Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Paris Elite 16
September 28 - October 2, 2022

(14, 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Paris Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/28/2022	Qualifier 1	Calvin Aye / Quincy Aye, France (Q15)	Won 21-15, 27-25	0:44
Wed, 9/28/2022	Qualifier 2	Miguel Sarabia / Juan Virgen, Mexico (Q7)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:33
Thu, 9/29/2022	Pool C	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (6)	Lost 23-21, 21-23, 16-18	1:01
Fri, 9/30/2022	Pool C	Leon Luini / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (11)	Won 16-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:50
Fri, 9/30/2022	Pool C	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (3)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:29

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	$24,250.00	15	13	53.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	$24,250.00	15	13	53.6 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$12,125.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$12,125.00
48	1	2	0	0	7	19	4	5	10	$42,975.00	Total	Total	64	2	2	4	2	6	10	15	8	15	$106,512.50

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	13	59.1%	3	13.6%	6	27.3%	16-6	72.7%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	12	63.2%	3-16	15.8%	26-16	61.9%	12-20	37.5%	2	2	21-20	51.2%

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 lead the series against the field 8-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-1
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 2	Perusic/Schweiner	3	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	22, Q13	21-16, 21-17	0:37
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	22, Q13	Perusic/Schweiner	3	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 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 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 # 10 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 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 # 15, Q4 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 2-0
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	17, Q3	Aravena/Droguett	8	21-17, 21-19	0:38
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	22, Q13	Aravena/Droguett	11, Q1	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q7 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q2	Sarabia/Virgen	Q7	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # Q11 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 1-1
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool E	Mermer/Urlu	20, Q7	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	21-17, 22-24, 15-9	0:57
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Lucky Loser	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	13	Mermer/Urlu	6	21-17, 16-21, 15-8	0:44
Lead the series against # Q15 Aye/Aye, France 1-0
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q2	Aye/Aye	Q15	21-15, 27-25	0:44