AVP Tour
$175,000 Michelob Light Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Xbox
August 8 - 11, 2002
(18) Dain Blanton/Carl Henkel
 
Dain Blanton
Photo: Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 28, 1971 (52 yrs old)
Home Town: Laguna Beach, CA
Resides: Los Angeles, CA
Height: 6'3"
College(s): Pepperdine
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 256
Career Wins: 11
Career AVP Wins: 8
Career Winnings: $720,032.75
Carl Henkel
Photo: AVP
Personal Info
Birth Date: Aug 16, 1969 (54 yrs old)
Home Town: Redondo Beach, CA
Resides: Redondo Beach, CA
Height: 6'7"
College(s): UCLA
Seasons: 12
Tournaments: 167
Career Best: 2nd (6 times)
Career AVP Best: 3rd (2 times)
Career Winnings: $324,663.75
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253357Money
AVP3000000010110 $1,200.00
FIVB7000000301201 US$18,970.00
Overall10000000311311 US$20,170.00
Previous Manhattan Beach Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1992 Did not play Eric Fonoimoana - 17th
1994 Lee LeGrande - 25th Did not play
1995 Ian Clark - 17th Did not play
1996 Canyon Ceman - 7th Did not play
1999 Eric Fonoimoana - 4th Did not play
2000 Eric Fonoimoana - 7th Did not play
2001 Did not play Nick Hannemann - 13th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 8/1-4/2002 Austria Grand Slam 35 9 160 US$5,000.00
FIVB 7/24-28/2002 Portugal Open 57 4 US$0.00
FIVB 7/17-21/2002 France Grand Slam 27 25 40 US$2,000.00
FIVB 7/10-14/2002 Canada Open 23 25 30 US$1,650.00
FIVB 7/3-7/2002 Norway Open 22 9 120 US$3,900.00
FIVB 6/19-23/2002 Switzerland Open 17 17 60 US$2,520.00
AVP 5/24-26/2002 Huntington Beach Open 6 13 108 $1,050.00
AVP 8/17-19/2001 Open at Santa Barbara 6 25 36 $150.00
Manhattan Beach Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 8/9/2002 Winner 1 Chris Harger / Tony Pray (47) Won 22-20, 21-17 0:44
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Carl HenkelTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Fri, 8/9/2002 Winner 2 Scott Ayakatubby / David Swatik (15) Lost 23-25, 14-21 0:45
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A3N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A1N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A2N/A
Carl HenkelTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
Fri, 8/9/2002 Contender 1 Doug Foust / Chris Young (48) Lost 20-22, 21-12, 13-15 1:03
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A4N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A3N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A1N/A
 3N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Carl HenkelTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A8N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A4N/A0N/A
 3N/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
Overall Tournament Stats
PlayerAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A7N/A
Carl HenkelN/AN/AN/AN/A12N/A0N/A
Head to Head Results
Blanton/Henkel trail the series against the field 3-5
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Fonoimoana/Holdren 0-1
8/1/02FIVBAustria Grand Slam Pool L Fonoimoana/Holdren 14 Blanton/Henkel 35 21-19, 16-21, 15-11 0:53
Series tied with # 3 Metzger/Wong 1-1
7/12/02FIVBCanada Open Pool G Metzger/Wong 10 Blanton/Henkel 23 21-16, 21-16 0:39
7/5/02FIVBNorway Open Pool F Blanton/Henkel 22 Metzger/Wong 11 13-21, 26-24, 18-16 1:07
Lead the series against # 8 Rogers/Scott 1-0
7/18/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool C Blanton/Henkel 27 Rogers/Scott 22 21-18, 11-21, 15-12 0:58
Trail the series against # 9 Rosenthal/Williams 0-1
5/25/02AVPHuntington Beach Open Contender 3 Rosenthal/Williams 14 Blanton/Henkel 6 21-16, 21-19 0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Ayakatubby/Swatik 0-1
8/9/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Winner 2 Ayakatubby/Swatik 15 Blanton/Henkel 18 25-23, 21-14 0:45
Lead the series against # 47 Harger/Pray 1-0
8/9/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Winner 1 Blanton/Henkel 18 Harger/Pray 47 22-20, 21-17 0:44
Trail the series against # 48 Foust/Young 0-1
8/9/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Contender 1 Foust/Young 48 Blanton/Henkel 18 22-20, 12-21, 15-13 1:03