AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 1 - 3, 2008
(17) 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
2006 Eric Fonoimoana - 13th Dain Blanton - 13th
2007 Jason Lee - 17th Did not play
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
AVP 6/29-7/2/2006 Seaside Heights Open 12 17 72 $600.00
AVP 6/15-17/2006 Sacramento Open 10 9 208 $2,875.00
AVP 6/9-11/2006 Hermosa Beach Open 11 25 36 $300.00
AVP 5/26-28/2006 Huntington Beach Open 11 13 108 $1,400.00
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 Gold Crown Huntington Beach Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 5/2/2008 Winner 1 Adam Jewell / Jeff Nygaard (16) Won 18-21, 22-20, 15-12 1:09
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotal523390.4623823
 1211160.2380021
 2211420.5712701
 310810.7001101
Eric FonoimoanaTotal161020.5001314
 12201.0000002
 28320.1251012
 36500.8330300
Fri, 5/2/2008 Winner 2 Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1) Lost 16-21, 15-21 0:45
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotal2911110.0000314
 11639-0.3750112
 213820.4620202
Eric FonoimoanaTotal7400.5710323
 13200.6670111
 24200.5000212
Fri, 5/2/2008 Contender 1 Russ Marchewka / Mike Placek (15) Lost 17-21, 18-21 0:53
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotal271530.4441610
 112800.6670410
 215730.2671200
Eric FonoimoanaTotal13440.0000712
 18330.0000302
 25110.0000410
Overall Tournament Stats
PlayerAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain Blanton10859230.33341747
Eric Fonoimoana361860.33311349
Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana trail the series against the field 2-3
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
5/2/08AVPAVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach Winner 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 1 Blanton/Fonoimoana 17 21-16, 21-15 0:45
Lead the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
4/1/06AVPFort Lauderdale Open Winner 3 Blanton/Fonoimoana 13 Fuerbringer/Jennings 5 21-18, 21-16 0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
4/2/06AVPFort Lauderdale Open Semi-Finals Gibb/Rosenthal 2 Blanton/Fonoimoana 13 21-18, 21-13 0:43
Trail the series against # 15 Marchewka/Placek 0-1
5/2/08AVPAVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach Contender 1 Marchewka/Placek 15 Blanton/Fonoimoana 17 21-17, 21-18 0:53
Lead the series against # 16 Jewell/Nygaard 1-0
5/2/08AVPAVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach Winner 1 Blanton/Fonoimoana 17 Jewell/Nygaard 16 18-21, 22-20, 15-12 1:09