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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Austria Open
August 2 - 6, 2000

(8) Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States

Dain Blanton
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 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

Eric Fonoimoana
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$184,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	31	1	1	1	3	3	3	10	5	4	0	US$194,400.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Dain Blanton - 2nd
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 4th	Dain Blanton - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	8	5th	204	US$7,000.00
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
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	6	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	4	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	5	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/11-15/1999	Belgium Open	8	4th	238	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/4-8/1999	Portugal Open	13	5th	204	US$8,000.00

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	26	0	1	1	2	2	3	8	5	4	0	0	$155,900.00
Total	31	1	1	1	3	3	3	10	5	4	0	0	$194,400.00

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
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	0	2	1	2	9	22	6	2	0	$123,900.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	63	1	2	1	4	11	28	12	2	0	$184,875.00

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
1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$44,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$44,500.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Eric Fonoimoana
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
											1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,750.00
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
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
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
9	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	$18,500.00	2000	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	$18,500.00
28	0	1	1	2	4	15	3	0	2	$82,050.00	Total	Total	30	0	2	0	2	7	15	2	1	1	$89,200.00

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	13	68.4%	3	15.8%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	8	50.0%	3-13	18.8%	13-8	61.9%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	26-18	59.1%
1999-2000	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		1-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	8-2	80.0%
Against the Field	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	5	45.5%	6-5	54.5%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	8-2	80.0%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	12-5	70.6%

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	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	12
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	17	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	26	18

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 14 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Blanton/Fonoimoana	19	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	20	15-6	0:28
Trail the series against # 21 Henkel/Smith, United States 0-1
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Henkel/Smith	16	Blanton/Fonoimoana	19	15-1	0:20