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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
August 29 - September 2, 2007

(17) Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, 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

Jan Schnider
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oensingen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$133,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	4	4	1	US$97,800.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	28, Q2	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	28, Q6	17th	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q10	41st	24	US$0.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/30/2007	Winner 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (16)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-7	1:00
Thu, 8/30/2007	Winner 2	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:38
Fri, 8/31/2007	Contender 2	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (18)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 10-15	0:54

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$28,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	3	2	0	$69,700.00
Total	20	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	4	4	0	$97,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martin Laciga												Jan Schnider
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$44,050.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,700.00
53	0	2	2	1	5	16	14	6	0	$188,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	0	$40,850.00
139	6	11	5	10	42	27	24	13	0	$530,135.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	5	10	10	16	0	$77,400.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Satellite	8	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	$4,125.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games
206	8	15	7	11	52	45	40	19	0	$770,410.00	Total	102	0	3	0	4	6	20	16	26	0	$133,200.00

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
2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	$13,500.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	$13,500.00	9	7	56.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martin Laciga													Jan Schnider
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
9	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$16,750.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00	1997	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1997	FIVB C&S
13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00	1998	FIVB
13	0	2	0	3	4	2	2	0	0	$69,000.00	1999	FIVB
15	1	2	3	1	5	2	1	0	0	$77,000.00	2000	FIVB
11	0	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$76,000.00	2001	FIVB
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$41,285.00	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	$51,750.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$57,650.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2004	FIVB C&S	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
13	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$82,800.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	$12,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	$25,725.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	3	$13,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	$15,550.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	3	$17,000.00
149	8	15	6	10	43	30	26	8	3	$622,860.00	Total	Total	51	0	3	0	3	2	9	9	13	12	$50,250.00

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	23	59.0%	10	25.6%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	9	20.9%	7	16.3%	27	62.8%	9-34	20.9%	23-27	46.0%	19-13	59.4%	1	0	43-40	51.8%
2006-2007	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	5	35.7%	1	7.1%	8	57.1%	5-9	35.7%	6-8	42.9%	9-4	69.2%	0	0	15-12	55.6%
Against the Field	7	46.7%	6	40.0%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	3	12.0%	4	16.0%	18	72.0%	3-22	12.0%	14-36	28.0%	18-12	60.0%	0	0	16-24	40.0%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	8	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	32	27
Total	0	0	4	1	10	8	0	0	15	17	0	1	0	1	0	0	43	40

Head to Head Results
Laciga/Schnider trail the series against the field 4-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Laciga/Schnider	17	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Marques/Solberg	4	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	21-19, 21-15	0:39
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	5	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q6	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Gosch/Horst	11	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	1:00
Trail the series against # 18 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-1
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Cadieux/Heese	18	Laciga/Schnider	17	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 20 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Dugrip/Gagliano	22, Q5	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q6	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 21 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q6	Goranson/Hoidalen	21	21-11, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	Lione/Varnier	21	23-21, 21-18	1:01
Trail the series against # 27 Arkaev/Kuzmichev, Russia 0-1
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	29, Q23	Laciga/Schnider	Q10	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q6	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q11	21-15, 21-17	0:34