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AVP Tour
$175,000 Boulder Open
August 26 - 28, 2005

(9) 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 Boulder Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Craig Moothart - 13th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 13th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-21/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	8	17	104	$800.00
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

Boulder Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/27/2005

Winner 1

Jim Nichols / Matt Prosser (24, Q4)

Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-13

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	47	25	10	0.319	2	16	0	2
	1	18	8	5	0.167	0	5	0	1
	2	16	10	4	0.375	2	3	0	1
	3	13	7	1	0.462	0	8	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	24	18	2	0.667	2	7	1	2
	1	10	8	1	0.700	1	1	0	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	1	5	1	1
	3	9	6	1	0.556	0	1	0	0

Sat, 8/27/2005

Winner 2

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (8)

Lost 21-19, 14-21, 11-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	46	26	4	0.478	0	13	1	3
	1	16	12	1	0.688	0	6	1	1
	2	18	9	2	0.389	0	2	0	0
	3	12	5	1	0.333	0	5	0	2
Kevin Wong	Total	17	7	4	0.176	2	7	0	3
	1	7	4	2	0.286	0	2	0	1
	2	5	1	1	0.000	1	3	0	1
	3	5	2	1	0.200	1	2	0	1

Sat, 8/27/2005

Contender 1

Pepe Delahoz / Brad Torsone (23, Q3)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	15	11	1	0.667	1	7	0	5
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	2	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	5	0	4
Kevin Wong	Total	27	16	5	0.407	4	1	1	0
	1	14	9	2	0.500	2	0	0	0
	2	13	7	3	0.308	2	1	1	0

Sat, 8/27/2005

Contender 2

Eric Fonoimoana / Albert Hannemann (17)

Lost 19-21, 23-21, 12-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	13	9	2	0.538	2	12	0	1
	1	3	2	1	0.333	0	1	0	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	1	8	0	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	1	3	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	59	37	8	0.492	1	11	0	1
	1	21	15	1	0.667	0	5	0	1
	2	23	14	6	0.348	1	3	0	0
	3	15	8	1	0.467	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	121	71	17	0.446	5	48	1	11
Kevin Wong	127	78	19	0.465	9	26	2	6

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Wong trail the series against the field 15-18

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 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 # 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
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
Series tied with # 5 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 # 6 Kiraly/Lambert 0-1
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Blanton/Wong	3	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Williams/Wong 3-3
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Williams/Wong	8	Blanton/Wong	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:05
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
Trail the series against # 17 Fonoimoana/Hannemann 0-1
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 2	Fonoimoana/Hannemann	17	Blanton/Wong	9	21-19, 21-23, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Delahoz/Torsone 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	9	Delahoz/Torsone	23, Q3	21-18, 21-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Nichols/Prosser 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	9	Nichols/Prosser	24, Q4	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 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 # Q6 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