AVP Tour
$175,000 Michelob Light Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Xbox
August 8 - 11, 2002
(18) Dain Blanton/Carl Henkel
 
Dain Blanton
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 28, 1971 (54 yrs old)
Home Town: Laguna Beach, CA
Height: 6'3"
College(s): Pepperdine
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 256
Career Wins: 11
Career AVP Wins: 8
Career Winnings: $720,032.75
Carl Henkel
Photo: AVP
Personal Info
Birth Date: Aug 16, 1969 (56 yrs old)
Home Town: Redondo Beach, CA
Height: 6'7"
College(s): UCLA
Seasons: 12
Tournaments: 167
Career Best: 2nd (6 times)
Career AVP Best: 3rd (2 times)
Career Winnings: $324,663.75
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253357Money
AVP3000000010110 $1,200.00
FIVB7000000301201 US$18,970.00
Overall10000000311311 US$20,170.00
Previous Manhattan Beach Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1992 Did not play Eric Fonoimoana - 17th
1994 Lee LeGrande - 25th Did not play
1995 Ian Clark - 17th Did not play
1996 Canyon Ceman - 7th Did not play
1999 Eric Fonoimoana - 4th Did not play
2000 Eric Fonoimoana - 7th Did not play
2001 Did not play Nick Hannemann - 13th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 8/1-4/2002 Austria Grand Slam 35 9th 160 US$5,000.00
FIVB 7/24-28/2002 Portugal Open 57th 4 US$0.00
FIVB 7/17-21/2002 France Grand Slam 27 25th 40 US$2,000.00
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
AVP 5/24-26/2002 Huntington Beach Open 6 13th 108 $1,050.00
AVP 8/17-19/2001 Open at Santa Barbara 6 25th 36 $150.00
Manhattan Beach Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 8/9/2002 Winner 1 Chris Harger / Tony Pray (47) Won 22-20, 21-17 0:44
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Carl HenkelTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Fri, 8/9/2002 Winner 2 Scott Ayakatubby / David Swatik (15) Lost 23-25, 14-21 0:45
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A3N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A1N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A2N/A
Carl HenkelTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
Fri, 8/9/2002 Contender 1 Doug Foust / Chris Young (48) Lost 20-22, 21-12, 13-15 1:03
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A4N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A3N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A1N/A
 3N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Carl HenkelTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A8N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A4N/A0N/A
 3N/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
Overall Tournament Stats
PlayerAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A7N/A
Carl HenkelN/AN/AN/AN/A12N/A0N/A
TotalN/AN/AN/AN/A12N/A7N/A
OpponentsN/AN/AN/AN/A7N/A4N/A
Team Finishes By Tournament Type
Tournament TypePlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-6th7-8th9-12th13-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam200000010010 $7,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open700000021120 $13,170.00
Manhattan Beach100000000000 $0.00
Total1000000031130 $20,170.00
Individual Finishes by Tournament Type
Dain Blanton Carl Henkel
PlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)Tournament TypePlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
2100000100 $0.00 Olympic Games1000010000 $0.00
5001021100 $31,500.00 World Championships3000010200 $7,575.00
13001223320 $56,700.00 Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam14000115420 $39,900.00
1937916640614280 $447,661.25 Challenge/Four Star/Open1360523224138220 $231,635.75
11001122310 $16,517.50 Manhattan Beach4000001100 $1,010.00
18113164200 $67,195.50 Tour Championships6001000230 $5,682.50
2429102210527152110 $619,574.25 Total1640534254747270 $285,803.25
Team Finishes by Season
   ResultsMatches
SeasonAssocPlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-6th7-8th9-12th13-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)WonLostPct
2002AVP200000001001 $1,050.00 3442.9 %
2002FIVB600000020121 $15,070.00 81142.1 %
TotalAVP200000001001 $1,050.00 3442.9 %
TotalFIVB600000020121 $15,070.00 81142.1 %
Individual Finishes by Season
Dain Blanton  Carl Henkel
PlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)SeasonAssociationPlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
           1992AVP160000151000 $12,273.75
           1993AVP10000000370 $1,375.00
14000016520 $12,118.75 1994AVP11000000560 $4,125.00
220000311710 $27,625.00 1995AVP          
1000000001 $0.00 1995FIVB16011346100 $46,750.00
20011196200 $54,405.00 1996AVP          
           1996FIVB16030055210 $63,500.00
22114481300 $117,845.00 1997AVP          
2001001000 $12,850.00 1997FIVB9000122400 $16,700.00
18027054000 $32,470.50 1998AVP7000002230 $1,682.00
7010023100 $23,950.00 1998FIVB13000037210 $27,550.00
10231130000 $69,600.00 1999AVP          
1000001000 $1,875.00 1999USAV2010010000 $10,250.00
9000214101 $26,750.00 1999FIVB13000043600 $28,000.00
6110040000 $22,000.00 2000AVP          
1001000000 $5,000.00 2000USAV          
11101017100 $25,500.00 2000FIVB13010034320 $30,500.00
3010010010 $6,950.00 2001AVP3000011010 $2,185.00
2101000000 $6,250.00 2001BVA1000010000 $2,062.50
9000123210 $27,500.00 2001FIVB10000004330 $17,125.00
2000001001 $525.00 2002AVP2000001001 $525.00
6000002121 $7,535.00 2002FIVB7000002131 $8,360.00
16661017940502374 $480,749.25 TotalTotal1490614254242272 $272,963.25
Team Match Records
 Won 1st SetLost 1st Set2 Set Matches3 Set MatchesBy ForfeitAll Matches
SeasonWon 2-0Won 2-1Lost 2-1OverallWon 2-1Lost 2-1Lost 2-0OverallOverallOverallWonLostOverall
Overall2 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2-0 100.0% 1 20.0% 2 40.0% 2 40.0% 1-4 20.0% 2-2 50.0% 1-2 33.3% 00 3-4 42.9%
2001-20022 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2-0 100.0% 1 20.0% 2 40.0% 2 40.0% 1-4 20.0% 2-2 50.0% 1-2 33.3% 00 3-4 42.9%
Against the Field1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1-0 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 2 66.7% 0-3 0.0% 2-4 33.3% 0-2 0.0% 00 1-3 25.0%
Team Match Records by Round
 Country QuotaQualifierPool PlayLucky LoserElimination RoundsSemi-FinalsBronze MedalGold MedalOverall
Tournament TypeWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam000042001100000053
Challenge/Four Star/Open0100570013000000712
Manhattan Beach000000001100000012
Total01009900350000001317
Head to Head Results
Blanton/Henkel trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Fonoimoana/Holdren 0-1
8/1/02FIVBAustria Grand Slam Pool L Fonoimoana/Holdren 14 Blanton/Henkel 35 21-19, 16-21, 15-11 0:53
Series tied with # 3 Metzger/Wong 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
Lead the series against # 8 Rogers/Scott 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 # 9 Rosenthal/Williams 0-1
5/25/02AVPHuntington Beach Open Contender 3 Rosenthal/Williams 14 Blanton/Henkel 6 21-16, 21-19 0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Ayakatubby/Swatik 0-1
8/9/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Winner 2 Ayakatubby/Swatik 15 Blanton/Henkel 18 25-23, 21-14 0:45
Lead the series against # 47 Harger/Pray 1-0
8/9/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Winner 1 Blanton/Henkel 18 Harger/Pray 47 22-20, 21-17 0:44
Trail the series against # 48 Foust/Young 0-1
8/9/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Contender 1 Foust/Young 48 Blanton/Henkel 18 22-20, 12-21, 15-13 1:03