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$280,000 McDonald's AVP Chicago Open presented by Nautica
August 2 - 4, 2007

(15) Paul Baxter/Dain Blanton

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (53 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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	$13,075.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Did not play	Ian Clark - 17th
1995	Did not play	Ian Clark - 5th
1996	Did not play	Canyon Ceman - 5th
1997	Cameron Green - 33rd	Canyon Ceman - 4th
1998	Nathan Heidger - 13th	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Eric Fonoimoana - 3rd
2000	Sean Scott - 13th	Did not play
FIVB 2000	Did not play	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th
2002	Alika Williams - 13th	Scott Ayakatubby - 13th
2003	Carl Henkel - 9th	Jeff Nygaard - 1st
2004	Scott Wong - 3rd	Jeff Nygaard - 1st
2005	Fred Souza - 7th	Kevin Wong - 9th
2006	Jason Ring - 17th	Matt Prosser - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	19	13th	156	$2,200.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	17	17th	72	$700.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	19	9th	144	$2,875.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

Scott Davenport / Chad Turner (18)

Lost 20-22, 24-22, 21-23

1:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	65	34	10	0.369	2	7	1	2
	1	21	10	4	0.286	1	3	0	0
	2	24	17	2	0.625	0	3	1	2
	3	20	7	4	0.150	1	1	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	28	12	3	0.321	0	14	0	7
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	5	0	3
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	0	2
	3	14	5	1	0.286	0	5	0	2

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 1

Clint Coe / Russ Marchewka (31, Q11)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	14	11	0	0.786	1	6	1	1
	1	8	7	0	0.875	1	2	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	4	1	1
Dain Blanton	Total	23	13	6	0.304	1	7	1	2
	1	10	6	1	0.500	1	4	0	1
	2	13	7	5	0.154	0	3	1	1

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (16)

Lost 17-21, 20-22

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	18	11	3	0.444	1	3	2	1
	1	11	7	2	0.455	1	1	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	2	2	0
Dain Blanton	Total	27	10	3	0.259	0	9	1	2
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	4	0	0
	2	16	4	3	0.063	0	5	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	97	56	13	0.443	4	16	4	4
Dain Blanton	78	35	12	0.295	1	30	2	11

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	$12,175.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$900.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	$13,075.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Dain Blanton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00
133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25

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
2007	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$6,675.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$6,675.00	7	8	46.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Dain Blanton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1994	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$12,118.75
											1995	AVP	22	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	0	$27,625.00
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	AVP	20	0	1	1	1	9	6	2	0	0	$54,405.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$1,641.25	1997	AVP	22	1	1	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	$117,845.00
											1997	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1	0	$3,537.00	1998	AVP	18	0	2	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	$32,470.50
											1998	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	$8,287.50	1999	AVP	10	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$69,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
											1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1	0	$8,375.00	2000	AVP	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2000	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$5,975.00	2001	AVP	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,950.00
											2001	BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00
											2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$5,840.00	2002	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,155.00
											2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	$7,947.50	2003	AVP	8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$10,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00
10	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,245.00	2004	AVP	11	1	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	$29,300.00
											2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00
12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$29,575.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	2	0	3	5	2	0	0	$23,437.50
											2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	0	$12,725.00	2006	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	1	0	$14,062.50
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	0	$7,925.00	2007	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	$7,037.50
116	0	0	5	0	14	52	33	6	6	$114,573.25	Total	Total	245	11	11	24	10	53	77	44	10	5	$678,621.75

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	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	7-10	41.2%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	11-16	40.7%
2006-2007	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	7-10	41.2%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	11-16	40.7%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	1-8	11.1%	6-12	33.3%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	5-9	35.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	16

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Blanton trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	3	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 23-21	0:51
Trail the series against # 10 Doble/Olson 0-1
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 3	Doble/Olson	11	Baxter/Blanton	19	25-23, 21-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Wachtfogel/Wong	14	30-28, 21-16	1:05
Trail the series against # 16 Mariano/Ratledge 0-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	16	Baxter/Blanton	15	21-17, 22-20	1:04
Series tied with # 18 Davenport/Turner 1-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Davenport/Turner	18	Baxter/Blanton	15	22-20, 22-24, 23-21	1:30
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Blanton	19	Davenport/Turner	20	21-12, 15-21, 16-14	1:02
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Coe/Marchewka 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Blanton	15	Coe/Marchewka	31, Q11	21-14, 21-17	0:49