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AVP Tour
$175,000 Santa Barbara Open
May 20 - 22, 2005

(3) 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 Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Carl Henkel - 25th	Stein Metzger - 1st
2002	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 5th
2004	Phil Dalhausser - 9th	Stein Metzger - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	4	7th	180	$3,500.00
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

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/21/2005

Winner 1

Mike Bruning / Said Souikane (30, Q10)

Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-8

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	18	11	2	0.500	0	7	1	6
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	0	2
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	1	0	3
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	2	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	44	18	5	0.295	5	1	0	0
	1	17	6	2	0.235	0	0	0	0
	2	21	10	1	0.429	2	1	0	0
	3	6	2	2	0.000	3	0	0	0

Sat, 5/21/2005

Winner 2

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (14)

Lost 21-23, 21-14, 15-17

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	55	27	8	0.345	0	18	1	4
	1	25	15	3	0.480	0	5	0	1
	2	16	6	2	0.250	0	8	1	0
	3	14	6	3	0.214	0	5	0	3
Kevin Wong	Total	16	9	2	0.438	4	4	0	3
	1	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	2
	2	9	3	1	0.222	2	2	0	1
	3	6	5	1	0.667	2	2	0	0

Sat, 5/21/2005

Contender 2

David Fischer / Ed Ratledge (20)

Lost 21-18, 20-22, 12-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	21	8	2	0.286	0	17	5	3
	1	5	2	0	0.400	0	5	5	1
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	5	0	0
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	7	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	41	23	6	0.415	3	14	1	1
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	21	12	3	0.429	2	7	0	0
	3	10	5	2	0.300	1	4	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	94	46	12	0.362	0	42	7	13
Kevin Wong	101	50	13	0.366	12	19	1	4
Total	195	96	25	0.364	12	61	8	17
Opponents	208	94	31	0.303	13	43	3	7

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	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$14,700.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$14,700.00	9	7	56.3 %

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
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$7,350.00	2005	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$7,350.00
208	11	11	22	10	50	62	28	9	5	$624,484.25	Total	Total	151	8	8	12	3	35	42	28	11	4	$446,656.75

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	7	36.8%	7	36.8%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	11	57.9%	6-13	31.6%	14-22	38.9%	26-14	65.0%	0	0	20-18	52.6%

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 6-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 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
Series tied with # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 14 Williams/Wong 2-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Williams/Wong	14	Blanton/Wong	3	23-21, 14-21, 17-15	1:13
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 # 20 Fischer/Ratledge 0-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Fischer/Ratledge	20	Blanton/Wong	3	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 Bruning/Souikane 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q10	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:57