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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Cincinnati Open Presented by Liftoff
June 30 - July 3, 2005

(7) 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 Mason Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	22	17	200	US$7,500.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	6	7	180	$3,500.00
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 1

Steve Grotowski / Adam Roberts (26, Q2)

Won 22-20, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	20	14	5	0.450	1	3	0	3
	1	11	7	4	0.273	0	2	0	2
	2	9	7	1	0.667	1	1	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	20	17	2	0.750	1	0	1	3
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	0	0	2
	2	9	8	1	0.778	1	0	1	1

Fri, 7/1/2005

Winner 2

John Mayer / Sean Rooney (23, Q11)

Won 22-20, 21-17

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	17	10	3	0.412	1	14	3	5
	1	8	5	2	0.375	1	5	3	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	9	0	4
Kevin Wong	Total	29	16	8	0.276	5	4	2	4
	1	16	8	7	0.063	2	0	2	3
	2	13	8	1	0.538	3	4	0	1

Sat, 7/2/2005

Winner 3

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (2)

Lost 21-18, 29-31, 13-15

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	36	20	8	0.333	0	8	2	3
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	2	0	0
	2	20	10	5	0.250	0	3	1	2
	3	12	7	3	0.333	0	3	1	1
Kevin Wong	Total	37	23	2	0.568	6	6	3	2
	1	16	9	1	0.500	2	2	2	0
	2	14	12	1	0.786	3	4	0	2
	3	7	2	0	0.286	1	0	1	0

Sat, 7/2/2005

Contender 4

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (5)

Lost 16-21, 21-23

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	9	5	0	0.556	1	5	1	2
	1	6	2	0	0.333	1	3	0	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	2	1	2
Kevin Wong	Total	44	23	10	0.295	2	5	0	3
	1	19	10	4	0.316	1	3	0	0
	2	25	13	6	0.280	1	2	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	82	49	16	0.402	3	30	6	13
Kevin Wong	130	79	22	0.438	14	15	6	12

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Holdren/Nygaard 0-2
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Blanton/Wong	7	18-21, 31-29, 15-13	1:17
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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-2
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	Blanton/Wong	7	21-16, 23-21	0:46
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 # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 23, Q11 Mayer/Rooney 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	7	Mayer/Rooney	23, Q11	22-20, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Grotowski/Roberts 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q2	22-20, 21-17	0:36