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$200,000 Pringles Smart Flavors Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife
August 30 - September 1, 2007

(18) 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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Jason Ring - 3rd	Kevin Wong - 9th
2006	Scott Wong - 13th	Scott Lane - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/23-25/2007	Brooklyn Open	19	9th	208	$3,600.00
AVP	8/16-18/2007	Boston Open	17	17th	104	$1,100.00
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 1

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (15)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	26	13	7	0.231	2	4	0	1
	1	12	7	3	0.333	1	0	0	1
	2	14	6	4	0.143	1	4	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	15	8	2	0.400	0	6	4	0
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	2	0
	2	7	2	1	0.143	0	3	2	0

Fri, 8/31/2007

Contender 1

Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (16)

Lost 23-21, 16-21, 13-15

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	22	10	1	0.409	2	9	0	1
	1	5	4	0	0.800	2	1	0	1
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	5	0	0
	3	8	1	1	0.000	0	3	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	63	25	13	0.190	0	24	1	7
	1	21	10	4	0.286	0	6	0	6
	2	25	9	5	0.160	0	7	0	0
	3	17	6	4	0.118	0	11	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	48	23	8	0.313	4	13	0	2
Dain Blanton	78	33	15	0.231	0	30	5	7

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Blanton trail the series against the field 4-10 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 8 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	Baxter/Blanton	19	23-21, 18-21, 15-8	1:08
Series tied with # 9 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 # 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 # 14 Jewell/Loiola 1-1
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Blanton	19	Jewell/Loiola	13	11-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:16
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 # 15 Mariano/Ratledge 0-3
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Mariano/Ratledge	15	Baxter/Blanton	18	21-19, 21-19	0:52
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Mariano/Ratledge	14	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-13, 21-11	0:52
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	16	Baxter/Blanton	15	21-17, 22-20	1:04
Trail the series against # 16 Fonoimoana/Wong 0-1
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 1	Fonoimoana/Wong	16	Baxter/Blanton	18	21-23, 21-16, 15-13	1:15
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Carlucci/Seiffert 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Blanton	19	Carlucci/Seiffert	21	21-10, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 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