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AVP Tour
$175,000 Fort Lauderdale Open
April 1 - 3, 2005

(3) Dain Blanton/Kevin Wong

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Kevin Wong

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$757,282.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	12	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	1	2	0	$46,875.00
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	US$29,000.00
Overall	16	0	0	2	0	2	2	4	1	5	0	US$75,875.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 9th	Stein Metzger - 5th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 9th	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/2/2005

Winner 1

Jim Walls / Eric Wurts (30, Q24)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	13	7	2	0.385	3	9	1	3
	1	4	3	1	0.500	2	4	0	1
	2	9	4	1	0.333	1	5	1	2
Kevin Wong	Total	33	14	6	0.242	4	6	1	0
	1	13	7	2	0.385	2	3	1	0
	2	20	7	4	0.150	2	3	0	0

Sat, 4/2/2005

Winner 2

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (14)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	17	13	2	0.647	0	9	0	4
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	5	0	2
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	4	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	26	17	1	0.615	2	3	0	3
	1	15	10	1	0.600	2	2	0	3
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	1	0	0

Sat, 4/2/2005

Winner 3

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (11)

Won 24-26, 21-13, 15-7

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	26	14	6	0.308	0	14	2	3
	1	15	8	4	0.267	0	4	1	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	3	5	2	1	0.200	0	6	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	31	16	4	0.387	6	2	0	0
	1	13	5	3	0.154	4	2	0	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	2	0	0	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	0	0	0

Sun, 4/3/2005

Winner 4

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (7)

Won 25-23, 14-21, 15-11

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	19	10	2	0.421	1	15	1	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	7	1	1
	2	7	3	0	0.429	1	4	0	0
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	4	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	55	28	5	0.418	4	5	0	1
	1	22	13	0	0.591	1	1	0	1
	2	19	8	3	0.263	0	2	0	0
	3	14	7	2	0.357	3	2	0	0

Sun, 4/3/2005

Semi-Finals

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (5)

Lost 18-21, 7-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	15	8	1	0.467	0	6	0	2
	1	13	7	0	0.538	0	4	0	2
	2	2	1	1	0.000	0	2	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	23	12	6	0.261	3	3	0	0
	1	12	7	2	0.417	2	3	0	0
	2	11	5	4	0.091	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	90	52	13	0.433	4	53	4	13
Kevin Wong	168	87	22	0.387	19	19	1	4
Total	258	139	35	0.403	23	72	5	17
Opponents	274	137	56	0.296	13	84	5	16

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong lead the series against the field 4-1 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Holdren/Nygaard 0-1
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	5	Blanton/Wong	3	21-18, 21-7	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Blanton/Wong	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	25-23, 14-21, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 11 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Wong	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	11	24-26, 21-13, 15-7	0:57
Lead the series against # 14 Williams/Wong 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Williams/Wong	14	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 30, Q24 Walls/Wurts 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	21-14, 21-18	0:46