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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 4 - 8, 2003

(24) Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard, 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:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$207,485.00

Jeff Nygaard
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Height:

204 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rhodes 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$64,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	US$129,000.00

Previous Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool H

Harley Marques / Franco Neto, Brazil (8, Q1)

Lost 13-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	8	4	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	1	8	4	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	25	16	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	1	25	16	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool H

Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (25, Q2)

Won 21-18, 21-23, 16-14

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	25	15	N/A	N/A	1	8	0	N/A
	1	25	15	N/A	N/A	1	8	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	37	22	N/A	N/A	5	0	1	N/A
	1	37	22	N/A	N/A	5	0	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Pool H

Pavlos Beligratis / Thanassis Michalopoulos, Greece (9)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	15	10	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	1	15	10	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	32	21	N/A	N/A	2	3	1	N/A
	1	32	21	N/A	N/A	2	3	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 1

Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (7)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	19	14	N/A	N/A	0	3	2	N/A
	1	19	14	N/A	N/A	0	3	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	16	7	N/A	N/A	2	1	5	N/A
	1	16	7	N/A	N/A	2	1	5	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 2

Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (18)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	11	7	N/A	N/A	1	5	1	N/A
	1	11	7	N/A	N/A	1	5	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	31	19	N/A	N/A	3	2	1	N/A
	1	31	19	N/A	N/A	3	2	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sun, 6/8/2003

Semi-Finals

Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (14)

Won 23-21, 22-20

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	21	9	N/A	N/A	0	10	1	N/A
	1	21	9	N/A	N/A	0	10	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	18	13	N/A	N/A	4	1	0	N/A
	1	18	13	N/A	N/A	4	1	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sun, 6/8/2003

Gold Medal

Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (1)

Won 22-20, 21-18

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	22	12	N/A	N/A	0	14	2	N/A
	1	22	12	N/A	N/A	0	14	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	Total	26	13	N/A	N/A	1	3	1	N/A
	1	26	13	N/A	N/A	1	3	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	121	71	N/A	N/A	2	52	6	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	185	111	N/A	N/A	17	11	9	N/A
Total	306	182	N/A	N/A	19	63	15	N/A
Opponents	297	173	N/A	N/A	17	57	11	N/A

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Nygaard lead the series against the field 6-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-0
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Gold Medal	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Alvarez/Rossell	7	21-13, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	24	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	9	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Berger/Doppler	14	23-21, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Egger/Heyer	18	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	21-18, 21-23, 16-14	0:58