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AVP Tour
$183,000 Tempe Open presented by Bud Light
May 5 - 7, 2006

(7) 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 Tempe Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 2nd	Dax Holdren - 3rd
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 9th	Kevin Wong - 7th
2005	Kevin Wong - 9th	Adam Jewell - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	13	3rd	270	$8,500.00

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/6/2006

Winner 2

Chad Mowrey / Larry Witt (10)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	37	19	11	0.216	0	6	0	2
	1	17	7	9	-0.118	0	2	0	1
	2	20	12	2	0.500	0	4	0	1
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	4	2	0	0.500	1	5	0	1
	1	2	1	0	0.500	1	1	0	1
	2	2	1	0	0.500	0	4	0	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 1

Ran Kumgisky / Matt Prosser (24, Q4)

Won 22-20, 21-15

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	38	20	9	0.289	0	8	0	2
	1	25	13	7	0.240	0	7	0	0
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	1	0	2
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	10	5	2	0.300	5	5	1	2
	1	4	1	1	0.000	1	3	0	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	4	2	1	1

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 2

Canyon Ceman / Matt Olson (18)

Lost 34-36, 21-16, 17-19

1:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	53	36	4	0.604	4	9	1	4
	1	27	19	3	0.593	2	4	1	3
	2	13	12	0	0.923	0	2	0	1
	3	13	5	1	0.308	2	3	0	0
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	44	21	6	0.341	1	10	0	1
	1	18	9	3	0.333	0	5	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	2	0	0
	3	17	5	3	0.118	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	128	75	24	0.398	4	23	1	8
Eric Fonoimoana	58	28	8	0.345	7	20	1	4
Total	186	103	32	0.382	11	43	2	12
Opponents	176	99	30	0.392	13	44	3	7

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	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	$53,000.00	18	16	52.9 %
2006	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,050.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,050.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	1	0	1	3	3	1	9	3	4	0	0	$148,500.00	26	18	59.1 %

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
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,950.00	2001	AVP	5	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$14,975.00
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
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	$34,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,155.00	2002	AVP	7	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$52,800.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	$11,800.00
8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00	2003	AVP	9	2	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$28,422.50
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	$21,000.00
11	1	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	$29,300.00	2004	AVP	11	2	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	$37,062.50
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	1	$21,625.00
12	0	0	2	0	3	5	2	0	0	$23,437.50	2005	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	1	8	2	0	0	$12,050.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,025.00	2006	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,025.00
222	11	11	24	10	53	67	32	9	5	$660,096.75	Total	Total	269	15	13	23	17	79	89	28	3	2	$890,824.50

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%
2005-2006	9	64.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	3	21.4%	5	35.7%	6	42.9%	3-11	21.4%	9-6	60.0%	5-8	38.5%	0	0	14-14	50.0%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	6-10	37.5%

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 trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	18-21, 21-11, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	21-18, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-18, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 Mowrey/Witt 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Mowrey/Witt	10	Blanton/Fonoimoana	7	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 18 Ceman/Olson 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Ceman/Olson	18	Blanton/Fonoimoana	7	36-34, 16-21, 19-17	1:30
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Kumgisky/Prosser 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	7	Kumgisky/Prosser	24, Q4	22-20, 21-15	0:45