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AVP Tour
$175,000 Austin Open
April 29 - May 1, 2005

(4) Dain Blanton/Kevin Wong

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 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 (53 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 Austin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	3	9th	144	$2,200.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	3	3rd	270	$8,450.00

Austin Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/30/2005

Winner 2

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (13)

Won 21-18, 19-21, 19-17

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	47	24	6	0.383	1	14	1	11
	1	8	4	1	0.375	1	3	1	1
	2	20	11	1	0.500	0	5	0	8
	3	19	9	4	0.263	0	6	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	21	16	3	0.619	4	11	2	2
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	4	0	2
	2	8	5	2	0.375	2	4	1	0
	3	2	2	0	1.000	2	3	1	0

Sat, 4/30/2005

Winner 3

Brent Doble / John Hyden (12)

Lost 23-25, 11-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	18	7	4	0.167	0	8	2	3
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	2	1	2
	2	10	3	3	0.000	0	6	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	31	13	9	0.129	4	2	1	2
	1	16	9	4	0.313	2	0	1	1
	2	15	4	5	-0.067	2	2	0	1

Sat, 4/30/2005

Contender 3

Eric Fonoimoana / Adam Jewell (7)

Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-13

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	17	12	2	0.588	1	9	1	3
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	3	0	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	0	2	0	2
	3	7	3	2	0.143	0	4	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	43	26	7	0.442	1	6	0	0
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	3	0	0
	2	16	6	5	0.063	1	2	0	0
	3	12	10	0	0.833	0	1	0	0

Sun, 5/1/2005

Contender 4

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (8)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	10	7	2	0.500	0	11	0	1
	1	7	4	2	0.286	0	5	0	1
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	6	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	42	22	5	0.405	4	2	0	0
	1	18	10	2	0.444	2	1	0	0
	2	24	12	3	0.375	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	92	50	14	0.391	2	42	4	18
Kevin Wong	137	77	24	0.387	13	21	3	4
Total	229	127	38	0.389	15	63	7	22
Opponents	228	126	30	0.421	19	55	5	18

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	12	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	1	2	0	0	$49,075.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	16	0	0	2	0	2	2	4	1	5	0	0	$75,875.00

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
193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	188	6	5	20	2	58	50	30	11	0	$481,418.50
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50	Manhattan Beach	11	2	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	$59,362.50
18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50	Tour Championships	10	0	0	1	0	3	4	1	1	0	$25,538.25
242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25	Total	238	8	7	25	2	66	63	42	14	0	$669,869.25

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	AVP	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$14,150.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$14,150.00	8	5	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Kevin Wong
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
14	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$12,118.75	1994	AVP
22	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	0	$27,625.00	1995	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$925.00
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
20	0	1	1	1	9	6	2	0	0	$54,405.00	1996	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$1,830.00
22	1	1	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	$117,845.00	1997	AVP	22	0	0	0	0	6	8	5	3	0	$42,581.25
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
18	0	2	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	$32,470.50	1998	AVP	11	0	1	0	0	1	6	2	1	0	$9,000.50
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
10	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$69,600.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	1999	USAV	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00
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
6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2000	USAV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
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
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,950.00	2001	AVP	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$41,050.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2001	BVA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,155.00	2002	AVP	7	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$16,560.00
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	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00	2003	AVP	7	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	$20,272.50
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
11	1	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	$29,300.00	2004	AVP	11	1	1	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	$35,312.50
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	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,075.00	2005	AVP	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,075.00
207	11	11	22	10	50	62	27	9	5	$624,209.25	Total	Total	150	8	8	12	3	35	42	27	11	4	$446,381.75

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	13	46.4%	10	35.7%	5	17.9%	23-5	82.1%	8	30.8%	4	15.4%	14	53.8%	8-18	30.8%	13-14	48.1%	18-9	66.7%	0	0	31-23	57.4%
2004-2005	13	46.4%	10	35.7%	5	17.9%	23-5	82.1%	8	30.8%	4	15.4%	14	53.8%	8-18	30.8%	13-14	48.1%	18-9	66.7%	0	0	31-23	57.4%
Against the Field	6	37.5%	6	37.5%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	3	17.6%	2	11.8%	12	70.6%	3-14	17.6%	12-24	33.3%	18-12	60.0%	0	0	15-18	45.5%

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	18	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	31	23
Manhattan Beach	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	20	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	41	31

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Kiraly/Lambert 0-1
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Blanton/Wong	3	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Fonoimoana/Jewell 1-0
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Wong	4	Fonoimoana/Jewell	7	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:58
Series tied with # 8 Rosenthal/Witt 1-1
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Blanton/Wong	4	21-18, 21-19	0:46
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 Doble/Hyden 0-1
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Doble/Hyden	12	Blanton/Wong	4	25-23, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Williams/Wong 2-0
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	4	Williams/Wong	13	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	1:10
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Williams/Wong	14	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Lane/Mowrey 0-1
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Lane/Mowrey	19	Blanton/Wong	3	21-17, 28-26	0:46
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Hannemann/Turner 1-0
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Hannemann/Turner	20, Q3	21-14, 21-15	0:39