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$125,000 Paul Mitchell Fort Lauderdale Open
April 4 - 6, 2003

(12) Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	CQ	Money
AVP	17	4	1	3	0	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	$131,835.00
FIVB	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	US$129,000.00
Overall	34	5	1	4	1	4	5	5	2	3	1	2	1	US$260,835.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/5/2003

Winner 1

Jason Lee / Chad Mowrey (21)

Won 21-15, 23-21

0:46

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

Sat, 4/5/2003

Winner 2

Scott Ayakatubby / Brian Lewis (5)

Won 23-21, 21-11

0:54

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

Sat, 4/5/2003

Winner 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (13)

Lost 17-21, 21-15, 19-21

0:57

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

Sat, 4/5/2003

Contender 4

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (26)

Lost 19-21, 12-21

0:39

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

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	2	N/A
Jeff Nygaard	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	10	N/A	0	N/A
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	10	N/A	2	N/A
Opponents	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	N/A	5	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	22	4	1	2	0	2	4	4	1	2	1	0	$143,000.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,085.00
Total	32	4	1	4	1	3	5	5	2	4	2	0	$227,085.00

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
193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	100	7	6	16	0	33	27	8	1	0	$311,765.00
11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50	Manhattan Beach	9	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	$28,507.50
18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25	Total	119	7	6	20	1	36	35	10	2	0	$381,522.50

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	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Jeff Nygaard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
14	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$12,118.75	1994	AVP
22	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	0	$27,625.00	1995	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB
20	0	1	1	1	9	6	2	0	0	$54,405.00	1996	AVP
22	1	1	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	$117,845.00	1997	AVP
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
18	0	2	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	$32,470.50	1998	AVP
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB
10	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$69,600.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	1999	USAV
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB
6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2000	USAV
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,950.00	2001	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	$6,700.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,155.00	2002	AVP	7	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$15,660.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00	2003	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00
169	6	10	17	9	40	53	23	7	4	$484,129.25	Total	Total	16	1	0	0	0	6	8	0	0	1	$24,410.00

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	39	73.6%	10	18.9%	4	7.5%	49-4	92.5%	13	38.2%	9	26.5%	12	35.3%	13-21	38.2%	39-12	76.5%	23-13	63.9%	0	0	62-25	71.3%
2002-2003	24	80.0%	4	13.3%	2	6.7%	28-2	93.3%	6	40.0%	3	20.0%	6	40.0%	6-9	40.0%	24-6	80.0%	10-5	66.7%	0	0	34-11	75.6%
Against the Field	15	68.2%	5	22.7%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	7	38.9%	4	22.2%	7	38.9%	7-11	38.9%	30-14	68.2%	24-12	66.7%	0	0	27-13	67.5%

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	36	17	5	2	0	0	1	0	74	36
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	4
Total	1	1	4	0	13	11	0	0	47	23	5	5	1	1	1	0	104	58

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Ayakatubby/Lewis 1-0
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Ayakatubby/Lewis	5	23-21, 21-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 13 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	13	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-17, 15-21, 21-19	0:57
Lead the series against # 21 Lee/Mowrey 1-0
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Lee/Mowrey	21	21-15, 23-21	0:46
Trail the series against # 26 Rosenthal/Witt 0-1
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	26	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-19, 21-12	0:39