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$280,000 AVP Bob's Stores Boston Open at Marina Bay
August 16 - 18, 2007

(17) 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 Boston Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Ian Clark - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	19	17th	104	$900.00
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

Boston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/17/2007

Winner 1

John Mayer / Kevin Wong (16)

Lost 15-21, 13-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	22	9	6	0.136	1	1	0	2
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	1	0	2
	2	10	4	3	0.100	1	0	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	19	12	2	0.526	0	6	0	4
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	3	0	3
	2	8	6	2	0.500	0	3	0	1

Fri, 8/17/2007

Contender 1

Adam Jewell / Jose Loiola (15)

Lost 21-15, 16-21, 12-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	23	12	6	0.261	4	3	0	2
	1	4	3	1	0.500	1	1	0	1
	2	12	3	5	-0.167	2	2	0	1
	3	7	6	0	0.857	1	0	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	29	19	3	0.552	1	5	1	2
	1	10	9	1	0.800	0	3	0	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	1	2	0	1
	3	6	2	0	0.333	0	0	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	45	21	12	0.200	5	4	0	4
Dain Blanton	48	31	5	0.542	1	11	1	6

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Blanton trail the series against the field 2-8 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 6 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 # 2 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 # 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
Series tied with # 11 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 Mariano/Ratledge 0-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	16	Baxter/Blanton	15	21-17, 22-20	1:04
Trail the series against # 15 Jewell/Loiola 0-1
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 1	Jewell/Loiola	15	Baxter/Blanton	17	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 16 Mayer/Wong 0-2
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Wong	16	Baxter/Blanton	17	21-15, 21-13	0:44
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Wong	14	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	1:12
Lead the series against # 21, Q1 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