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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 27 - 31, 2005

(25, Q10) 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	16	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	22	17th	200	US$7,500.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 1	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (Q23)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:50
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 2	Linyin Xu / Qiang Xu, China (Q7)	Won 22-20, 21-14	0:43
Thu, 7/28/2005	Winner 1	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (8)	Lost 16-21, 22-24	1:00
Thu, 7/28/2005	Contender 1	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (9)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:15
Fri, 7/29/2005	Contender 2	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (23)	Lost 18-21, 23-25	0:45

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$15,250.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$15,250.00	6	6	50.0 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,625.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,625.00
66	2	1	3	4	10	24	13	5	4	$198,160.00	Total	Total	77	2	3	5	2	17	22	20	3	3	$253,900.00

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	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	8-8	50.0%	8-4	66.7%	1	0	9-6	60.0%

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	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
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 8 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	8	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	21-16, 24-22	1:00
Lead the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	Ces/Dugrip	9	17-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:15
Trail the series against # 22, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 23 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	23	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	21-18, 25-23	0:45
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Polte/Schoen, Germany 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Polte/Schoen	43	Blanton/Wong	22	21-12, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q7 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	Xu/Xu	Q7	22-20, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # Q11 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 # Q23 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	Galli/Raffaelli	Q23	21-15, 21-18	0:50