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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 4 - 8, 2003

(4) Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland

Martin Laciga
Switzerland

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1975 (49 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 (53 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 Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	6	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	7	1st	300	US$22,500.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	8	1st	300	US$22,500.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	7	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	12	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	6	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	7	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	6	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	4	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	2	5th	180	US$6,675.00

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool D

Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (20)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	Total	8	3	N/A	N/A	2	2	5	N/A
	1	8	3	N/A	N/A	2	2	5	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Paul Laciga	Total	22	13	N/A	N/A	0	8	1	N/A
	1	22	13	N/A	N/A	0	8	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool D

Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (13)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	Total	18	8	N/A	N/A	4	0	2	N/A
	1	18	8	N/A	N/A	4	0	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Paul Laciga	Total	21	16	N/A	N/A	0	12	0	N/A
	1	21	16	N/A	N/A	0	12	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Pool D

Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (29, Q21)

Lost 18-21, 21-1, 15-0 Retired

0:25

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	Total	12	10	N/A	N/A	1	0	1	N/A
	1	12	10	N/A	N/A	1	0	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Paul Laciga	Total	7	6	N/A	N/A	0	3	2	N/A
	1	7	6	N/A	N/A	0	3	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 1

Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Tande Ramos, Brazil (3)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	Total	9	5	N/A	N/A	1	1	4	N/A
	1	9	5	N/A	N/A	1	1	4	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Paul Laciga	Total	26	20	N/A	N/A	0	2	1	N/A
	1	26	20	N/A	N/A	0	2	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 2

John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (5)

Lost 21-16, 18-21, 8-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	Total	11	4	N/A	N/A	5	1	1	N/A
	1	11	4	N/A	N/A	5	1	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Paul Laciga	Total	53	29	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
	1	53	29	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martin Laciga	58	30	N/A	N/A	13	4	13	N/A
Paul Laciga	129	84	N/A	N/A	0	33	4	N/A
Total	187	114	N/A	N/A	13	37	17	N/A
Opponents	178	97	N/A	N/A	20	30	4	N/A

Head to Head Results
Laciga/Laciga lead the series against the field 36-10 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-1
9/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Gold Medal	Laciga/Laciga	7	Araujo/Insfran	4	21-17, 27-25	0:54
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Laciga/Laciga	12	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Ferreira/Ramos, Brazil 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	4	Ferreira/Ramos	3	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 2-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Laciga/Laciga	4	16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:53
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Laciga/Laciga	2	Child/Heese	15	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
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 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 3-0
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	8	Horrem/Maaseide	16	21-11, 21-10	0:33
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Horrem/Maaseide	30	21-15, 21-16	0:45
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	4	Horrem/Maaseide	20	21-14, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 4-0
8/11/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Gold Medal	Laciga/Laciga	8	Holden/Leinemann	15	21-18, 21-17	0:59
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 # 11 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 3-2
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	12	Laciga/Laciga	6	21-16, 21-17	0:36
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Laciga/Laciga	3	24-22, 22-20	0:42
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
Series tied with # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Schacht/Slack	21	Laciga/Laciga	12	21-19, 21-15	0:37
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Schacht/Slack	29	21-17, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Berg/Dahl	13	21-18, 21-15	0:39
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	7	Berg/Dahl	16	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Berger/Doppler, Austria 2-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Berger/Doppler	10	21-18, 24-22	0:44
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	10	Laciga/Laciga	7	21-18, 21-19	0:48
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-1
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Heuscher/Kobel	11	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Laciga/Laciga	3	24-22, 15-21, 16-14	0:56
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	27-25, 26-24	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	7	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	24	21-17, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Egger/Heyer	23	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
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 # 20 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Brenha/Maia	20	21-14, 21-15	0:39
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 # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 2-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Laciga/Laciga	2	Canet/Hamel	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Canet/Hamel	35	21-14, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 22, Q4 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 2-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	15-6	0:38
Lead the series against # 27 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Laciga/Laciga	8	Kogel/Mulder	25, Q13	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 29, Q21 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Arkaev/Barsuk	29, Q21	Laciga/Laciga	4	18-21, 21-1, 15-0 Retired	0:25
Lead the series against Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 4-0
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Klemperer/Rademacher	26	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:50
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Klemperer/Rademacher	31	29-27, 21-17	0:51
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	5	Klemperer/Rademacher	28	20-22, 21-15, 15-8	0:47
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Klemperer/Rademacher	31, Q51	18-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:44
Series tied with # Q7 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Shiratori/Watanabe	42	21-17, 21-19	0:37
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	20, Q4	Laciga/Laciga	3	By Forfeit