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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 27 - 31, 2005

(6) Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, Switzerland

Markus Egger
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 24, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zug

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Stare Jablonki 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$256,327.50

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	21	1	2	1	1	1	5	4	1	4	1	US$215,050.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	22	2	2	1	1	1	5	4	1	4	1	US$217,050.00

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	8	1st	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	6	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	12	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	6	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	8	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	11	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	6	3rd	320	US$16,000.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/28/2005	Winner 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (27)	Won 21-16, 28-26	0:44
Thu, 7/28/2005	Winner 2	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (11)	Lost 18-21, 12-21	0:34
Fri, 7/29/2005	Contender 2	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (21)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:46
Fri, 7/29/2005	Contender 3	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (20, Q3)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:51
Fri, 7/29/2005	Contender 4	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (1)	Won 17-21, 26-24, 15-11	1:10
Sat, 7/30/2005	Contender 5	Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger, United States (15)	Lost 16-21, 21-17, 11-15	0:57

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	$45,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	$162,500.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	22	2	2	1	1	1	5	4	1	4	1	0	$217,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Egger												Martin Laciga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,625.00	World Championships	7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$44,050.00
20	0	2	0	0	2	6	5	2	0	$74,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	53	0	2	2	1	5	16	14	6	0	$188,825.00
73	1	3	2	1	13	10	9	14	0	$166,052.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	139	6	11	5	10	42	27	24	13	0	$530,135.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,175.00	Satellite	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
106	3	7	5	1	17	16	17	16	0	$256,327.50	Total	206	8	15	7	11	52	45	40	19	0	$770,410.00

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
2005	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	$96,850.00	28	14	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	$96,850.00	28	14	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Egger													Martin Laciga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	2	$4,750.00
											1996	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$16,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$1,850.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	$6,050.00	1998	FIVB	13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$850.00	1998	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	$4,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	2	0	3	4	2	2	0	0	$69,000.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,725.00	1999	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$2,250.00	2000	FIVB	15	1	2	3	1	5	2	1	0	0	$77,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2000	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$76,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S
9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50	2002	FIVB	10	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$41,285.00
10	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$40,500.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	$51,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
13	0	1	1	0	3	6	2	0	0	$51,300.00	2004	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$57,650.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
8	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	$48,425.00	2005	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	$48,425.00
92	2	5	5	0	14	13	14	15	24	$196,227.50	Total	Total	126	7	13	6	9	39	27	19	4	2	$546,210.00

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	47	72.3%	8	12.3%	10	15.4%	55-10	84.6%	10	27.8%	10	27.8%	16	44.4%	10-26	27.8%	47-16	74.6%	18-20	47.4%	0	3	65-39	62.5%
2004-2005	38	80.9%	2	4.3%	7	14.9%	40-7	85.1%	8	33.3%	5	20.8%	11	45.8%	8-16	33.3%	38-11	77.6%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	48-23	67.6%
Against the Field	32	76.2%	4	9.5%	6	14.3%	36-6	85.7%	9	28.1%	8	25.0%	15	46.9%	9-23	28.1%	64-28	69.6%	26-28	48.1%	0	1	45-29	60.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	10	3	2	1	1	1	2	52	23
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	34	17	4	2	1	1	2	2	70	39

Head to Head Results
Egger/Laciga lead the series against the field 24-13 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-0
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	6	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	17-21, 26-24, 15-11	1:10
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	8	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:59
Series tied with # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	6	Rego/Santos	1	21-19, 21-14	0:42
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Laciga	8	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-0
5/22/05	FIVB	China Open	Bronze Medal	Egger/Laciga	6	Insfran/Marques	4	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:03
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	22	Egger/Laciga	11	21-15, 12-21, 15-8	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Heuscher/Kobel	4	14-21, 24-22, 15-7	0:51
Lead the series against # 7 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	8	Heyer/Laciga	9	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
7/16/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Rogers/Scott	5	Egger/Laciga	6	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Canet/Hamel	27, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-4
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Egger/Laciga	6	21-18, 21-12	0:34
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	Egger/Laciga	12	21-17, 21-19	0:36
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	3	Egger/Laciga	6	22-20, 21-12	0:36
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	3	Egger/Laciga	6	21-13, 16-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Kais/Vesik	21	18-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 15 Gibb/Metzger, United States 1-2
7/30/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 5	Gibb/Metzger	15	Egger/Laciga	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:57
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	19	Egger/Laciga	6	21-18, 21-17	0:45
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Gibb/Metzger	38	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Berger/Doppler	24	Egger/Laciga	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 17 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	6	Horrem/Pettersen	24	21-12, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 20, Q3 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	6	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	23-21, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 22, Q4 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	12	Baracetti/Depiaggio	21	21-13, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 24 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 2-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Leinemann/VanHuizen	28	Egger/Laciga	6	15-21, 21-16, 17-15	1:01
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	8	Leinemann/VanHuizen	25, Q4	21-18, 21-12	0:39
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Leinemann/VanHuizen	22, Q3	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 27 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	6	Kjemperud/Skarlund	27	21-16, 28-26	0:44
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Polte/Schoen, Germany 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Polte/Schoen	43	Egger/Laciga	6	7-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q1 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 2-1
7/23/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	8	Neto/Ramos	5	21-19, 22-24, 15-13	1:15
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	12	Neto/Ramos	5	23-21, 23-21	0:48
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	2	Egger/Laciga	11	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q5 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 3-0
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	8	Cadieux/Heese	24, Q3	21-17, 21-12	0:38
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	11	Cadieux/Heese	21, Q4	23-21, 21-18	0:47
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Egger/Laciga	6	Cadieux/Heese	21	21-18, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # Q6 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	6	Gartmayer/Nowotny	27	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q7 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Xu/Xu	22	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # Q13 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	6	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	27, Q1	21-11, 21-14	0:36