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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(10) Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, 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

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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	11	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	18	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	20	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	17	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	14	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	15	7th	300	US$7,000.00
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

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 1	Francesco Giontella / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (23)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:39
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 2	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (7)	Won 25-23, 21-12	0:49
Thu, 10/9/2008	Winner 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:51
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 4	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (12)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:52
Fri, 10/10/2008	Contender 5	Alison Cerutti / Pedro Cunha, Brazil (6)	Lost 24-22, 12-21, 9-15	0:58

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	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	2	3	0	$65,800.00	28	26	51.9 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	4	3	1	$95,800.00	43	38	53.1 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	3	0	$32,900.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	3	0	$32,900.00
164	8	15	6	11	47	35	28	11	3	$664,010.00	Total	Total	66	0	3	0	4	6	14	11	16	12	$91,400.00

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	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	9	60.0%	2-13	13.3%	10-18	35.7%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	8-14	36.4%

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 8-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-4
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	3	Laciga/Schnider	14	21-18, 23-21	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Laciga/Schnider	10	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
8/9/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool E	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Laciga/Schnider	20	21-14, 21-15	0:47
5/10/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Series tied with # 3 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-2
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-15, 21-18	0:36
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool E	Laciga/Schnider	20	Klemperer/Koreng	8	21-15, 21-15	0:48
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Laciga/Schnider	21	21-16, 25-23	0:48
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	Klemperer/Koreng	2	20-22, 21-9, 15-13	1:14
Trail the series against # 4 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Reckermann/Urbatzka	16	Laciga/Schnider	17	21-19, 30-32, 15-6	1:08
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Cerutti/Cunha, Brazil 0-1
10/10/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 5	Cerutti/Cunha	6	Laciga/Schnider	10	22-24, 21-12, 15-9	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-2
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	10	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	25-23, 21-12	0:49
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Laciga/Schnider	16	21-15, 16-21, 24-22	1:03
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	10	Gabathuler/Wenger	12	21-19, 23-21	0:52
Lead the series against # 18 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Schnider	10	Babich/Mykhaylov	26, Q7	20-22, 21-15, 15-9	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 23 Giontella/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	10	Giontella/Nicolai	23	21-16, 21-14	0:39