AVP Tour
$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 26 - 28, 2006
(11) Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana
 
Dain Blanton
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: 16
Tournaments: 256
Career Wins: 11
Career AVP Wins: 8
Career Winnings: $720,032.75
Eric Fonoimoana
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jun 7, 1969 (54 yrs old)
Home Town: Manhattan Beach, CA
Resides: Hermosa Beach, CA
Height: 6'3"
College(s): California-Santa Barbara
Seasons: 20
Tournaments: 293
Career Wins: 15
Career AVP Wins: 13
Career Winnings: $1,000,809.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
AVP463792774322 $272,387.00
BVA21010000000 $12,500.00
FIVB3111133310540 US$194,400.00
USAV20010001000 $13,750.00
Overall8158125101015862 US$493,037.00
Previous Huntington Beach Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
USAV 1999 Eric Fonoimoana - 9th Dain Blanton - 9th
2002 Carl Henkel - 13th Dax Holdren - 1st
2003 Jeff Nygaard - 7th Kevin Wong - 5th
2004 Jeff Nygaard - 3rd Did not play
2005 Kevin Wong - 5th Albert Hannemann - 13th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
AVP 5/18-21/2006 Santa Barbara Open 10 9 208 $3,300.00
AVP 5/5-7/2006 Tempe Open 7 13 108 $1,550.00
AVP 3/31-4/2/2006 Fort Lauderdale Open 13 3 270 $8,500.00
Huntington Beach Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Sat, 5/27/2006 Winner 1 Aaron Boss / Albert Hannemann (22) Won 21-14, 21-19 0:47
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotal171200.7061614
 18500.6251301
 29700.7780313
Eric FonoimoanaTotal221520.5912720
 19710.6671520
 213810.5381200
Sat, 5/27/2006 Winner 2 Karch Kiraly / Larry Witt (6) Lost 18-21, 18-21 0:48
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotal412590.3901812
 1201330.5001511
 2211260.2860301
Eric FonoimoanaTotal14440.0000921
 17220.0000300
 27220.0000621
Sat, 5/27/2006 Contender 2 Brad Keenan / John Mayer (28, Q10) Won 21-18, 22-20 0:44
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotal15810.4671333
 19610.5560122
 26200.3331211
Eric FonoimoanaTotal26960.1150414
 110410.3000212
 216550.0000202
Sat, 5/27/2006 Contender 3 Brent Doble / Ryan Mariano (14) Lost 19-21, 16-21 0:54
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotal21730.19011011
 113420.1541710
 28310.2500301
Eric FonoimoanaTotal391450.2310701
 119930.3160400
 220520.1500301
Overall Tournament Stats
PlayerAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain Blanton9452130.415427610
Eric Fonoimoana10142170.24822756
Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana lead the series against the field 9-7
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
4/2/06AVPFort Lauderdale Open Winner 4 Lambert/Metzger 1 Blanton/Fonoimoana 13 18-21, 21-11, 15-9 1:00
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
4/2/06AVPFort Lauderdale Open Semi-Finals Gibb/Rosenthal 2 Blanton/Fonoimoana 13 21-18, 21-13 0:43
Lead the series against # 4 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
4/1/06AVPFort Lauderdale Open Winner 3 Blanton/Fonoimoana 13 Fuerbringer/Jennings 5 21-18, 21-16 0:46
Lead the series against # 6 Kiraly/Witt 2-1
5/27/06AVPHuntington Beach Open Winner 2 Kiraly/Witt 6 Blanton/Fonoimoana 11 21-18, 21-18 0:48
4/2/06AVPFort Lauderdale Open Contender 6 Blanton/Fonoimoana 13 Kiraly/Witt 4 26-28, 21-19, 15-13 1:29
4/1/06AVPFort Lauderdale Open Winner 2 Blanton/Fonoimoana 13 Kiraly/Witt 4 21-18, 21-18 0:42
Lead the series against # 9 Baxter/Souza 1-0
5/20/06AVPSanta Barbara Open Contender 2 Blanton/Fonoimoana 10 Baxter/Souza 9 21-16, 22-24, 18-16 1:18
Trail the series against # 13 Loomis/Ratledge 0-1
5/20/06AVPSanta Barbara Open Contender 4 Loomis/Ratledge 14 Blanton/Fonoimoana 10 19-21, 21-19, 16-14 1:09
Trail the series against # 14 Doble/Mariano 0-1
5/27/06AVPHuntington Beach Open Contender 3 Doble/Mariano 14 Blanton/Fonoimoana 11 21-19, 21-16 0:54
Lead the series against # 17 Heath/Lee 1-0
5/20/06AVPSanta Barbara Open Contender 3 Blanton/Fonoimoana 10 Heath/Lee 16 21-19, 11-21, 15-13 1:07
Trail the series against # 18 Ceman/Olson 0-1
5/6/06AVPTempe Open Contender 2 Ceman/Olson 18 Blanton/Fonoimoana 7 36-34, 16-21, 19-17 1:30
Lead the series against # 21 Mihalic/Mowrey 1-0
4/1/06AVPFort Lauderdale Open Winner 1 Blanton/Fonoimoana 13 Mihalic/Mowrey 20 13-21, 21-15, 15-13 1:08
Lead the series against # 22 Boss/Hannemann 1-0
5/27/06AVPHuntington Beach Open Winner 1 Blanton/Fonoimoana 11 Boss/Hannemann 22 21-14, 21-19 0:47
Trail the series against # 25 McCaw/Prosser 0-1
5/19/06AVPSanta Barbara Open Winner 1 McCaw/Prosser 23 Blanton/Fonoimoana 10 21-19, 16-21, 16-14 1:01
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Keenan/Mayer 2-0
5/27/06AVPHuntington Beach Open Contender 2 Blanton/Fonoimoana 11 Keenan/Mayer 28, Q10 21-18, 22-20 0:44
5/19/06AVPSanta Barbara Open Contender 1 Blanton/Fonoimoana 10 Keenan/Mayer 26, Q7 21-17, 22-20 0:40