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 (52 yrs old)
Home Town: Laguna Beach, CA
Height: 187 cm (6'3")
Weight: 88 kg (194 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 68
Career Wins: 2
Career Winnings: US$207,485.00
Carl Henkel
United States
Photo: AVP
Personal Info
Birth Date: Aug 16, 1969 (55 yrs old)
Home Town: Redondo Beach, CA
Height: 199 cm (6'7")
Weight: 96 kg (211 lb)
Seasons: 9
Tournaments: 107
Career Best: 2nd (5 times)
Career Winnings: US$277,195.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172557Money
FIVB700000030121 US$18,970.00
Previous Marseille Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - 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 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
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
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
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
Head to Head Results
Blanton/Henkel trail the series against the field 4-7 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
6/21/02FIVBSwitzerland 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
7/18/02FIVBFrance 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
7/12/02FIVBCanada Open Pool G Laciga/Laciga 7 Blanton/Henkel 23 18-21, 21-19, 15-13 0:58
7/6/02FIVBNorway 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
7/12/02FIVBCanada Open Pool G Metzger/Wong 10 Blanton/Henkel 23 21-16, 21-16 0:39
7/5/02FIVBNorway 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
6/22/02FIVBSwitzerland 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
7/18/02FIVBFrance 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
7/6/02FIVBNorway 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
7/5/02FIVBNorway 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
7/17/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool C Blanton/Henkel 27 Ljubicic/Slean 46 19-21, 21-17, 15-11 0:58