AVP Tour
$280,000 Bud Light AVP Long Beach Open
July 19 - 22, 2007
(19) Paul Baxter/Dain Blanton
 
Paul Baxter
Personal Info
Birth Date: Feb 1, 1972 (52 yrs old)
Home Town: Columbia Heights, MN
Resides: Venice, CA
Height: 6'5"
College(s): Ball State
Seasons: 18
Tournaments: 174
Career Best: 3rd (6 times)
Career AVP Best: 3rd (5 times)
Career Winnings: $171,788.25
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
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
AVP80000002150 $13,075.00
Previous Long Beach Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
AVP 7/5-8/2007 Seaside Heights Open 17 17 72 $700.00
AVP 6/14-17/2007 Charleston Open 19 9 144 $2,875.00
Long Beach Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 7/20/2007 Winner 1 Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (14) Won 30-28, 21-16 1:05
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Paul BaxterTotal301620.4673102
 1171010.5292002
 213610.3851100
Dain BlantonTotal231620.60901214
 115920.4670714
 28700.8750500
Fri, 7/20/2007 Winner 2 Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (3) Lost 18-21, 21-23 0:51
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Paul BaxterTotal251450.3604212
 113720.3852100
 212730.3332112
Dain BlantonTotal241260.2500813
 111440.0000411
 213820.4620402
Sat, 7/21/2007 Contender 2 Scott Davenport / Chad Turner (20) Won 21-12, 15-21, 16-14 1:02
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Paul BaxterTotal402360.4252421
 112820.5000021
 215930.4000100
 313610.3852300
Dain BlantonTotal18910.44401021
 16300.5000610
 24210.2500111
 38400.5000300
Sat, 7/21/2007 Contender 3 Brent Doble / Matt Olson (11) Lost 23-25, 13-21 0:54
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Paul BaxterTotal402340.4750110
 1221420.5450010
 218920.3890100
Dain BlantonTotal12830.4170203
 17520.4290201
 25310.4000002
Overall Tournament Stats
PlayerAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Paul Baxter13576170.4379845
Dain Blanton7745120.429032411
Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
7/6/07AVPSeaside Heights Open Winner 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 1 Baxter/Blanton 17 19-21, 21-13, 15-7 1:04
Trail the series against # 3 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
7/20/07AVPLong Beach Open Winner 2 Lambert/Metzger 3 Baxter/Blanton 19 21-18, 23-21 0:51
Trail the series against # 11 Doble/Olson 0-1
7/21/07AVPLong Beach Open Contender 3 Doble/Olson 11 Baxter/Blanton 19 25-23, 21-13 0:54
Lead the series against # 14 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-0
7/20/07AVPLong Beach Open Winner 1 Baxter/Blanton 19 Wachtfogel/Wong 14 30-28, 21-16 1:05
Lead the series against # 20 Davenport/Turner 1-0
7/21/07AVPLong Beach Open Contender 2 Baxter/Blanton 19 Davenport/Turner 20 21-12, 15-21, 16-14 1:02
Lead the series against # 23 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
6/15/07AVPCharleston Open Contender 1 Baxter/Blanton 19 Morrison/Tramblie 20, Q1 21-16, 21-13 0:46