AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 5 - 8, 2008
(21) 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 Hermosa Beach Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1992 Did not play Kevin Waterbury - 13th
1993 Did not play Dan Vrebalovich - 7th
1994 Albert Hannemann - 17th Bill Boullianne - 9th
1995 Ian Clark - 9th Rob Heidger - 5th
1996 Canyon Ceman - 7th Bill Boullianne - 4th
1997 Canyon Ceman - 1st Bryan Ivie - 9th
1997 Canyon Ceman - 3rd Bryan Ivie - 13th
1998 Eric Fonoimoana - 13th Dain Blanton - 13th
1999 Eric Fonoimoana - 5th Dain Blanton - 5th
2000 Eric Fonoimoana - 5th Dain Blanton - 5th
2001 Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd Dain Blanton - 2nd
2002 Did not play Dax Holdren - 5th
2003 Did not play Dax Holdren - 17th
2004 Jeff Nygaard - 5th Kevin Wong - 1st
2005 Kevin Wong - 9th Did not play
2006 Eric Fonoimoana - 25th Dain Blanton - 25th
2007 Jason Lee - 9th Did not play
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
AVP 5/1-3/2008 AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach 17 17 72 $800.00
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 Hermosa Beach Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 6/6/2008 Winner 1 Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (12) Lost 17-21, 18-21 0:55
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotal301240.26711602
 114620.2861801
 216620.2500801
Eric FonoimoanaTotal271320.4071802
 111620.3640301
 216700.4381501
Fri, 6/6/2008 Contender 1 Evan Engle / Dane Jensen (28, Q8) Lost 21-19, 17-21, 10-15 1:05
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain BlantonTotal441217-0.11411042
 110320.1000321
 21857-0.1111411
 31648-0.2500310
Eric FonoimoanaTotal261550.3852825
 115830.3331424
 29620.4440301
 32100.5001100
Overall Tournament Stats
PlayerAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Dain Blanton7424210.04122644
Eric Fonoimoana532870.39631627
Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana trail the series against the field 1-5
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 # 12 Brazao/Loiola 0-1
6/6/08AVPAVP Hermosa Beach Open Winner 1 Brazao/Loiola 12 Blanton/Fonoimoana 21 21-17, 21-18 0:55
Trail the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Engle/Jensen 0-1
6/6/08AVPAVP Hermosa Beach Open Contender 1 Engle/Jensen 28, Q8 Blanton/Fonoimoana 21 19-21, 21-17, 15-10 1:05