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$280,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 9 - 12, 2007

(19) 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 (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

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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Did not play	Lee LeGrande - 25th
1995	Did not play	Ian Clark - 17th
1996	Did not play	Canyon Ceman - 7th
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Eric Fonoimoana - 4th
2000	Sean Scott - 17th	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th
2001	Jason Ring - 17th	Did not play
2002	Alika Williams - 5th	Carl Henkel - 33rd
2003	Carl Henkel - 33rd	Jeff Nygaard - 13th
2004	Scott Wong - 9th	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd
2005	Fred Souza - 13th	Kevin Wong - 17th
2006	Aaron Boss - 25th	Matt Prosser - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	15	17th	104	$900.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 1

John Mayer / Kevin Wong (14)

Lost 18-21, 21-18, 11-15

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	23	12	2	0.435	1	12	1	2
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	5	1	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	1	5	0	1
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	1
Dain Blanton	Total	46	23	10	0.283	0	9	4	6
	1	18	8	3	0.278	0	5	0	4
	2	19	10	5	0.263	0	3	4	2
	3	9	5	2	0.333	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/10/2007

Contender 1

Michael Rupp / Fernando Sabla (30, Q26)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	12	8	1	0.583	2	4	5	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	1	4	1	1
	2	1	1	0	1.000	1	0	4	1
Dain Blanton	Total	33	14	8	0.182	0	9	2	5
	1	19	8	4	0.211	0	6	1	2
	2	14	6	4	0.143	0	3	1	3

Sat, 8/11/2007

Contender 2

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (13)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	8	5	0	0.625	1	5	0	0
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	2	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	3	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	43	14	6	0.186	1	10	0	4
	1	19	7	4	0.158	0	4	0	2
	2	24	7	2	0.208	1	6	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	43	25	3	0.512	4	21	6	4
Dain Blanton	122	51	24	0.221	1	28	6	15

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$7,575.00	8	10	44.4 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$7,575.00	8	10	44.4 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	$8,375.00	2007	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	$7,487.50
117	0	0	5	0	14	52	34	6	6	$115,023.25	Total	Total	246	11	11	24	10	53	77	45	10	5	$679,071.75

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	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	8-14	36.4%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	5-11	31.3%

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 3-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 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 # 3 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Baxter/Blanton	17	19-21, 21-13, 15-7	1:04
Trail the series against # 11 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
Series tied with # 13 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-1
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Wachtfogel/Wong	13	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-14, 21-16	0:59
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 # 14 Mayer/Wong 0-1
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Wong	14	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	1:12
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
Lead the series against # 24 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Morrison/Tramblie	20, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 30, Q26 Rupp/Sabla 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Rupp/Sabla	30, Q26	21-14, 21-11	0:37