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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Salvador Open
March 16 - 21, 2004

(5) 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 Salvador Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	7	5th	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	5	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	12	4th	364	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	16, Q3	3rd	432	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	19, Q1	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	11	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	24	1st	300	US$22,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/18/2004	Winner 1	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (28)	Lost 18-21, 24-26	0:50
Thu, 3/18/2004	Contender 1	Pedro Cunha / Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil (21, Q16)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:47
Thu, 3/18/2004	Contender 2	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (11)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 10-15	1:00

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	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	$87,500.00	29	15	65.9 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	$90,500.00	30	17	63.8 %

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
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
55	2	1	3	4	7	23	7	4	4	$171,285.00	Total	Total	9	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	$45,250.00

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%
2003-2004	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%
Against the Field	17	56.7%	8	26.7%	5	16.7%	25-5	83.3%	10	37.0%	6	22.2%	11	40.7%	10-17	37.0%	34-20	63.0%	36-22	62.1%	0	1	35-22	61.4%

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 23-8 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	3	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	21-15, 22-24, 15-11	1:05
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/3/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Blanton/Nygaard	12	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
7/20/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	19-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # 10 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 3-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	12	Blanton/Nygaard	5	By Forfeit
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Egger/Heyer	15	21-19, 19-21, 24-22	1:03
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Egger/Heyer	18	21-18, 21-15	0:42
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Egger/Heyer	18	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	11	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	1:00
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Baracetti/Conde	6	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 13 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Schacht/Slack	17	21-12, 21-13	0:35
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Schacht/Slack	14	21-15, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 18 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 2-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool G	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Alvarez/Rossell	18	19-21, 34-32, 15-10	1:03
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Alvarez/Rossell	7	21-13, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 21, Q16 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Cunha/Ferreira	21, Q16	21-18, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 22 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Horrem/Maaseide	26	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 26 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	21-16, 25-23	0:53
Trail the series against # 28 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	28	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-18, 26-24	0:50
Lead the series against # 31, Q14 Ces/Salvetti, France 2-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool G	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Ces/Salvetti	42	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:57
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Ces/Salvetti	32	21-9, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 2-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	21, Q5	25-23, 21-16	0:45
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Country Quota	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Fuerbringer/Jennings		21-18, 20-22, 15-8	1:01
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q29	Blanton/Nygaard		21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q6 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q19	21-12, 19-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # Q19 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 # Q20 Silva/Xisto, Angola 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Silva/Xisto	Q30	21-6, 21-9	0:28