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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 21 - 23, 2005

(8) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Albert Hannemann - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 1995	Did not play	John Anselmo - 57th
1995	Ian Clark - 9th	John Anselmo - 25th
1996	Canyon Ceman - 7th	Greg Shankle - 17th
1997	Canyon Ceman - 1st	Raul Papaleo - 17th
1997	Canyon Ceman - 3rd	Raul Papaleo - 13th
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 13th	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Stein Metzger - 3rd
2002	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 2nd
2003	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 5th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	16	17	80	US$3,000.00
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	10	3	270	$8,450.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	7	9	208	$3,150.00
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

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 1

Scott Davenport / Brad Torsone (25)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	16	8	1	0.438	1	5	0	4
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	3	0	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	2	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	27	20	3	0.630	2	7	3	2
	1	14	11	1	0.714	0	4	3	0
	2	13	9	2	0.538	2	3	0	2

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 2

John Hyden / Mike Lambert (9)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	18	8	3	0.278	0	8	2	3
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	3	0	0
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	5	2	3
Kevin Wong	Total	27	13	4	0.333	2	9	1	1
	1	12	6	1	0.417	2	5	0	1
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	4	1	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 19-21, 8-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	27	11	13	-0.074	0	2	0	1
	1	12	7	4	0.250	0	2	0	0
	2	15	4	9	-0.333	0	0	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	14	8	2	0.429	2	3	1	2
	1	9	7	1	0.667	1	0	1	2
	2	5	1	1	0.000	1	3	0	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Contender 4

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (11)

Lost 12-21, 17-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	40	13	10	0.075	0	10	0	1
	1	21	7	6	0.048	0	3	0	1
	2	19	6	4	0.105	0	7	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	14	10	0	0.714	1	2	0	1
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	1	0	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	101	40	27	0.129	1	25	2	9
Kevin Wong	82	51	9	0.512	7	21	5	6

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong lead the series against the field 14-12

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 0-2
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	1	Blanton/Wong	8	21-19, 21-8	0:40
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	2	Blanton/Wong	10	21-17, 27-25	0:52
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
Series tied with # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-1
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Blanton/Wong	10	21-18, 21-15	0:47
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 # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena 2-2
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Wong	10	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:59
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
Series tied with # 5 Rogers/Scott 1-1
7/10/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Wong	10	Rogers/Scott	6	14-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:09
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 # 6 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 Hyden/Lambert 2-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	8	Hyden/Lambert	9	21-16, 21-18	0:49
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	10	Hyden/Lambert	7	21-18, 20-22, 17-15	1:02
Series tied with # 11 Williams/Wong 2-2
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Williams/Wong	11	Blanton/Wong	8	21-12, 21-17	0:35
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 # 15 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 # 19 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 # 20 Loomis/Medel 1-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	10	Loomis/Medel	23, Q1	21-16, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 25 Davenport/Torsone 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	8	Davenport/Torsone	25	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 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