strasser	21	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Barsuk/Liamin, Russia 1-2
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Liamin	24, Q5	Krou/Rowlandson	12	21-17, 21-18	0:34
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q13	Krou/Rowlandson	16	21-18, 21-18	0:35
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Semi-Finals	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Barsuk/Liamin	20	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 25, Q8 Kvamsdal/Sorum, Norway 1-0
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	12	Kvamsdal/Sorum	28, Q7	23-21, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 27, Q11 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q13 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 1-0
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	12	Basta/Kolaric	28, Q13	21-16, 21-11	0:32
Series tied with # Q3 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 1-1
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool F	Krou/Rowlandson	6	Bryl/Kujawiak	27, Q6	25-23, 21-18	0:43
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Bryl/Kujawiak	25	Krou/Rowlandson	9	23-21, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q4 Hordvik/Usken, Norway 2-0
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool D	Krou/Rowlandson	4	Hordvik/Usken	20	19-21, 21-8, 16-14	0:45
11/12/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	6	Hordvik/Usken	21	29-27, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # Q9 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-0
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