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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 25 - 29, 2001

(2) Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland

Martin Laciga
Switzerland

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aarberg

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

206

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$784,010.00

Paul Laciga
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 24, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$599,960.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
FIVB	119	5	12	5	9	32	4	18	7	19	6	2	US$1,003,870.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,800.00
Overall	121	6	13	5	9	32	4	18	7	19	6	2	US$1,011,670.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Paul Laciga - 13th	Martin Laciga - 13th
1997	Paul Laciga - 9th	Martin Laciga - 9th
1998	Paul Laciga - 4th	Martin Laciga - 4th
1999	Paul Laciga - 5th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2000	Paul Laciga - 3rd	Martin Laciga - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	2	5th	270	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	2	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	2	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	2	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	2	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	4	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	2	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	4	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	4	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	4	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	3	3rd	272	US$14,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/27/2001	Winner 1	Agustin Correa / Fabio Diez, Spain (31, Q7)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 7/27/2001	Winner 2	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (15)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
Sat, 7/28/2001	Winner 3	Nikolas Berger / Oliver Stamm, Austria (23)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Sat, 7/28/2001	Winner 4	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (19)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:34
Sun, 7/29/2001	Semi-Finals	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:36
Sun, 7/29/2001	Gold Medal	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (13)	Lost 21-11, 17-21, 17-19	0:57

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$77,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	2	1	1	3	0	3	2	3	1	0	$171,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	94	5	9	4	8	25	3	14	5	15	5	0	$750,670.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	121	6	13	5	9	32	4	18	7	19	6	0	$1,011,670.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martin Laciga												Paul Laciga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$44,050.00	World Championships	6	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$61,100.00
53	0	2	2	1	5	16	14	6	0	$188,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	2	1	2	4	7	4	3	0	$113,775.00
139	6	11	5	10	42	27	24	13	0	$530,135.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	106	5	9	4	8	29	27	18	5	0	$405,085.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
206	8	15	7	11	52	45	40	19	0	$770,410.00	Total	141	6	14	5	10	38	35	23	8	0	$586,360.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	$56,600.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	13	0	2	0	3	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	$138,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
2000	FIVB	15	1	2	3	1	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	$154,000.00	2	1	66.7 %
2001	FIVB	7	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$111,000.00	32	11	74.4 %
Total	FIVB	46	1	9	3	5	13	0	10	2	3	0	0	$459,600.00	41	15	73.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martin Laciga													Paul Laciga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	2	$4,750.00	1995	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	2	$4,750.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$16,750.00	1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	$16,000.00
11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00	1998	FIVB	13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00
13	0	2	0	3	4	2	2	0	0	$69,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	2	0	3	4	2	2	0	0	$69,000.00
15	1	2	3	1	5	2	1	0	0	$77,000.00	2000	FIVB	15	1	2	3	1	5	2	1	0	0	$77,000.00
7	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$55,500.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$55,500.00
81	3	10	3	9	20	17	13	4	2	$325,700.00	Total	Total	80	3	10	3	9	20	17	12	4	2	$324,950.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	110	71.9%	27	17.6%	16	10.5%	137-16	89.5%	27	33.8%	13	16.3%	40	50.0%	27-53	33.8%	110-40	73.3%	54-29	65.1%	3	2	175-74	70.3%
2000-2001	32	80.0%	5	12.5%	3	7.5%	37-3	92.5%	9	42.9%	3	14.3%	9	42.9%	9-12	42.9%	32-9	78.0%	14-6	70.0%	1	1	49-17	74.2%
Against the Field	59	68.6%	15	17.4%	12	14.0%	74-12	86.0%	18	38.3%	6	12.8%	23	48.9%	18-29	38.3%	118-38	75.6%	66-32	67.3%	2	1	96-37	72.2%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	20	4	0	0	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	38	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	31	8	0	0	55	22	8	2	2	0	3	5	113	47
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Total	0	0	0	0	61	13	0	0	72	36	11	2	2	0	3	8	179	75

Head to Head Results
Laciga/Laciga lead the series against the field 31-12 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 1-4
7/29/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Ramos/Rego	1	21-15, 21-19	0:36
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 6	Ramos/Rego	1	Laciga/Laciga	2	21-14, 21-19	0:36
7/8/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Gold Medal	Ramos/Rego	1	Laciga/Laciga	2	21-19, 21-15	0:33
6/17/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Gold Medal	Ramos/Rego	1	Laciga/Laciga	4	21-19, 21-14	0:31
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Ramos/Rego	1	Laciga/Laciga	4	21-19, 21-19	0:34
Series tied with # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-2
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Baracetti/Conde	3	Laciga/Laciga	2	23-21, 23-21	0:44
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 6	Baracetti/Conde	4	Laciga/Laciga	2	25-23, 15-21, 21-19	1:07
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 6	Laciga/Laciga	2	Baracetti/Conde	20	21-15, 21-12	0:30
6/17/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	4	Baracetti/Conde	22	19-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 4 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-2
6/24/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Gold Medal	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Laciga/Laciga	2	21-17, 22-20	0:38
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Laciga/Laciga	2	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
7/8/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Child/Heese	4	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 3-0
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-18, 21-18	0:33
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-13, 21-15	0:40
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	22-20, 21-7	0:31
Lead the series against # 8 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	4	Blanton/Fonoimoana	5	21-17, 22-20	0:45
Series tied with # 9 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Brenha/Maia	12	Laciga/Laciga	4	15-11	0:43
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Brenha/Maia	11	15-7	0:28
Lead the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	27-25, 26-24	0:46
Series tied with # 13 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 2-2
7/29/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	Loiola/Santos	13	Laciga/Laciga	2	11-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:57
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 4	Loiola/Santos	14	Laciga/Laciga	2	21-18, 21-15	0:44
6/24/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Loiola/Santos	3	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Laciga/Laciga	4	Loiola/Santos	2	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Novosel/Slack, Australia 2-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Novosel/Slack	15	23-21, 21-15	0:35
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Laciga	2	Novosel/Slack	14, Q7	23-21, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 3-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Prosser/Zahner	15	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Gold Medal	Prosser/Zahner	14	Laciga/Laciga	2	18-21, 28-26, 22-20	1:05
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 4	Laciga/Laciga	2	Prosser/Zahner	14	21-12, 22-24, 15-13	0:47
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	4	Prosser/Zahner	1	15-8	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 2-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	15	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 5	Laciga/Laciga	2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 Holdren/Rogers, United States 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Holdren/Rogers	15, Q4	21-19, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 19 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 3-0
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Laciga/Laciga	2	Holden/Leinemann	19	21-18, 21-17	0:34
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	2	Holden/Leinemann	23	18-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:59
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Holden/Leinemann	18	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 22 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Bosma/Cotrino	15, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 23 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	2	Berger/Stamm	23	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 27 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	4	Horrem/Maaseide	20	21-14, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q3 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	4	Egger/Heyer	29, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 31, Q7 Correa/Diez, Spain 1-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Correa/Diez	31, Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q9 De Jesus/Gil, Puerto Rico 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	De Jesus/Gil	31, Q12	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q18 Cadieux/Chaloupka, Canada 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Cadieux/Chaloupka	31, Q25	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q20 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Klemperer/Rademacher	31, Q51	18-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:44