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$280,000 AVP Brooklyn Open presented by Cushman & Wakefield
August 23 - 25, 2007

(19) Paul Baxter/Dain Blanton

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

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:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	$13,075.00

Previous Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Scott Wong - 9th	Scott Lane - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/16-18/2007	Boston Open	17	17	104	$1,100.00
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	19	17	104	$900.00
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	15	17	104	$900.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	19	13	156	$2,200.00
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

Brooklyn Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/24/2007

Winner 1

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (14)

Lost 13-21, 11-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	29	10	1	0.310	3	4	0	0
	1	11	4	1	0.273	2	2	0	0
	2	18	6	0	0.333	1	2	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	20	8	4	0.200	0	5	1	3
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	1	1	1
	2	9	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	2

Fri, 8/24/2007

Contender 1

William Chenoweth / Justin Phipps (30)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	1	2
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	2	0	1
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	0	1	1
Dain Blanton	Total	28	19	3	0.571	0	7	0	1
	1	15	9	3	0.400	0	3	0	0
	2	13	10	0	0.769	0	4	0	1

Fri, 8/24/2007

Contender 2

Adam Jewell / Jose Loiola (13)

Won 11-21, 21-19, 15-12

1:16

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	33	16	2	0.424	5	5	0	5
	1	13	4	1	0.231	2	2	0	2
	2	12	7	1	0.500	2	1	0	3
	3	8	5	0	0.625	1	2	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	25	15	3	0.480	0	8	1	3
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	1
	2	10	7	2	0.500	0	4	0	1
	3	9	5	0	0.556	0	2	1	1

Fri, 8/24/2007

Contender 3

Jeff Carlucci / Chris Seiffert (21)

Won 21-10, 21-13

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	12	9	1	0.667	3	6	4	0
	1	6	6	0	1.000	3	5	3	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	1	1	0
Dain Blanton	Total	14	9	2	0.500	1	4	2	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	1	4	1	0
	2	5	4	1	0.600	0	0	1	1

Fri, 8/24/2007

Contender 4

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (7)

Lost 21-23, 21-18, 8-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	38	18	4	0.368	3	8	2	2
	1	14	7	3	0.286	0	3	1	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	2	0	0	2
	3	14	4	1	0.214	1	5	1	0
Dain Blanton	Total	44	21	4	0.386	0	19	0	3
	1	15	8	0	0.533	0	6	0	1
	2	20	11	1	0.500	0	10	0	1
	3	9	2	3	-0.111	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	122	59	9	0.410	14	25	7	9
Dain Blanton	131	72	16	0.427	1	43	4	11

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Blanton trail the series against the field 5-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Baxter/Blanton	17	19-21, 21-13, 15-7	1:04
Trail the series against # 2 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	3	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 23-21	0:51
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	Baxter/Blanton	19	23-21, 18-21, 15-8	1:08
Trail the series against # 10 Doble/Olson 0-1
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 3	Doble/Olson	11	Baxter/Blanton	19	25-23, 21-13	0:54
Series tied with # 11 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-1
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Wachtfogel/Wong	13	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-14, 21-16	0:59
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Wachtfogel/Wong	14	30-28, 21-16	1:05
Series tied with # 13 Jewell/Loiola 1-1
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Blanton	19	Jewell/Loiola	13	11-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:16
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 1	Jewell/Loiola	15	Baxter/Blanton	17	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 14 Mariano/Ratledge 0-2
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Mariano/Ratledge	14	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-13, 21-11	0:52
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	16	Baxter/Blanton	15	21-17, 22-20	1:04
Trail the series against # 15 Mayer/Wong 0-2
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Wong	16	Baxter/Blanton	17	21-15, 21-13	0:44
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Wong	14	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	1:12
Lead the series against # 20 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Morrison/Tramblie	20, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 21 Carlucci/Seiffert 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Blanton	19	Carlucci/Seiffert	21	21-10, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 30 Chenoweth/Phipps 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Chenoweth/Phipps	30	21-17, 21-13	0:43