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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Cincinnati Open Presented by Liftoff
June 30 - July 3, 2005

(7) 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 Mason Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	22	17th	200	US$7,500.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	6	7th	180	$3,500.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	3	17th	72	$550.00
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 1

Steve Grotowski / Adam Roberts (26, Q2)

Won 22-20, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	20	14	5	0.450	1	3	0	3
	1	11	7	4	0.273	0	2	0	2
	2	9	7	1	0.667	1	1	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	20	17	2	0.750	1	0	1	3
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	0	0	2
	2	9	8	1	0.778	1	0	1	1

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 2

John Mayer / Sean Rooney (23, Q11)

Won 22-20, 21-17

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	17	10	3	0.412	1	14	3	5
	1	8	5	2	0.375	1	5	3	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	9	0	4
Kevin Wong	Total	29	16	8	0.276	5	4	2	4
	1	16	8	7	0.063	2	0	2	3
	2	13	8	1	0.538	3	4	0	1

Sat, 7/2/2005

Winner 3

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (2)

Lost 21-18, 29-31, 13-15

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	36	20	8	0.333	0	8	2	3
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	2	0	0
	2	20	10	5	0.250	0	3	1	2
	3	12	7	3	0.333	0	3	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	37	23	2	0.568	6	6	3	2
	1	16	9	1	0.500	2	2	2	0
	2	14	12	1	0.786	3	4	0	2
	3	7	2	0	0.286	1	0	1	0

Sat, 7/2/2005

Contender 4

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (5)

Lost 16-21, 21-23

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	9	5	0	0.556	1	5	1	2
	1	6	2	0	0.333	1	3	0	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	2	1	2
Kevin Wong	Total	44	23	10	0.295	2	5	0	3
	1	19	10	4	0.316	1	3	0	0
	2	25	13	6	0.280	1	2	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	82	49	16	0.402	3	30	6	13
Kevin Wong	130	79	22	0.438	14	15	6	12
Total	212	128	38	0.425	17	45	12	25
Opponents	192	111	42	0.359	23	49	3	12

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	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	$21,350.00	14	11	56.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	$21,350.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	2	2	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$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$10,675.00	2005	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$10,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00
211	11	11	22	10	51	63	29	9	5	$631,559.25	Total	Total	154	8	8	12	3	36	43	29	11	4	$453,731.75

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	38.9%	7	38.9%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	11	64.7%	4-13	23.5%	14-22	38.9%	22-12	64.7%	0	0	18-17	51.4%

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
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Holdren/Nygaard 0-2
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Blanton/Wong	7	18-21, 31-29, 15-13	1:17
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 Rogers/Scott 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Rogers/Scott	3	Blanton/Wong	6	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-2
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	Blanton/Wong	7	21-16, 23-21	0:46
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Dalhausser/Lucena	7	Blanton/Wong	6	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:59
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 # 8 Rosenthal/Witt 2-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Wong	6	Rosenthal/Witt	9	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:53
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 # 9 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 # 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 # 23, Q11 Mayer/Rooney 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	7	Mayer/Rooney	23, Q11	22-20, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Grotowski/Roberts 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q2	22-20, 21-17	0:36