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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 21, 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Lee LeGrande - 25th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 17th	John Anselmo - 17th
1996	Canyon Ceman - 7th	Greg Shankle - 25th
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 4th	Did not play
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 7th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 1st
2002	Carl Henkel - 33rd	Stein Metzger - 17th
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 13th	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 3rd	Eric Fonoimoana - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	8	5	312	$7,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

John Mayer / Matt Prosser (25, Q1)

Lost 19-21, 22-24

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	21	10	4	0.286	1	8	0	0
	1	7	4	1	0.429	1	4	0	0
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	4	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	38	25	6	0.500	4	1	0	2
	1	20	14	2	0.600	2	0	0	1
	2	18	11	4	0.389	2	1	0	1

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 2

Scott Davenport / Scott Lane (23)

Lost 21-23, 25-23, 16-18

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	37	23	5	0.486	1	12	0	4
	1	14	7	2	0.357	0	2	0	1
	2	14	9	2	0.500	1	5	0	2
	3	9	7	1	0.667	0	5	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	44	25	8	0.386	1	9	0	2
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	4	0	1
	2	15	11	3	0.533	1	1	0	0
	3	17	7	3	0.235	0	4	0	1

Sun, 8/21/2005

Contender 1

David Fischer / Scott Hill (24, Q3)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	15	10	3	0.467	0	12	0	1
	1	3	2	1	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	8	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	28	19	4	0.536	4	1	0	2
	1	17	12	3	0.529	2	1	0	2
	2	11	7	1	0.545	2	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	73	43	12	0.425	2	32	0	5
Kevin Wong	110	69	18	0.464	9	11	0	6

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong trail the series against the field 16-18

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
Series tied with # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 6 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
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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 23 Davenport/Lane 0-1
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Davenport/Lane	23	Blanton/Wong	8	23-21, 23-25, 18-16	1:10
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Fischer/Hill 2-0
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	8	Fischer/Hill	24, Q3	21-17, 21-13	0:39
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	8	Fischer/Hill	25, Q6	21-23, 22-20, 15-9	1:10
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 Mayer/Prosser 0-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Prosser	25, Q1	Blanton/Wong	8	21-19, 24-22	0:48
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 32, Q7 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