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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 (54 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 (53 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

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	$62,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	$52,000.00
Total	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	4	2	0	$129,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Jeff Nygaard
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	$31,000.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	$26,000.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	17	1	0	1	1	4	3	4	2	0	$64,500.00

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
2003	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Jeff Nygaard
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
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
47	2	1	2	3	6	21	6	3	3	$137,035.00	Total	Total	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00

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	23	62.2%	9	24.3%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	13	31.7%	9	22.0%	19	46.3%	13-28	31.7%	23-19	54.8%	22-14	61.1%	0	1	45-34	57.0%
2002-2003	18	72.0%	5	20.0%	2	8.0%	23-2	92.0%	6	33.3%	4	22.2%	8	44.4%	6-12	33.3%	18-8	69.2%	11-6	64.7%	0	1	29-15	65.9%
Against the Field	18	64.3%	6	21.4%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	9	33.3%	5	18.5%	13	48.1%	9-18	33.3%	36-24	60.0%	30-18	62.5%	0	1	33-22	60.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	7	5	0	0	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	19	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	6	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	16
Total	1	1	4	0	13	11	0	0	14	11	1	2	1	1	1	0	45	34

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