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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Dubai 1st Challenge
October 22 - 25, 2022

(1) 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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Dubai 1st Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 10/23/2022	Pool A	Martins Plavins / Mihails Samoilovs, Latvia (24)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:35
Sun, 10/23/2022	Pool A	Arthur Lanci / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (13)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:51
Mon, 10/24/2022	Winner 1	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (19, Q8)	Lost 21-14, 26-28, 11-15	0:52

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	$26,750.00	16	15	51.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	$26,750.00	16	15	51.6 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$13,375.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$13,375.00
49	1	2	0	0	7	20	4	5	10	$44,225.00	Total	Total	65	2	2	4	2	6	11	15	8	15	$107,762.50

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	11	73.3%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3-3	50.0%	22-2	91.7%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	15-6	71.4%

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 8-3 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Budinger/Field, United States 1-0
4/14/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Qualifier 2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	22, Q13	Budinger/Field	Q4	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 10 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Lanci/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
10/23/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Pool A	Lanci/Solberg	13	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	1	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
4/14/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Qualifier 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	22, Q13	Campos/Pedrosa	Q20	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 16, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 19, Q8 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 0-1
10/24/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Winner 1	Hodges/Schubert	19, Q8	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	1	14-21, 28-26, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 24 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
10/23/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	1	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q9 Jongklang/Nakprakhong, Thailand 1-0
6/14/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Jongklang/Nakprakhong	38	19-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:56