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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Thursday, July 2, 2026 Stadium Court 11:00

Match #16: Pool D

(4) Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Teo Rotar, France
vs.
(16) Julian Friedli/Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland

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$159,824.58

Téo Rotar
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Martigues

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$79,173.60

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$5,170.20
FIVB	15	0	1	2	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	2	US$118,900.00
Overall	17	0	1	2	1	3	0	5	0	1	1	2	US$124,070.20

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Maxime Thiercy - 41st	Did not play
2019	Quincy Aye - 41st	Did not play
2023	Youssef Krou - 13th	Arthur Canet - 21st
2025	Teo Rotar - 19th	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	10	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	18	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	10	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	12	9th	600	US$7,500.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	14	5th	600	€ 4,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool D	Cody Caldwell / Chaim Schalk, United States (21, Q11)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool D	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (16)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool D	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (9)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	2	0	$51,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	17	0	1	2	1	3	0	5	0	2	2	0	$123,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat												Teo Rotar
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$22,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	World Tour Finals
23	1	0	0	1	1	10	5	2	2	$58,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	1	1	5	10	2	0	$29,950.00
33	0	3	1	0	4	11	2	4	8	$49,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	2	3	$23,250.00
22	1	3	1	0	5	8	2	2	0	$14,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$6,000.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00
93	2	6	3	1	12	34	15	8	11	$156,100.00	Total	52	3	2	4	1	8	11	15	4	3	$76,550.00

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
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	$92,000.00	31	15	67.4 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$24,400.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	1	2	1	2	0	5	0	1	2	0	$116,400.00	40	21	65.6 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat													Teo Rotar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
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
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	3	$6,600.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2018	CEV
15	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	2	4	$14,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,850.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2020	CEV
6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$650.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2021	CEV
11	1	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$31,500.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$5,600.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	$20,550.00	2023	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	$6,500.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$7,750.00	2024	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
11	0	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	0	$46,000.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	0	$46,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$12,200.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$12,200.00
92	2	6	3	1	12	34	15	8	11	$154,850.00	Total	Total	51	3	2	4	1	8	11	15	4	3	$75,300.00

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	27	79.4%	6	17.6%	1	2.9%	33-1	97.1%	6	24.0%	7	28.0%	12	48.0%	6-19	24.0%	27-12	69.2%	12-8	60.0%	1	1	40-21	65.6%
2025-2026	27	79.4%	6	17.6%	1	2.9%	33-1	97.1%	6	24.0%	7	28.0%	12	48.0%	6-19	24.0%	27-12	69.2%	12-8	60.0%	1	1	40-21	65.6%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6	46.2%	3-10	23.1%	18-8	69.2%	8-10	44.4%	1	1	14-10	58.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	11	6	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	16	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	17	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	2	2	24	9	0	0	15	9	1	3	2	1	0	1	44	25

Julian Friedli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$39,768.30

Jonathan Jordan
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lörrach, Germany

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$45,989.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	US$32,250.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Did not play	Immanuel Zurcher - 41st
2024	Yves Haussener - 17th	Quentin Metral - 21st
2025	Yves Haussener - 19th	Adrian Heidrich - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	7	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	5	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	11	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	21, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	3	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	13	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool D	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (9)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool D	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (4)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool D	Cody Caldwell / Chaim Schalk, United States (21, Q11)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,250.00
Total	8	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	$32,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julian Friedli												Jonathan Jordan
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	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	$3,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	$11,000.00
11	0	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	1	$29,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	1	0	5	4	4	3	6	$26,125.00
6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$1,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	2	2	1	1	5	4	4	0	0	$3,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
31	2	1	3	1	4	4	9	5	1	$38,925.00	Total	55	2	2	2	1	10	12	11	6	8	$43,975.00

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
2026	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	$29,750.00	17	9	65.4 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	$29,750.00	17	9	65.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julian Friedli													Jonathan Jordan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00
											2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	2	1	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
6	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	$950.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$4,200.00
13	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	$21,600.00	2025	FIVB	14	1	0	1	0	2	6	1	2	1	$20,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
7	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	$14,875.00	2026	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	$14,875.00
30	2	1	3	1	4	4	9	5	1	$37,675.00	Total	Total	54	2	2	2	1	10	12	11	6	8	$42,725.00

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	8	61.5%	4	30.8%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	5	38.5%	4	30.8%	4	30.8%	5-8	38.5%	8-4	66.7%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	17-9	65.4%
2025-2026	8	61.5%	4	30.8%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	5	38.5%	4	30.8%	4	30.8%	5-8	38.5%	8-4	66.7%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	17-9	65.4%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	16	5
Total	0	0	1	1	10	3	0	0	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	17	9

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool D