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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 31 - September 4, 2005

(4) Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, Switzerland

Markus Egger
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 24, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zug

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Stare Jablonki 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$363,546.36

Martin Laciga
Switzerland

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aarberg

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

237

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$925,353.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	8	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$80,770.96
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	30	6	2	3	1	3	5	4	1	4	1	US$297,820.96

Previous Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Paul Laciga - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	1	5th	120	€ 5,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-21/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	1	3rd	80	€ 5,850.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	11	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	6	7th	280	US$10,750.00
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
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	1	1st	100	€ 11,050.00
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
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	8	1st	100	€ 11,050.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 1	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (29, Q14)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:49
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 2	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (13)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
Fri, 9/2/2005	Winner 3	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Fenili, Italy (12, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:39
Fri, 9/2/2005	Winner 4	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (1)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:40
Sat, 9/3/2005	Semi-Finals	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (7)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:46
Sun, 9/4/2005	Gold Medal	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 14-21, 24-26	0:43

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	23	2	2	1	1	2	5	4	1	4	1	0	$222,550.00

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	1	$7,625.00	World Championships	7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	$44,050.00
20	0	2	0	0	2	6	5	2	3	$74,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	53	0	2	2	1	5	16	14	6	7	$188,825.00
73	1	3	2	1	13	10	9	14	20	$166,052.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	139	6	11	5	10	42	27	24	13	1	$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
7	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$36,500.00	Confederation Championship	13	2	2	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$48,375.00
113	4	9	6	1	19	16	18	16	24	$292,827.50	Total	219	10	17	7	11	55	51	40	19	9	$818,785.00

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	10	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	$123,600.00	34	17	66.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2005	CEV	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,450.00	18	5	78.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	$123,600.00	34	17	66.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	CEV	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,450.00	18	5	78.3 %

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
											1997	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
											1998	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,312.50	1999	CEV	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,250.00
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	2000	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00	2001	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00
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
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,750.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
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
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2004	CEV
10	1	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	$61,800.00	2005	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	$61,800.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,725.00	2005	CEV	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,725.00
108	7	8	8	0	17	13	16	15	24	$268,140.00	Total	Total	142	14	16	9	9	40	28	20	4	2	$621,310.00

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	22	73.3%	4	13.3%	4	13.3%	26-4	86.7%	6	37.5%	2	12.5%	8	50.0%	6-10	37.5%	44-14	75.9%	20-12	62.5%	0	1	32-14	69.6%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	36	18	4	2	1	1	2	2	72	41

Head to Head Results
Egger/Laciga lead the series against the field 32-6 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 3-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 4	Egger/Laciga	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	21-18, 21-11	0:40
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
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-2
9/4/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	2	Egger/Laciga	4	21-14, 26-24	0:43
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 # 6 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 # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	4	Schacht/Slack	7	21-15, 21-13	0:46
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	6	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:51
Series tied with # 8 Bosma/Ortiz, Spain 1-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bosma/Ortiz	27, Q19	Egger/Laciga	11	21-16, 21-18	0:56
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	1	Bosma/Ortiz	9	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12, Q7 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	4	Amore/Fenili	12, Q7	21-18, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 4-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	4	Horrem/Pettersen	13	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
8/9/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Bronze Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Horrem/Pettersen	12	23-21, 21-19	0:46
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	6	Horrem/Pettersen	24	21-12, 21-18	0:38
5/14/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	8	Horrem/Pettersen	13	21-18, 23-25, 15-10	1:19
Lead the series against # 15 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-1
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 4	Herrera/Mesa	5	Egger/Laciga	1	25-23, 21-15	0:51
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Herrera/Mesa	4	21-19, 21-14	0:33
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Herrera/Mesa	22	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 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 # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 3-0
8/21/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Gold Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	21-15, 21-19	0:41
8/9/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	14	21-19, 21-18	0:44
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	8	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 26 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 # 29, Q14 Lione/Varnier, Italy 3-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	4	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	21-19, 21-17	0:49
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Varnier	8	21-16, 21-16	0:45
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Varnier	13	20-22, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 1-0
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Correa/Ruiz Nunez	12	21-14, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q10 Canet/Hamel, France 3-0
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	1	Canet/Hamel	3	21-18, 21-12	0:40
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Canet/Hamel	27, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:42
5/14/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Canet/Hamel	4	28-26, 21-15	0:53
Lead the series against # Q15 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17	21-16, 30-28	0:55