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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(16) Dain Blanton/Kevin Wong, 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

Kevin Wong
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$310,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	US$29,000.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Carl Henkel - 9th
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Rob Heidger - 17th
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Rob Heidger - 9th
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Stein Metzger - 7th
2002	Carl Henkel - 57th	Stein Metzger - 1st
2003	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	22	17th	200	US$7,500.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Pedro Depiaggio, Argentina (17)	Lost 23-21, 16-21, 21-23	1:13
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 1	Agustin Correa / Jesus Ruiz Nunez, Spain (32, Q33)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:45
Fri, 7/15/2005	Contender 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:58

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$18,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	$29,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Kevin Wong
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$21,450.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	1	1	0	3	5	6	1	0	$72,350.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	3	2	3	2	16	18	15	4	0	$206,900.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	97	3	3	5	2	21	25	23	5	0	$310,450.00

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
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,500.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,500.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Kevin Wong
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	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	1	0	$24,950.00
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	5	2	3	1	0	$41,750.00
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	3	5	4	1	0	$29,500.00
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB	11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB	7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$33,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	1	$21,625.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,250.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,250.00
65	2	1	3	4	10	24	12	5	4	$195,785.00	Total	Total	76	2	3	5	2	17	22	19	3	3	$251,525.00

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	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	5-5	50.0%	4-3	57.1%	1	0	10-8	55.6%
2004-2005	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	5-5	50.0%	4-3	57.1%	1	0	10-8	55.6%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	8-4	66.7%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	7-5	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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Blanton/Wong	16	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 17 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Depiaggio	17	Blanton/Wong	16	21-23, 21-16, 23-21	1:13
Lead the series against # 26 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	22	Prosser/Richardson	24	22-20, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # 27 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	22	Gartmayer/Nowotny	27	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 32, Q33 Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	16	Correa/Ruiz Nunez	32, Q33	21-19, 21-18	0:45