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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Thursday, July 2, 2026 Court #2 19:00

Match #34: Pool D

(4) Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Teo Rotar, France
vs.
(9) Evandro Goncalves/Arthur Lanci, Brazil

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

Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 17, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

210 cm (6'11")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$802,500.00

Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranavaí

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$214,819.39

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	41	4	2	3	4	9	0	13	1	2	1	1	0	US$380,700.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Harley Marques - Country Quota	Did not play
2013	Vitor Felipe - 17th	Did not play
2014	Vitor Felipe - 9th	Did not play
2015	Pedro Solberg - 5th	Did not play
2016	Pedro Solberg - 1st	Did not play
2017	Andre Loyola - 4th	Did not play
2018	Vitor Felipe - 25th	Did not play
2019	Bruno Schmidt - 3rd	Did not play
2021	Bruno Schmidt - 5th	Did not play
2022	Alvaro Filho - 17th	Did not play
2023	Arthur Lanci - 17th	Evandro Goncalves - 17th
2024	Arthur Lanci - 5th	Evandro Goncalves - 5th
2025	Arthur Lanci - 5th	Evandro Goncalves - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	5	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	1	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	1	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	4	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	6	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool D	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (16)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool D	Cody Caldwell / Chaim Schalk, United States (21, Q11)
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool D	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (4)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	2	2	1	2	6	0	11	1	4	0	0	$283,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00
Total	41	4	2	3	4	9	0	13	1	4	0	0	$380,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Evandro Goncalves												Arthur Lanci
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$74,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00
5	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$93,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
83	6	6	2	3	16	26	11	4	8	$492,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	2	3	1	2	6	13	4	0	1	$154,100.00
45	4	5	2	5	9	10	3	4	3	$139,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	2	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	6	$34,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$1,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
145	11	13	6	8	30	40	16	9	11	$802,500.00	Total	67	6	4	4	4	15	19	4	3	7	$214,550.00

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
2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	3	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	$72,500.00	35	25	58.3 %
2024	FIVB	11	2	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	$107,000.00	33	21	61.1 %
2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	$178,000.00	44	21	67.7 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$20,700.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	40	4	2	3	4	9	0	13	1	4	0	0	$378,200.00	120	73	62.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Evandro Goncalves													Arthur Lanci
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	$5,550.00	2012	FIVB
12	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	2	1	$60,850.00	2013	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	1	$45,000.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	1	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	$122,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
11	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$136,500.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	$100,250.00	2017	FIVB
9	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	$48,000.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$1,325.00
13	1	1	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	$58,500.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$350.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$15,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	$15,500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$16,625.00
13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	3	1	4	3	0	0	$36,250.00
11	2	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	$53,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	2	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$56,000.00
13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00	2025	FIVB	13	1	2	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	$89,000.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$10,350.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$10,350.00
144	11	13	6	8	30	40	16	9	11	$801,250.00	Total	Total	66	6	4	4	4	15	19	4	3	7	$213,300.00

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	72	58.5%	28	22.8%	23	18.7%	100-23	81.3%	18	26.9%	17	25.4%	32	47.8%	18-49	26.9%	72-32	69.2%	46-40	53.5%	2	1	120-73	62.2%
2025-2026	31	58.5%	14	26.4%	8	15.1%	45-8	84.9%	7	28.0%	7	28.0%	11	44.0%	7-18	28.0%	31-11	73.8%	21-15	58.3%	0	1	52-27	65.8%
Against the Field	16	55.2%	6	20.7%	7	24.1%	22-7	75.9%	4	18.2%	6	27.3%	12	54.5%	4-18	18.2%	32-22	59.3%	20-26	43.5%	0	1	26-25	51.0%

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	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	40	28	0	0	25	18	4	3	1	2	2	2	76	56
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	11	3	1	0	12	1	2	4	2	2	2	0	30	10
Total	0	0	4	3	61	34	1	0	41	23	6	7	3	4	4	2	120	73

Head to Head Results
Series tied 1-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool D
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Goncalves/Lanci	5	21-18, 23-21	0:38
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool E	Goncalves/Lanci	8	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	17, Q1	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:49