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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Olympic Garden Open
May 19 - 23, 2004

(8) 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 Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	4	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	5	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/21/2004	Winner 1	Katsuhiro Shiratori / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (25)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:01
Fri, 5/21/2004	Winner 2	Linyin Xu / Qiang Xu, China (9)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:37
Sat, 5/22/2004	Winner 3	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 28-30, 18-21	0:50
Sat, 5/22/2004	Contender 4	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (19)	Won 21-13, 23-25, 15-12	0:53
Sat, 5/22/2004	Contender 5	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (4)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 9-15	0:50

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$13,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	$100,500.00	34	21	61.8 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$6,500.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$6,500.00
57	2	1	3	4	8	23	8	4	4	$176,285.00	Total	Total	11	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	$50,250.00

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	13	54.2%	6	25.0%	5	20.8%	19-5	79.2%	9	45.0%	5	25.0%	6	30.0%	9-11	45.0%	26-10	72.2%	30-20	60.0%	0	1	28-16	63.6%

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 20-10 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Blanton/Nygaard	8	30-28, 21-18	0:50
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
Trail the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	19-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:50
8/3/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Blanton/Nygaard	12	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 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
Lead the series against # 9 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Xu/Xu	9	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 3-2
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Egger/Heyer	14	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 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 # 16 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 # 19 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Gartmayer/Nowotny	19	21-13, 23-25, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 20 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 2-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	20, Q4	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:53
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 # 22, Q9 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 # 24 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
Series tied with # 25 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Shiratori/Watanabe	25	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:01
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	Blanton/Nygaard	4	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q12 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