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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
June 23 - 27, 2004

(19) Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard, United States

Dain Blanton
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (53 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 17th	Did not play
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 25th	Dain Blanton - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	9	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	8	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	8	7th	180	US$7,000.00
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

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/24/2004	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (14)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:06
Thu, 6/24/2004	Winner 2	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:41
Fri, 6/25/2004	Contender 2	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (20)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:41

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	$27,000.00	10	12	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	3	2	1	$114,500.00	39	27	59.1 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	$13,500.00	2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	$13,500.00
60	2	1	3	4	9	23	9	5	4	$183,285.00	Total	Total	14	1	0	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	$57,250.00

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	16	55.2%	8	27.6%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	11	34.4%	6	18.8%	15	46.9%	11-21	34.4%	32-28	53.3%	38-22	63.3%	0	1	35-26	57.4%

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 30-19 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 6 Series, 7 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 # 2 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
Series tied with # 3 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Blanton/Nygaard	19	21-17, 21-16	0:41
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 # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-2
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-18, 21-15	0:41
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:40
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Gold Medal	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	10-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 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, Q2 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Rogers/Scott	3	16-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:11
Lead the series against # 11 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
Series tied with # 14 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-2
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	19	Baracetti/Conde	14	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:06
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	7	Blanton/Nygaard	8	17-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:56
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 # 15 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 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 # 17, Q9 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
Series tied with # 20 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-1
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	Blanton/Nygaard	19	21-18, 21-15	0:41
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Series tied with # 21, Q1 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Berger/Doppler	25	Blanton/Nygaard	9	23-21, 21-19	0:47
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Berger/Doppler	14	23-21, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q7 Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 0-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Magalhaes/Silva	24, Q6	Blanton/Nygaard	9	27-25, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 26 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
Series tied with # 27 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Child/Heese	17	21-16, 21-13	0:43
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	28	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-18, 26-24	0:50
Lead the series against 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
Series tied with # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-19, 22-20	0:49
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 # Q5 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 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 # Q13 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 # Q19 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
Lead the series against # Q25 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q5	21-18, 16-21, 15-8	0:54
Lead the series against # Q29 Stoyanov/Yankov, Bulgaria 1-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Stoyanov/Yankov	25, Q4	23-21, 21-15	0:47