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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$340,000 Mexico Open
April 7 - 11, 1999

(7) Dain Blanton/Kent Steffes, United States

Dain Blanton
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

187 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$207,485.00

Kent Steffes
United States

Photo: Matt Barber

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

200 cm (6'4")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$73,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	US$34,000.00

Previous Acapulco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	1/13-17/1999	Argentina Open	9	9th	136	US$4,500.00

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	$23,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$11,000.00
Total	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$34,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Kent Steffes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,600.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	2	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	$38,425.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	13	3	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	$63,525.00

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
1997	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	3	1	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Kent Steffes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1990	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
											1991	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											1993	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
											1996	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$21,025.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00	1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00
12	0	1	1	0	2	6	1	0	1	$41,300.00	Total	Total	13	3	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	$63,525.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-0	0	0	3-1	75.0%
1998-1999	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Steffes lead the series against the field 1-0 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 10 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-0
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Blanton/Steffes	2	Prosser/Zahner	18	12-9, 12-8	1:38