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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Huntington Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 11 - 13, 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
USAV 1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Carl Henkel - 2nd
2002	Carl Henkel - 13th	Stein Metzger - 3rd
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 7th	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	26	5	336	US$13,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	25, Q10	17	112	US$4,750.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	8	9	208	$3,150.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 1

David Fischer / Scott Hill (25, Q6)

Won 21-23, 22-20, 15-9

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	10	8	2	0.600	0	9	2	0
	1	4	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	3	1	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	0	3	1	0
Kevin Wong	Total	53	30	10	0.377	5	11	1	3
	1	22	14	4	0.455	0	5	0	2
	2	23	10	5	0.217	5	3	1	1
	3	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 2

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (9)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	41	23	4	0.463	0	12	0	3
	1	20	11	2	0.450	0	6	0	1
	2	21	12	2	0.476	0	6	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	15	9	3	0.400	2	3	0	1
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	0	0	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	2	3	0	1

Fri, 8/12/2005

Winner 3

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (1)

Lost 24-26, 14-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	20	10	6	0.200	0	3	0	1
	1	14	8	3	0.357	0	3	0	0
	2	6	2	3	-0.167	0	0	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	25	14	3	0.440	7	1	0	0
	1	13	7	1	0.462	5	0	0	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	2	1	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2005

Contender 4

Ty Loomis / Anthony Medel (21)

Won 22-24, 24-22, 15-11

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	27	17	4	0.481	0	9	1	5
	1	16	7	4	0.188	0	4	0	2
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	3	0	3
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	2	1	0
Kevin Wong	Total	39	21	7	0.359	8	3	0	1
	1	15	6	3	0.200	4	1	0	0
	2	14	9	3	0.429	0	2	0	1
	3	10	6	1	0.500	4	0	0	0

Sat, 8/13/2005

Contender 5

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (4)

Won 15-21, 21-19, 16-14

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	22	11	2	0.409	2	14	0	2
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	5	0	0
	2	9	4	1	0.333	1	5	0	1
	3	6	4	0	0.667	1	4	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	51	23	3	0.392	5	6	1	6
	1	19	9	3	0.316	1	2	0	2
	2	17	5	0	0.294	3	2	0	3
	3	15	9	0	0.600	1	2	1	1

Sat, 8/13/2005

Contender 6

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (6)

Lost 21-23, 16-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	17	12	3	0.529	1	4	0	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	3	0	1
	2	7	5	2	0.429	1	1	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	25	13	4	0.360	1	2	0	0
	1	11	5	2	0.273	1	1	0	0
	2	14	8	2	0.429	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	137	81	21	0.438	3	51	3	14
Kevin Wong	208	110	30	0.385	28	26	2	11

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong trail the series against the field 15-16

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Holdren/Nygaard 0-3
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	1	Blanton/Wong	8	26-24, 21-14	0:46
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 # 2 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
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
Lead the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena 3-2
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Blanton/Wong	8	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	15-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott 1-3
8/6/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 6	Rogers/Scott	5	Blanton/Wong	26	21-14, 21-19	0:49
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	8	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	21-16, 24-22	1:00
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
Series tied with # 6 Rosenthal/Witt 2-2
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Blanton/Wong	8	23-21, 21-16	0:42
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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 9 Williams/Wong 3-2
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Wong	8	Williams/Wong	9	21-19, 21-19	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 21 Loomis/Medel 2-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Wong	8	Loomis/Medel	21	22-24, 24-22, 15-11	1:06
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, Q6 Fischer/Hill 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	8	Fischer/Hill	25, Q6	21-23, 22-20, 15-9	1:10
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 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
Lead the series against # 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