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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Acapulco Open
October 25 - 29, 2005

(3) 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 Acapulco Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Paul Laciga - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	4	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	4	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-21/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
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
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

Acapulco Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/26/2005	Winner 1	Koichi Nishimura / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (30, Q16)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:40
Wed, 10/26/2005	Winner 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (14)	Lost 12-21, 22-24	0:42
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (20)	Won 21-18, 22-24, 15-12	1:03
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 3	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (22)	Won 21-9, 21-17	0:46
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 4	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (8)	Won 21-18, 35-33	1:12
Fri, 10/28/2005	Contender 5	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (7, Q14)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 14-16	1:02

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	12	1	1	1	1	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	$143,600.00	42	22	65.6 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	1	1	1	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	$143,600.00	42	22	65.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %

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
12	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$71,800.00	2005	FIVB	12	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$71,800.00
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
97	3	6	5	1	15	13	15	15	24	$220,602.50	Total	Total	131	8	14	6	10	40	27	20	4	2	$570,585.00

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	25	73.5%	3	8.8%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	8	29.6%	6	22.2%	13	48.1%	8-19	29.6%	50-24	67.6%	22-24	47.8%	0	1	36-25	59.0%

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
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 27-14 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-3
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Laciga	4	23-21, 21-18	0:54
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 # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 3-1
10/22/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Egger/Laciga	4	21-16, 21-12	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 2-0
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	4	Insfran/Marques	5	16-21, 21-15, 17-15	1:01
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 # 5 Gibb/Metzger, United States 1-4
10/23/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Bronze Medal	Gibb/Metzger	8	Egger/Laciga	4	17-21, 21-13, 16-14	1:11
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Gibb/Metzger	12	Egger/Laciga	11	21-13, 20-22, 15-12	0:55
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
Lead the series against # 6 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
Series tied with # 7, Q14 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-1
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 5	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	Egger/Laciga	3	19-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:02
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	4	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	21-19, 21-17	0:49
Series tied with # 8 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	3	Rogers/Scott	8	21-18, 35-33	1:12
7/16/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Rogers/Scott	5	Egger/Laciga	6	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	14	Egger/Laciga	3	21-12, 24-22	0:42
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Kais/Vesik	21	18-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
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 # 16 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 # 18, 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 # 19, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	4	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	20	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	1:03
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 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	21-9, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 24 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 # 25, Q5 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/21/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Gold Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	21-15, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 27, 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 # 28, Q3 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 # 30, Q16 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	3	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q9 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	4	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q6	21-12, 21-16	0:36