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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 5 - 8, 2008

(21) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - 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
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Dain Blanton - 2nd
2002	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 5th
2003	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 17th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Kevin Wong - 1st
2005	Kevin Wong - 9th	Did not play
2006	Eric Fonoimoana - 25th	Dain Blanton - 25th
2007	Jason Lee - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	17	17th	72	$800.00

AVP Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 1

Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (12)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	30	12	4	0.267	1	16	0	2
	1	14	6	2	0.286	1	8	0	1
	2	16	6	2	0.250	0	8	0	1
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	27	13	2	0.407	1	8	0	2
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	3	0	1
	2	16	7	0	0.438	1	5	0	1

Fri, 6/6/2008

Contender 1

Evan Engle / Dane Jensen (28, Q8)

Lost 21-19, 17-21, 10-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	44	12	17	-0.114	1	10	4	2
	1	10	3	2	0.100	0	3	2	1
	2	18	5	7	-0.111	1	4	1	1
	3	16	4	8	-0.250	0	3	1	0
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	26	15	5	0.385	2	8	2	5
	1	15	8	3	0.333	1	4	2	4
	2	9	6	2	0.444	0	3	0	1
	3	2	1	0	0.500	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	74	24	21	0.041	2	26	4	4
Eric Fonoimoana	53	28	7	0.396	3	16	2	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	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$18,525.00	14	14	50.0 %
2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,150.00	1	4	20.0 %
Total	AVP	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	$19,675.00	15	18	45.5 %
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
14	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	1	0	$14,062.50	2006	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	1	8	3	1	0	$17,962.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00	2006	FIVB
14	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0	0	$10,237.50	2007	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$6,050.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$975.00	2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$575.00
252	11	11	24	10	53	78	49	11	5	$682,796.75	Total	Total	291	15	13	23	17	80	99	37	5	2	$910,387.00

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	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%
2007-2008	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-3	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-4	20.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-8	20.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

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 1-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	17	21-16, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 12 Brazao/Loiola 0-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Brazao/Loiola	12	Blanton/Fonoimoana	21	21-17, 21-18	0:55
Trail the series against # 17 Marchewka/Placek 0-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	15	Blanton/Fonoimoana	17	21-17, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Engle/Jensen 0-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Engle/Jensen	28, Q8	Blanton/Fonoimoana	21	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:05