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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Paris
September 27 - October 1, 2023

(4) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Youssef Krou - 9th	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	9	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	3	13th	460	US$5,000.00
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

Elite16 Paris Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/28/2023	Pool D	Guto Carvalhaes / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (12, Q2)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:32
Fri, 9/29/2023	Pool D	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (5)	Won 17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:45
Fri, 9/29/2023	Pool D	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (13, Q3)	Lost 19-21, 22-20, 10-15	0:46
Sat, 9/30/2023	Winner 1	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (10)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 9-15	0:45

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	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$36,000.00	14	16	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	1	1	0	3	0	9	1	2	0	0	$99,000.00	41	35	53.9 %

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
8	0	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$18,350.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$18,000.00
61	2	4	1	0	9	25	5	5	10	$80,700.00	Total	Total	76	3	3	5	2	8	16	16	8	15	$143,887.50

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	17	65.4%	2	7.7%	7	26.9%	19-7	73.1%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	18	78.3%	2-21	8.7%	34-30	53.1%	8-20	28.6%	2	1	23-26	46.9%

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 13-16 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-2
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Perusic/Schweiner	4	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	8	21-18, 21-12	0:35
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 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
Lead the series against # 5 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	4	Carambula/Ranghieri	5	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 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
Lead the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 10 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-1
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	4	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Bassereau/Lyneel, France 1-0
11/24/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Pool F	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Bassereau/Lyneel	19	21-18, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 12, Q2 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 0-3
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Carvalhaes/Solberg	12, Q2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	4	21-14, 21-13	0:32
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
Trail the series against # 13, Q3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13, Q3	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	4	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 14, Q5 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, Q8 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 16, Q1 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 1-1
12/3/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Gold Medal	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Hodges/Schubert	7	22-20, 23-21	0:37
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 # Q4 Brunner/Crabb, United States 1-0
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	8	Brunner/Crabb	16, Q12	21-17, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q11 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
Trail the series against # Q12 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Felipe/Lima	14, Q2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	9	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q14 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	9	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:42
Lead the series against # Q15 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 # Q16 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