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AVP Tour
$125,000 Sunkist Open at Muskegon
July 13 - 15, 2001

(1) Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana

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

Eric Fonoimoana

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,000,809.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	46	3	7	9	2	7	7	4	3	2	2	$272,387.00
BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
FIVB	31	1	1	1	3	3	3	10	5	4	0	US$194,400.00
USAV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$13,750.00
Overall	81	5	8	12	5	10	10	15	8	6	2	US$493,037.00

Previous Muskegon Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Karch Kiraly - 7th	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Dain Blanton - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	6	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	4	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	6	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	5	7th	180	US$7,000.00
AVP	6/8-10/2001	Hermosa Beach Open	3	2nd	324	$11,250.00
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

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	2	7	9	3	8	8	12	7	6	2	0	$363,930.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
Tour Championships	6	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$50,357.00
Total	77	4	8	10	5	10	10	14	8	6	2	0	$466,787.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Eric Fonoimoana
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$16,850.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	0	0	$36,375.00
193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	218	6	10	16	12	60	80	27	5	0	$520,416.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00
11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50	Manhattan Beach	14	2	1	1	1	4	2	3	0	0	$48,962.50
18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50	Tour Championships	23	2	1	1	1	9	8	1	0	0	$80,521.00
242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25	Total	272	11	12	18	16	75	96	37	5	0	$710,874.50

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
1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$44,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2000	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	$51,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2001	BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	8	2	80.0 %
2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$19,500.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	1	0	1	2	2	1	8	3	3	0	0	$115,000.00	16	10	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Eric Fonoimoana
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1991	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											1992	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	$8,265.00
											1993	AVP	23	0	0	0	0	6	11	6	0	0	$34,543.75
14	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$12,118.75	1994	AVP	25	1	0	0	1	12	9	2	0	0	$64,168.50
22	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	0	$27,625.00	1995	AVP	23	0	0	3	3	9	7	1	0	0	$75,482.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
20	0	1	1	1	9	6	2	0	0	$54,405.00	1996	AVP	21	0	0	1	5	7	8	0	0	0	$61,105.00
											1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,750.00
22	1	1	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	$117,845.00	1997	AVP	22	0	1	3	3	11	3	0	1	0	$109,968.75
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,750.00
18	0	2	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	$32,470.50	1998	AVP	17	1	2	7	0	4	3	0	0	0	$101,856.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$25,950.00
10	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$69,600.00	1999	AVP	10	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$64,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	1999	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	1	$24,750.00
6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	2000	AVP	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2000	USAV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,875.00	2001	AVP	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,875.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2001	BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,750.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,750.00
152	6	10	17	8	39	46	21	3	2	$454,864.25	Total	Total	199	7	9	19	15	65	65	16	2	1	$668,439.50

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	9	60.0%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	9	50.0%	4-14	22.2%	9-9	50.0%	6-9	40.0%	0	0	15-18	45.5%
2000-2001	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0

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	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	30
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	24	16	1	2	0	1	1	0	41	36

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana lead the series against the field 1-0 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 7 Hannemann/Scott 1-0
4/21/01	BVA	Clearwater Beach Invitational	Winner 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	1	Hannemann/Scott	8	19-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:38