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AVP Tour
$175,000 San Diego Open
June 10 - 12, 2005

(6) 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 San Diego Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Albert Hannemann - 13th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 5th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 4th	Mark Andersen - 33rd
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 3rd	Did not play
USAV 1999	Did not play	Rob Heidger - 1st
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 1st	Stein Metzger - 3rd
2004	Did not play	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	3	17	72	$550.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	4	7	180	$3,500.00
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

San Diego Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/11/2005

Winner 1

Mike Morrison / Jim Nichols (27, Q2)

Won 21-11, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	20	9	0	0.450	1	12	5	2
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	6	4	1
	2	8	2	0	0.250	1	6	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	29	16	3	0.448	1	10	0	1
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	0
	2	18	10	2	0.444	1	4	0	1

Sat, 6/11/2005

Winner 2

Brent Doble / John Hyden (11)

Won 21-11, 17-21, 16-14

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	19	8	4	0.211	1	21	0	2
	1	7	2	1	0.143	0	6	0	1
	2	8	3	2	0.125	1	6	0	1
	3	4	3	1	0.500	0	9	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	51	30	7	0.451	6	8	0	1
	1	13	9	1	0.615	3	3	0	0
	2	18	10	3	0.389	1	2	0	1
	3	20	11	3	0.400	2	3	0	0

Sat, 6/11/2005

Winner 3

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (3)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	31	14	9	0.161	0	11	0	1
	1	15	6	6	0.000	0	8	0	0
	2	16	8	3	0.313	0	3	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	19	11	1	0.526	2	2	0	1
	1	13	6	1	0.385	2	1	0	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	1	0	1

Sat, 6/11/2005

Contender 4

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (9)

Won 21-17, 13-21, 15-13

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	11	7	3	0.364	0	4	1	1
	1	7	5	2	0.429	0	3	1	1
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	1	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	30	15	5	0.333	3	0	0	1
	1	12	7	2	0.417	3	0	0	0
	2	18	8	3	0.278	0	0	0	1
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 6/12/2005

Contender 5

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (7)

Lost 21-18, 14-21, 12-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	29	11	3	0.276	2	13	0	2
	1	5	5	0	1.000	1	1	0	1
	2	19	5	3	0.105	0	8	0	1
	3	5	1	0	0.200	1	4	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	53	21	10	0.208	3	3	0	0
	1	18	10	4	0.333	2	1	0	0
	2	16	5	2	0.188	0	1	0	0
	3	19	6	4	0.105	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	110	49	19	0.273	4	61	6	8
Kevin Wong	182	93	26	0.368	15	23	0	4

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong lead the series against the field 9-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 Rogers/Scott 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Rogers/Scott	3	Blanton/Wong	6	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 7 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-1
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Dalhausser/Lucena	7	Blanton/Wong	6	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:59
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Wong	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	11	24-26, 21-13, 15-7	0:57
Lead the series against # 9 Rosenthal/Witt 2-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Wong	6	Rosenthal/Witt	9	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:53
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
Series tied with # 11 Doble/Hyden 1-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	6	Doble/Hyden	11	21-11, 17-21, 16-14	1:13
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 2-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Williams/Wong	14	Blanton/Wong	3	23-21, 14-21, 17-15	1:13
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
Trail the series against # 22 Fischer/Ratledge 0-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Fischer/Ratledge	20	Blanton/Wong	3	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 27, Q2 Morrison/Nichols 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	6	Morrison/Nichols	27, Q2	21-11, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q12 Bruning/Souikane 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Bruning/Souikane	30, Q10	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:57