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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 France Grand Slam
July 17 - 21, 2002

(27) Dain Blanton/Carl Henkel, United States

Dain Blanton
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

187 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$207,485.00

Carl Henkel
United States

Photo: AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

199 cm (6'7")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$277,195.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	57	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	1	US$18,970.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Sinjin Smith - 5th
1996	Did not play	Sinjin Smith - 2nd
1997	Did not play	Sinjin Smith - 17th
1998	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 5th
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Sinjin Smith - 7th
2000	Did not play	Sinjin Smith - 13th
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 4th	Sinjin Smith - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	23	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	22	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	17	17th	60	US$2,520.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/17/2002	Pool C	Djordje Ljubicic / Michael Slean, Canada (46)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58
Thu, 7/18/2002	Pool C	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (3)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:46
Thu, 7/18/2002	Pool C	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (22)	Won 21-18, 11-21, 15-12	0:58

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$7,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$11,970.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	$18,970.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Carl Henkel
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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,575.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	2	0	$39,900.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	5	1	3	18	30	21	8	0	$204,720.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	107	0	5	1	4	21	35	27	10	0	$252,195.00

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
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$10,070.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$10,070.00	5	8	38.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Carl Henkel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB	16	0	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	0	$46,750.00
											1996	FIVB	16	0	3	0	0	5	5	2	1	0	$63,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	$16,700.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	1	0	$27,550.00
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	0	0	$28,000.00
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	2	0	$30,500.00
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	0	$17,125.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,035.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$5,860.00
43	1	1	2	3	6	19	6	3	2	$121,585.00	Total	Total	95	0	5	1	4	21	32	22	10	0	$235,985.00

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	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6	46.2%	3-10	23.1%	3-6	33.3%	6-7	46.2%	1	0	10-13	43.5%
2001-2002	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6	46.2%	3-10	23.1%	3-6	33.3%	6-7	46.2%	1	0	10-13	43.5%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6	46.2%	3-10	23.1%	6-12	33.3%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	8-12	40.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10
Total	0	1	0	0	9	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	13

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Henkel trail the series against the field 4-7 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Ramos/Rego	1	Blanton/Henkel	17	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Blanton/Henkel	27	21-17, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Blanton/Henkel	23	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Blanton/Henkel	22	22-20, 17-21, 15-8	0:53
Series tied with # 11 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool G	Metzger/Wong	10	Blanton/Henkel	23	21-16, 21-16	0:39
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Blanton/Henkel	22	Metzger/Wong	11	13-21, 26-24, 18-16	1:07
Trail the series against # 15 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Child/Heese	16	Blanton/Henkel	17	21-18, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 22 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Blanton/Henkel	27	Rogers/Scott	22	21-18, 11-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 39 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	28, Q4	Blanton/Henkel	22	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 42 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Blanton/Henkel	22	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 46 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Blanton/Henkel	27	Ljubicic/Slean	46	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58