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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Cape Town Elite 16
November 2 - 6, 2022

(Q2) Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Youssef Krou, France

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 22, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saint Maurice

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$137,563.58

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	37	Money
FIVB	28	1	2	1	0	3	0	10	2	4	2	1	1	1	US$118,947.00

Previous Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	3	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/22-25/2022	Dubai 1st Challenge	1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	14, Q2	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	5	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	21	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	13	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	17, Q3	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	22, Q13	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Cape Town Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/2/2022	Qualifier 1	Thandolwethu Ngobese / Deloshem Valaitham, South Africa (Q15)	Won 21-8, 21-10	0:23
Wed, 11/2/2022	Qualifier 2	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (14, Q7)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:36

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	4	0	0	$66,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	2	0	0	2	0	7	0	1	1	0	$42,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	28	1	2	1	0	3	0	10	2	7	1	1	$118,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat												Youssef Krou
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$22,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	World Tour Finals
19	1	0	0	0	1	8	5	2	0	$45,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	1	0	0	0	3	7	8	2	0	$79,000.00
33	0	3	1	0	4	11	2	4	0	$49,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	1	2	3	1	3	11	7	7	0	$55,737.50
22	1	3	1	0	5	8	2	2	0	$14,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	$10,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
82	2	6	3	0	11	30	11	8	1	$136,650.00	Total	86	3	4	5	2	8	18	21	9	1	$153,837.50

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
2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	$29,250.00	18	18	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	$29,250.00	18	18	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat													Youssef Krou
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	$17,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2015	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$29,500.00
											2016	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	1	0	$27,237.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2017	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$3,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	3	$6,600.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	6	$9,550.00
15	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	2	4	$14,000.00	2019	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	$4,850.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,850.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$1,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	$14,625.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	$14,625.00
51	1	2	0	0	7	21	5	5	10	$45,475.00	Total	Total	67	2	2	4	2	6	12	16	8	15	$109,012.50

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	37	64.9%	7	12.3%	13	22.8%	44-13	77.2%	9	20.0%	12	26.7%	24	53.3%	9-36	20.0%	37-24	60.7%	16-25	39.0%	2	3	55-52	51.4%
2021-2022	18	66.7%	4	14.8%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	5	26.3%	5	26.3%	9	47.4%	5-14	26.3%	18-9	66.7%	9-10	47.4%	0	0	27-19	58.7%
Against the Field	5	45.5%	1	9.1%	5	45.5%	6-5	54.5%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	10-12	45.5%	6-14	30.0%	0	2	8-15	34.8%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	4	7	14	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	15	9	2	0	6	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	31	21
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	13	5	25	31	3	0	9	13	3	1	1	0	1	2	55	52

Head to Head Results
Gauthier-Rat/Krou trail the series against the field 3-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	6	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q2	21-23, 23-21, 18-16	1:01
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q2	21-12, 21-15	0:29
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 1	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	17, Q3	30-32, 21-16, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 6 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 1	Ahman/Hellvig	11	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	13	21-17, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 9 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 1	Berntsen/Mol	2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	8	17-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 1-0
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q2	Luini/Penninga	11	16-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 14, Q7 Bello/Bello, England 0-1
11/2/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Bello/Bello	14, Q7	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	Q2	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # Q1 Crabb/Sander, United States 0-1
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Crabb/Sander	28	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # Q3 Dillier/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
10/28/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Pool C	Dillier/Heidrich	22, Q7	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	3	23-25, 21-17, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # Q15 Ngobese/Valaitham, South Africa 1-0
11/2/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	Q2	Ngobese/Valaitham	Q15	21-8, 21-10	0:23