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AVP Tour
$175,000 Austin Open
April 29 - May 1, 2005

(4) Dain Blanton/Kevin Wong

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:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Kevin Wong

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Resides:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$757,282.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	12	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	1	2	0	$46,875.00
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	US$29,000.00
Overall	16	0	0	2	0	2	2	4	1	5	0	US$75,875.00

Previous Austin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	3	9	144	$2,200.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	3	3	270	$8,450.00

Austin Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/30/2005

Winner 2

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (13)

Won 21-18, 19-21, 19-17

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	47	24	6	0.383	1	14	1	11
	1	8	4	1	0.375	1	3	1	1
	2	20	11	1	0.500	0	5	0	8
	3	19	9	4	0.263	0	6	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	21	16	3	0.619	4	11	2	2
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	4	0	2
	2	8	5	2	0.375	2	4	1	0
	3	2	2	0	1.000	2	3	1	0

Sat, 4/30/2005

Winner 3

Brent Doble / John Hyden (12)

Lost 23-25, 11-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	18	7	4	0.167	0	8	2	3
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	2	1	2
	2	10	3	3	0.000	0	6	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	31	13	9	0.129	4	2	1	2
	1	16	9	4	0.313	2	0	1	1
	2	15	4	5	-0.067	2	2	0	1

Sat, 4/30/2005

Contender 3

Eric Fonoimoana / Adam Jewell (7)

Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-13

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	17	12	2	0.588	1	9	1	3
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	3	0	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	0	2	0	2
	3	7	3	2	0.143	0	4	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	43	26	7	0.442	1	6	0	0
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	3	0	0
	2	16	6	5	0.063	1	2	0	0
	3	12	10	0	0.833	0	1	0	0

Sun, 5/1/2005

Contender 4

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (8)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	10	7	2	0.500	0	11	0	1
	1	7	4	2	0.286	0	5	0	1
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	6	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	42	22	5	0.405	4	2	0	0
	1	18	10	2	0.444	2	1	0	0
	2	24	12	3	0.375	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	92	50	14	0.391	2	42	4	18
Kevin Wong	137	77	24	0.387	13	21	3	4

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong lead the series against the field 7-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Holdren/Nygaard 0-1
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	5	Blanton/Wong	3	21-18, 21-7	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Kiraly/Lambert 0-1
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Blanton/Wong	3	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Blanton/Wong	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	25-23, 14-21, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 7 Fonoimoana/Jewell 1-0
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Wong	4	Fonoimoana/Jewell	7	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:58
Series tied with # 8 Rosenthal/Witt 1-1
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Blanton/Wong	4	21-18, 21-19	0:46
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Rosenthal/Witt	6	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 10 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Wong	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	11	24-26, 21-13, 15-7	0:57
Trail the series against # 12 Doble/Hyden 0-1
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Doble/Hyden	12	Blanton/Wong	4	25-23, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Williams/Wong 2-0
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	4	Williams/Wong	13	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	1:10
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	3	Williams/Wong	14	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Lane/Mowrey 0-1
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Lane/Mowrey	19	Blanton/Wong	3	21-17, 28-26	0:46
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Hannemann/Turner 1-0
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Hannemann/Turner	20, Q3	21-14, 21-15	0:39