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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Sochi Open
May 3 - 8, 2016

(13) 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 Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	12	9th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/4/2016	Pool D	Grant O'Gorman / Sam Pedlow, Canada (20)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:38
Thu, 5/5/2016	Pool D	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (29, Q8)	Won 21-18, 28-26	0:44
Thu, 5/5/2016	Pool D	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (4)	Lost 22-24, 21-17, 13-15	0:52
Fri, 5/6/2016	Winner 1	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (26, Q5)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:31
Fri, 5/6/2016	Winner 2	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (16)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
Sat, 5/7/2016	Winner 3	Tri Bourne / John Hyden, United States (3)	Lost 22-20, 14-21, 13-15	0:48

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	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	3	1	0	$35,275.00	22	26	45.8 %
Total	FIVB	25	1	0	3	1	3	0	4	0	7	3	3	$128,275.00	64	52	55.2 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	1	0	$17,637.50	2016	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	1	0	$17,637.50
25	1	0	3	1	3	4	7	3	3	$64,137.50	Total	Total	34	1	0	3	1	3	5	9	6	6	$73,337.50

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	11	42.3%	8	30.8%	7	26.9%	19-7	73.1%	6	23.1%	3	11.5%	17	65.4%	6-20	23.1%	22-34	39.3%	28-20	58.3%	0	0	25-27	48.1%

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
Series tied against the field 21-21 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Krou/Rowlandson	24	Doppler/Horst	9	16-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Bourne/Hyden, United States 1-4
5/7/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 3	Bourne/Hyden	3	Krou/Rowlandson	13	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
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 # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Krou/Rowlandson	13	24-22, 17-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	31, Q27	Krou/Rowlandson	18	19-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 3	Kantor/Losiak	25, Q3	Krou/Rowlandson	18	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-4
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool D	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Krou/Rowlandson	13	21-17, 21-15	0:37
3/12/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Krou/Rowlandson	24	21-17, 21-13	0:39
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	21-18, 21-19	0:42
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	19	Fijalek/Prudel	3	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-13, 21-17	0:35
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
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
Trail the series against # 10 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Krou/Rowlandson	32	24-26, 21-15, 16-14	1:09
Series tied with # 11 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
Lead the series against # 14 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Kapa/McHugh	28, Q7	17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 16 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
5/6/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	13	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	16	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 0-3
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	O'Gorman/Pedlow	20	Krou/Rowlandson	13	21-19, 21-18	0:38
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	O'Gorman/Pedlow	19	Krou/Rowlandson	14	19-21, 28-26, 15-8	0:54
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool G	O'Gorman/Pedlow	23, Q5	Krou/Rowlandson	7	21-13, 21-17	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
5/6/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	13	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	21-12, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-0
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Krou/Rowlandson	13	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	29, Q8	21-18, 28-26	0:44
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 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
Trail the series against # Q1 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 # Q9 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 2-0
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