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$250,000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 21 - 23, 2005

(8) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Albert Hannemann - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 1995	Did not play	John Anselmo - 57th
1995	Ian Clark - 9th	John Anselmo - 25th
1996	Canyon Ceman - 7th	Greg Shankle - 17th
1997	Canyon Ceman - 1st	Raul Papaleo - 17th
1997	Canyon Ceman - 3rd	Raul Papaleo - 13th
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 13th	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Stein Metzger - 3rd
2002	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 2nd
2003	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 5th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	16	17th	80	US$3,000.00
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	10	3rd	270	$8,450.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	7	9th	208	$3,150.00
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

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 1

Scott Davenport / Brad Torsone (25)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	16	8	1	0.438	1	5	0	4
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	3	0	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	2	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	27	20	3	0.630	2	7	3	2
	1	14	11	1	0.714	0	4	3	0
	2	13	9	2	0.538	2	3	0	2

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 2

John Hyden / Mike Lambert (9)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	18	8	3	0.278	0	8	2	3
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	3	0	0
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	5	2	3
Kevin Wong	Total	27	13	4	0.333	2	9	1	1
	1	12	6	1	0.417	2	5	0	1
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	4	1	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 19-21, 8-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	27	11	13	-0.074	0	2	0	1
	1	12	7	4	0.250	0	2	0	0
	2	15	4	9	-0.333	0	0	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	14	8	2	0.429	2	3	1	2
	1	9	7	1	0.667	1	0	1	2
	2	5	1	1	0.000	1	3	0	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Contender 4

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (11)

Lost 12-21, 17-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	40	13	10	0.075	0	10	0	1
	1	21	7	6	0.048	0	3	0	1
	2	19	6	4	0.105	0	7	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	14	10	0	0.714	1	2	0	1
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	1	0	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	101	40	27	0.129	1	25	2	9
Kevin Wong	82	51	9	0.512	7	21	5	6
Total	183	91	36	0.301	8	46	7	15
Opponents	170	96	19	0.453	13	48	4	15

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	8	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$32,950.00	21	15	58.3 %
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,500.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$32,950.00	21	15	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,500.00	3	4	42.9 %

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
8	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$16,475.00	2005	AVP	8	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$16,475.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,250.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,250.00
214	11	11	23	10	51	64	30	9	5	$638,859.25	Total	Total	157	8	8	13	3	36	44	30	11	4	$461,031.75

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%	7	35.0%	2	10.0%	11	55.0%	7-13	35.0%	14-22	38.9%	28-12	70.0%	0	0	21-17	55.3%

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 14-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 0-2
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	1	Blanton/Wong	8	21-19, 21-8	0:40
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	2	Blanton/Wong	10	21-17, 27-25	0:52
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
Series tied with # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-1
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Blanton/Wong	10	21-18, 21-15	0:47
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 # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena 2-2
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Wong	10	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:59
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
Series tied with # 5 Rogers/Scott 1-1
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Wong	10	Rogers/Scott	6	14-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:09
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 # 6 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 Hyden/Lambert 2-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	8	Hyden/Lambert	9	21-16, 21-18	0:49
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	10	Hyden/Lambert	7	21-18, 20-22, 17-15	1:02
Series tied with # 11 Williams/Wong 2-2
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Williams/Wong	11	Blanton/Wong	8	21-12, 21-17	0:35
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 # 15 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 # 19 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 # 20 Loomis/Medel 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	10	Loomis/Medel	23, Q1	21-16, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 25 Davenport/Torsone 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	8	Davenport/Torsone	25	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 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