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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Itapema
April 6 - 9, 2023

(5) 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 Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Did not play	Quincy Aye - 17th
2022	Youssef Krou - 5th	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Challenge Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/7/2023	Pool E	Yves Haussener / Quentin Metral, Switzerland (20, Q6)	Won 25-23, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 4/7/2023	Pool E	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (8)	Won 14-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51
Sat, 4/8/2023	Winner 1	Paul Burnett / Christopher McHugh, Australia (19)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:51
Sat, 4/8/2023	Winner 2	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (3)	Won 23-21, 13-21, 15-12	0:50
Sun, 4/9/2023	Semi-Finals	Jorge Alayo / Noslen Diaz, Cuba (12, Q2)	Won 24-22, 21-13	0:34
Sun, 4/9/2023	Gold Medal	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:34

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	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	2	0	7	0	2	0	0	$73,500.00	33	22	60.0 %

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
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
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,250.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,250.00
55	2	3	0	0	8	22	5	5	10	$67,600.00	Total	Total	71	3	3	4	2	7	13	16	8	15	$131,137.50

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	63.0%	3	11.1%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	5	25.0%	4	20.0%	11	55.0%	5-15	25.0%	34-16	68.0%	16-22	42.1%	2	1	27-20	57.4%

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 15-8 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 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
Series tied with # 8 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-1
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
Series tied with # 9 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 # 12, Q2 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-0
4/9/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Semi-Finals	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Alayo/Diaz	12, Q2	24-22, 21-13	0:34
Series tied with # 19 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 1-1
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Burnett/McHugh	19	19-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:51
11/26/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Winner 2	Burnett/McHugh	1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 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
Trail the series against # 21, Q9 Kantor/Rudol, Poland 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool F	Kantor/Rudol	18, Q3	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	7	22-20, 32-34, 18-16	1:11
Lead the series against # 22, Q10 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 # 23, Q12 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q8 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool F	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	7	Sarabia/Virgen	6	21-14, 22-20	0:34
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q2	Sarabia/Virgen	Q7	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q14 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 # Q15 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 # Q18 Cory/Webber, United States 1-0
10/28/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	3	Cory/Webber	10, Q2	15-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:42
Trail the series against # Q20 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