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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Gstaad
July 5 - 9, 2023

(3) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Maxime Thiercy - 41st	Quincy Aye - 41st
2019	Quincy Aye - 41st	Did not play
2021	Did not play	Olivier Barthelemy - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Futures Lille	1	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	5	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	7	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	6	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	6	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/2-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	Q2	17th	400	US$0.00
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

Elite16 Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/6/2023	Pool C	Guto Carvalhaes / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (11)	Lost 11-21, 15-21	0:33
Fri, 7/7/2023	Pool C	Michal Bryl / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (6)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 8-15	0:50
Fri, 7/7/2023	Pool C	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (14, Q7)	Lost 30-32, 15-21	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$)
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	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	2	0	0	$63,000.00	27	19	58.7 %
2023	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$24,000.00	12	10	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	1	1	0	3	0	7	1	2	0	0	$87,000.00	39	29	57.4 %

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
11	1	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$31,500.00	2022	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$31,500.00
5	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,000.00
58	2	3	1	0	9	23	5	5	10	$74,350.00	Total	Total	74	3	3	5	2	8	14	16	8	15	$137,887.50

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%
2022-2023	27	61.4%	6	13.6%	11	25.0%	33-11	75.0%	8	22.2%	10	27.8%	18	50.0%	8-28	22.2%	27-18	60.0%	14-21	40.0%	0	1	41-40	50.6%
Against the Field	11	52.4%	3	14.3%	7	33.3%	14-7	66.7%	4	18.2%	3	13.6%	15	68.2%	4-18	18.2%	22-24	47.8%	14-20	41.2%	1	2	19-24	44.2%

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 13-11 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	8	22-24, 21-19, 15-5	0:49
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 6 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Bryl/Losiak	6	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	3	21-18, 19-21, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
4/9/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Gold Medal	Loyola/Wanderley	1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Carvalhaes/Solberg	11	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	3	21-11, 21-15	0:33
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Carvalhaes/Solberg	9	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	8	21-18, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Gavira/Herrera	3	23-21, 13-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 14, Q7 Horl/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Horl/Horst	14, Q7	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	3	32-30, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 15, Q9 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 1-0
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Lupo/Rossi	4	23-21, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q2 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 2-1
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	8	Goncalves/Lanci	15, Q10	21-19, 13-21, 17-15	0:53
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Goncalves/Lanci	8	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	15	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	7	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q5 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 2-0
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	21-14, 21-17	0:37
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	8	17-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:49
Series tied with # Q6 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-1
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Berntsen/Mol	3	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
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 # Q8 Canet/Rotar, France 1-0
11/25/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Pool F	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Canet/Rotar	7	21-12, 22-20	0:33
Lead the series against # Q11 Aye/Aye, France 2-0
11/25/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Aye/Aye	9	21-13, 21-12	0:30
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q2	Aye/Aye	Q15	21-15, 27-25	0:44
Lead the series against # Q12 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Haussener/Metral	20, Q6	25-23, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q14 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
Trail the series against # Q16 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