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(19) Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland

Martin Laciga
Switzerland

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

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 Zagreb Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Markus Egger - 9th	Sascha Heyer - 9th
2006	Markus Egger - 13th	Sascha Heyer - 17th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Zagreb Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/7/2007	Winner 1	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (14)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	0:48
Thu, 6/7/2007	Contender 1	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (3)	Lost 17-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:52

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	11	0	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$152,000.00	47	16	74.6 %
2002	FIVB	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$82,570.00	36	11	76.6 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	$103,500.00	37	14	72.5 %
2004	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	$115,300.00	40	22	64.5 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	4	1	80.0 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	83	4	11	5	5	28	1	17	3	8	1	0	$803,970.00	169	69	71.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	4	1	80.0 %

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
11	0	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$76,000.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$76,000.00
10	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$41,285.00	2002	FIVB	10	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$41,285.00
10	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	$51,750.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	$51,750.00
12	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$57,650.00	2004	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$57,650.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
13	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$82,800.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	1	0	$54,225.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	$25,725.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$26,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
142	8	15	6	10	42	30	22	7	2	$608,310.00	Total	Total	138	6	14	5	10	38	35	21	7	2	$578,560.00

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%
2006-2007	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	4-6	40.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-7	46.2%
Against the Field	21	72.4%	5	17.2%	3	10.3%	26-3	89.7%	3	15.8%	5	26.3%	11	57.9%	3-16	15.8%	42-20	67.7%	16-14	53.3%	0	0	30-18	62.5%

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 25-16 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-5
8/22/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Laciga/Laciga	3	21-13, 21-16	0:38
6/27/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	5	Rego/Santos	1	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Laciga/Laciga	5	21-14, 21-15	0:35
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Laciga/Laciga	8	16-21, 29-27, 15-13	1:15
7/20/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	3	Laciga/Laciga	5	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	5	Laciga/Laciga	3	27-25, 21-18	0:46
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Rego/Santos	4	21-18, 21-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 1	Wu/Xu	3	Laciga/Laciga	19	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
Series tied with # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 5-5
1/25/04	FIVB C&S	Argentinean Satellite	Gold Medal	Baracetti/Conde	2	Laciga/Laciga	1	21-17, 21-19	0:44
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	8	Baracetti/Conde	4	21-19, 21-19	0:52
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	2	Laciga/Laciga	7	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	3	Laciga/Laciga	4	22-20, 15-21, 15-9	0:50
8/12/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Bronze Medal	Laciga/Laciga	2	Baracetti/Conde	3	21-18, 21-11	0:39
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 4	Laciga/Laciga	2	Baracetti/Conde	3	21-17, 21-11	0:34
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 # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Laciga/Laciga	19	23-21, 21-17	0:48
Series tied with # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-2
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 6	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	Laciga/Laciga	5	22-24, 23-21, 15-11	0:49
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	29, Q7	Laciga/Laciga	3	21-17, 24-22	0:37
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	21-15, 21-14	0:30
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 18 Schacht/Slack, Australia 4-1
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 5	Laciga/Laciga	5	Schacht/Slack	11	21-13, 21-17	0:41
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Laciga	7	Schacht/Slack	12	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	1:03
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Schacht/Slack	14	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:44
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 # 20 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Laciga/Laciga	5	Leinemann/VanHuizen	22	21-15, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 3-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Brenha/Maia	13	21-19, 21-15	0:41
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 # Q2 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	28, Q9	27-25, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q3 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 6-0
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Laciga/Laciga	3	Horrem/Maaseide	26	24-22, 13-21, 15-12	0:56
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Laciga/Laciga	4	Horrem/Maaseide	20	22-20, 21-11	0:45
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Horrem/Maaseide	19	21-13, 15-21, 15-10	0:53
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 # Q5 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Lochhead/Pitman	30, Q21	21-15, 21-18	0:32