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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 15, 2007

(27) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Paul Laciga - 17th	Martin Laciga - 17th
1997	Paul Laciga - 5th	Martin Laciga - 5th
1998	Paul Laciga - 5th	Martin Laciga - 5th
1999	Paul Laciga - 2nd	Martin Laciga - 2nd
2001	Paul Laciga - 2nd	Martin Laciga - 2nd
2002	Paul Laciga - 5th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2003	Paul Laciga - 5th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2004	Paul Laciga - 2nd	Martin Laciga - 2nd
2005	Markus Egger - 17th	Sascha Heyer - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	28	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	19	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool F	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (6)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:31
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool F	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (11, Q1)	Won 21-13, 22-20	0:35
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool F	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (22)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:42

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$10,600.00	3	6	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	85	4	11	5	5	28	1	17	3	9	2	0	$812,570.00	172	73	70.2 %
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$5,300.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$5,300.00
144	8	15	6	10	42	30	23	8	2	$612,610.00	Total	Total	140	6	14	5	10	38	35	22	8	2	$582,860.00

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	18	75.0%	5	20.8%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	3	15.8%	5	26.3%	11	57.9%	3-16	15.8%	36-22	62.1%	16-12	57.1%	0	0	26-17	60.5%

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 23-17 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 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 # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Dalhausser/Rogers	12	Laciga/Laciga	28	21-14, 21-12	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Laciga/Laciga	27	21-12, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Laciga/Laciga	28	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 11, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	27	Marques/Solberg	11, Q1	21-13, 22-20	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Laciga/Laciga	28	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	21-15, 12-21, 15-12	0:43
Lead the series against # 15 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Laciga/Laciga	28	Herrera/Mesa	21	18-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:55
Series tied with # 16 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
Lead the series against # 18, 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
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 22 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Plavins/Samoilovs	22	Laciga/Laciga	27	21-18, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 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 # 29, 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
Lead the series against # Q3 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