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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Prague Open
May 6 - 11, 2008

(15) 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 Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	8	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	15	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	18	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	16	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	17	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/8/2008	Winner 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (18)	Lost 16-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:49
Thu, 5/8/2008	Contender 1	Robert Kufa / Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic (31)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:42
Fri, 5/9/2008	Contender 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (32, Q43)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-13	1:01
Fri, 5/9/2008	Contender 3	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (24, Q2)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:54
Fri, 5/9/2008	Contender 4	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (14)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:44
Sat, 5/10/2008	Contender 5	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (7)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:40

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	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	$30,000.00	15	12	55.6 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$17,300.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	1	$47,300.00	22	18	55.0 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	2	1	$23,800.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	3	$25,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$8,650.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$8,650.00
154	8	15	6	11	45	31	26	9	3	$639,760.00	Total	Total	56	0	3	0	4	4	10	9	14	12	$67,150.00

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%
2007-2008	23	60.5%	10	26.3%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	9	21.4%	7	16.7%	26	61.9%	9-33	21.4%	23-26	46.9%	19-12	61.3%	1	0	43-38	53.1%
Against the Field	12	54.5%	6	27.3%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	3	10.3%	5	17.2%	21	72.4%	3-26	10.3%	24-42	36.4%	18-18	50.0%	0	0	21-30	41.2%

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	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 13-16 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-3
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Marques/Solberg	2	Laciga/Schnider	8	21-18, 21-16	0:43
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	18	Marques/Solberg	2	21-16, 21-18	0:43
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
Series tied with # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Schnider	8	Rego/Santos	1	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	1:00
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 # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
9/30/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-14, 21-17	0:46
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-13, 21-10	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	4	Laciga/Schnider	8	22-20, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/10/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Laciga/Schnider	15	17-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:02
Series tied with # 14 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	15	Heuscher/Heyer	14	21-19, 21-17	0:44
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Laciga/Schnider	16	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
9/29/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Laciga/Schnider	18	Boersma/Ronnes	14	15-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 18 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 22 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-2
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Cadieux/Heese	17	Laciga/Schnider	16	21-12, 21-19	0:37
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Cadieux/Heese	18	Laciga/Schnider	17	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	15	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:54
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 # 25, Q5 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 # 26 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	8	Li/Zhou	9	21-18, 24-22	0:49
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	31, Q9	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # 31 Kufa/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Laciga/Schnider	15	Kufa/Rotrekl	31	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 32, Q43 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	15	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q16 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	8	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q11	19-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # Q28 Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds, Latvia 1-0
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds	Q18	21-13, 21-10	0:27
Lead the series against # Q34 Sinczak/Szternel, Poland 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Laciga/Schnider	16	Sinczak/Szternel	32	26-24, 19-21, 18-16	1:01