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AVP Tour
$375,000 Chicago Open Presented by McDonald's
September 1 - 3, 2005

(9) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Ian Clark - 17th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 5th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 5th	Did not play
1997	Canyon Ceman - 4th	Raul Papaleo - 13th
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 3rd	Did not play
FIVB 2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Rob Heidger - 25th
2002	Scott Ayakatubby - 13th	Stein Metzger - 9th
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 1st	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 1st	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	9	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	8/18-21/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	8	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	8	5th	312	$7,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	26	5th	336	US$13,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	25, Q10	17th	112	US$4,750.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	8	9th	208	$3,150.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 1

AJ Mihalic / Chad Mowrey (24)

Won 21-19, 24-26, 15-13

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	31	17	6	0.355	2	12	2	2
	1	5	1	2	-0.200	0	4	0	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	2	4	0	1
	3	13	8	2	0.462	0	4	2	1
Kevin Wong	Total	42	27	4	0.548	3	5	3	1
	1	17	14	2	0.706	1	1	1	0
	2	17	9	2	0.412	1	3	0	1
	3	8	4	0	0.500	1	1	2	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 2

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (8)

Lost 13-21, 21-16, 11-15

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	56	24	10	0.250	1	20	3	2
	1	22	7	3	0.182	0	5	0	1
	2	19	10	3	0.368	1	8	1	0
	3	15	7	4	0.200	0	7	2	1
Kevin Wong	Total	17	8	3	0.294	0	3	0	0
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	1	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	0	0
	3	4	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 2

Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (26, Q2)

Won 21-10, 18-21, 15-11

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	20	10	5	0.250	1	5	3	3
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	1	1	0
	2	7	3	1	0.286	1	3	1	2
	3	4	0	4	-1.000	0	1	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	35	16	3	0.371	6	13	1	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	2	7	0	1
	2	17	6	1	0.294	1	3	1	1
	3	12	5	2	0.250	3	3	0	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 3

Canyon Ceman / Chad Turner (18)

Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-13

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	48	25	11	0.292	0	9	4	5
	1	18	9	4	0.278	0	2	2	2
	2	16	10	3	0.438	0	3	0	2
	3	14	6	4	0.143	0	4	2	1
Kevin Wong	Total	18	14	1	0.722	4	5	0	3
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	2	0	2
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	2	0	0
	3	4	4	0	1.000	4	1	0	1

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 4

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (6)

Lost 22-20, 18-21, 13-15

1:16

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	36	16	6	0.278	1	20	1	0
	1	14	8	2	0.429	1	6	0	0
	2	12	4	2	0.167	0	9	1	0
	3	10	4	2	0.200	0	5	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	52	25	6	0.365	2	11	0	2
	1	19	11	1	0.526	1	6	0	0
	2	18	7	4	0.167	1	3	0	2
	3	15	7	1	0.400	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	191	92	38	0.283	5	66	13	12
Kevin Wong	164	90	17	0.445	15	37	4	8
Total	355	182	55	0.358	20	103	17	20
Opponents	332	170	50	0.361	26	106	9	15

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 21-21 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 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
Series tied with # 2 Rosenthal/Witt 2-2
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Blanton/Wong	8	23-21, 21-16	0:42
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
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
Trail the series against # 4 Kiraly/Lambert 0-1
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Blanton/Wong	3	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott 1-3
8/6/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 6	Rogers/Scott	5	Blanton/Wong	26	21-14, 21-19	0:49
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	8	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	21-16, 24-22	1:00
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
Trail the series against # 6 Holdren/Nygaard 0-4
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Nygaard	6	Blanton/Wong	9	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	1:16
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Blanton/Wong	8	26-24, 21-14	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 7 Dalhausser/Lucena 3-2
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Wong	8	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	15-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 8 Williams/Wong 3-4
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Williams/Wong	8	Blanton/Wong	9	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	1:13
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Williams/Wong	8	Blanton/Wong	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:05
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	8	Williams/Wong	9	21-19, 21-19	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 13 Olson/Stolfus 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Wong	10	Olson/Stolfus	14	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 Ceman/Turner 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Wong	9	Ceman/Turner	18	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 19 Loomis/Medel 2-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Wong	8	Loomis/Medel	21	22-24, 24-22, 15-11	1:06
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	10	Loomis/Medel	23, Q1	21-16, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 21 Davenport/Lane 0-1
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Davenport/Lane	23	Blanton/Wong	8	23-21, 23-25, 18-16	1:10
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Mayer/Prosser 0-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Prosser	25, Q1	Blanton/Wong	8	21-19, 24-22	0:48
Lead the series against # 24 Mihalic/Mowrey 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	9	Mihalic/Mowrey	24	21-19, 24-26, 15-13	1:10
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Delahoz/Torsone 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	9	Delahoz/Torsone	23, Q3	21-18, 21-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Koski/Minc 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	9	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	21-10, 18-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Fischer/Hill 2-0
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	8	Fischer/Hill	24, Q3	21-17, 21-13	0:39
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	8	Fischer/Hill	25, Q6	21-23, 22-20, 15-9	1:10
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 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
Lead the series against # 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