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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 (52 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 (52 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

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