AVP Tour
$150,000 Side Out AVP Hermosa Beach Open
June 8 - 10, 2001
(3) Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana
 
Dain Blanton
Photo: Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 28, 1971 (52 yrs old)
Home Town: Laguna Beach, CA
Height: 6'3"
College(s): Pepperdine
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 256
Career Wins: 11
Career AVP Wins: 8
Career Winnings: $720,032.75
Eric Fonoimoana
Photo: Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jun 7, 1969 (55 yrs old)
Home Town: Manhattan Beach, CA
Height: 6'3"
College(s): California-Santa Barbara
Seasons: 20
Tournaments: 293
Career Wins: 15
Career AVP Wins: 13
Career Winnings: $1,000,809.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
AVP463792774322 $272,387.00
BVA21010000000 $12,500.00
FIVB3111133310540 US$194,400.00
USAV20010001000 $13,750.00
Overall8158125101015862 US$493,037.00
Previous Hermosa Beach Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1992 Did not play Kevin Waterbury - 13th
1993 Did not play Dan Vrebalovich - 7th
1994 Albert Hannemann - 17th Bill Boullianne - 9th
1995 Ian Clark - 9th Rob Heidger - 5th
1996 Canyon Ceman - 7th Bill Boullianne - 4th
1997 Canyon Ceman - 1st Bryan Ivie - 9th
1997 Canyon Ceman - 3rd Bryan Ivie - 13th
1998 Eric Fonoimoana - 13th Dain Blanton - 13th
1999 Eric Fonoimoana - 5th Dain Blanton - 5th
2000 Eric Fonoimoana - 5th Dain Blanton - 5th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
BVA 5/26-27/2001 Oceanside Invitational 1 1st 160 $5,000.00
BVA 4/20-22/2001 Clearwater Beach Invitational 1 3rd 128 $7,500.00
FIVB 9/16-26/2000 Sydney XXVII Olympic Games 9 1st 0 US$0.00
AVP 8/25-27/2000 Manhattan Beach Open 2 7th 0 $6,000.00
AVP 8/18-20/2000 U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball 6 2nd 0 $12,000.00
FIVB 8/9-13/2000 Belgium Open 7 3rd 272 US$14,000.00
FIVB 8/2-6/2000 Austria Open 8 9th 136 US$4,000.00
FIVB 7/26-30/2000 Portugal Open 8 5th 204 US$7,000.00
AVP 7/21-23/2000 Belmar Open 2 7th 0 $3,000.00
FIVB 7/12-16/2000 Italy Open 11 17th 68 US$2,000.00
FIVB 7/5-9/2000 Norway Open 8 9th 136 US$4,000.00
FIVB 6/28-7/2/2000 U.S. Grand Slam 9 9th 240 US$6,000.00
FIVB 6/14-18/2000 Canada Open 8 9th 136 US$4,000.00
AVP 6/9-11/2000 Mervyn's Beach Bash 2000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open 1 5th 0 $4,000.00
Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Series tied with # 1 Holdren/Rogers 1-1
5/27/01BVAOceanside Invitational Finals Blanton/Fonoimoana 1 Holdren/Rogers 2 21-19, 21-15, 21-18 0:40
5/27/01BVAOceanside Invitational Winner 3 Holdren/Rogers 2 Blanton/Fonoimoana 1 18-21, 21-16, 15-11 1:04
Trail the series against # 5 Henkel/Smith 0-1
7/24/99FIVBMarseille World Championships Henkel/Smith 16 Blanton/Fonoimoana 19 15-1 0:20
Trail the series against # 6 Metzger/Wong 0-1
4/22/01BVAClearwater Beach Invitational Semi-Finals Metzger/Wong 4 Blanton/Fonoimoana 1 19-21, 21-15, 19-17 1:05
Lead the series against # 12 Hannemann/Scott 1-0
4/21/01BVAClearwater Beach Invitational Winner 2 Blanton/Fonoimoana 1 Hannemann/Scott 8 19-21, 21-17, 16-14 0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Heidger/McCaw 2-0
4/22/01BVAClearwater Beach Invitational Bronze Medal Blanton/Fonoimoana 1 Heidger/McCaw 5 21-16, 21-18 0:40
4/22/01BVAClearwater Beach Invitational Winner 3 Blanton/Fonoimoana 1 Heidger/McCaw 5 15-21, 21-16, 15-8 0:53