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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
April 25 - 28, 2024

(21) 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Edouard Rowlandson - 1st
2016	Did not play	Edouard Rowlandson - 9th
2017	Did not play	Quincy Aye - 17th
2018	Did not play	Quincy Aye - 25th
2019	Quincy Aye - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	Q12	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	Q4	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	5	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	22	37th	160	US$3,400.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
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

Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool D	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (4)	Won 21-9, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool D	Audrius Knasas / Patrikas Stankevicius, Lithuania (16)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 4/27/2024	Winner 1	Florian Breer / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (17, Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:35
Sat, 4/27/2024	Winner 2	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (7)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:32
Sun, 4/28/2024	Semi-Finals	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (4)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:39
Sun, 4/28/2024	Gold Medal	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (18, Q5)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 9-15	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	9	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	$40,400.00	14	21	40.0 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	23	1	2	1	0	3	0	9	1	4	1	1	$111,400.00	48	43	52.7 %

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
10	0	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	$20,550.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	$20,200.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
66	2	5	1	0	9	25	7	6	11	$86,900.00	Total	Total	81	3	4	5	2	8	16	18	9	16	$150,087.50

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%
2023-2024	19	63.3%	3	10.0%	8	26.7%	22-8	73.3%	4	15.4%	7	26.9%	15	57.7%	4-22	15.4%	19-15	55.9%	7-15	31.8%	2	3	28-33	45.9%
Against the Field	18	72.0%	2	8.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	36-14	72.0%	8-10	44.4%	1	0	23-12	65.7%

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 20-11 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 4 Budinger/Evans, United States 2-1
4/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Semi-Finals	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Budinger/Evans	4	21-18, 21-18	0:39
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Budinger/Evans	4	21-9, 21-18	0:35
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 # 7 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 2-1
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Hodges/Schubert	7	21-19, 21-15	0:32
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
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-2
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Berntsen/Mol	27	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	22	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:45
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
Series tied with # 11 Bello/Bello, England 1-1
11/30/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Bello/Bello	14, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:33
11/2/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Bello/Bello	14, Q7	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	Q2	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 14, Q1 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 # 16 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 1-0
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Knasas/Stankevicius	16	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 17, Q3 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Breer/Krattiger	17, Q3	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Series tied with # 18, Q5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
4/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Gold Medal	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q5	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-19, 21-19	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 23, Q18 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	13	Bedritis/Rinkevics	24, Q18	21-18, 16-21, 15-7	0:43
Lead the series against # 24, Q20 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 # Q2 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
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