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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 12 - 16, 2006

(7) 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 Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Sascha Heyer - 9th	Paul Laciga - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	8	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	4	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	3	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	6	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	3	7th	200	US$8,000.00
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

Canada Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/13/2006	Winner 1	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (26)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:40
Thu, 7/13/2006	Contender 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (23)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 7/14/2006	Contender 2	Koichi Nishimura / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (24, Q5)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 7/14/2006	Contender 3	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (31)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:47
Fri, 7/14/2006	Contender 4	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (6)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:44
Sat, 7/15/2006	Contender 5	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (26)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 18-16	1:02
Sat, 7/15/2006	Contender 6	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 18-20	0:56

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	13	1	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	$165,600.00	48	23	67.6 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$41,150.00	16	11	59.3 %
Total	FIVB	19	1	2	1	1	1	5	4	1	3	0	0	$206,750.00	64	34	65.3 %
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
13	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$82,800.00	2005	FIVB	13	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$82,800.00
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
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$20,575.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$20,575.00
104	3	7	5	1	17	16	16	15	24	$252,177.50	Total	Total	138	8	15	6	10	42	30	21	4	2	$602,160.00

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%
2005-2006	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%
Against the Field	16	76.2%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	7	41.2%	2	11.8%	8	47.1%	7-10	41.2%	32-12	72.7%	20-8	71.4%	0	2	26-12	68.4%

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
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 27-10 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 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
Series tied with # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 3-3
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Egger/Laciga	4	20-22, 26-24, 15-10	1:03
11/27/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Egger/Laciga	6	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:07
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
Trail the series against # 3 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	5	Egger/Laciga	4	21-17, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 4, Q1 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 3-1
6/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Marques	3	Egger/Laciga	4	21-19, 25-27, 15-11	1:15
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	3	Insfran/Marques	4	21-15, 21-13	0:35
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
Series tied with # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Egger/Laciga	7	21-14, 18-21, 20-18	0:56
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 # 6 Schacht/Slack, Australia 3-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	7	Schacht/Slack	6	21-16, 21-18	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 4-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Egger/Laciga	7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	18-21, 25-23, 15-11	1:03
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	21-19, 24-22	0:40
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 # 23 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-17, 21-19	0:39
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, Q5 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	7	Nishimura/Shiratori	24, Q5	21-13, 21-19	0:38
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 # 25, Q3 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 # 26 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-1
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 5	Egger/Laciga	7	Herrera/Mesa	26	21-13, 18-21, 18-16	1:02
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	26	Egger/Laciga	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
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 # 30, Q13 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
8/20/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Gabathuler/Wenger	4	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 31 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	7	Plavins/Samoilovs	31	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # Q7 Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	4	Krug/Urbatzka	32, Q20	21-13, 17-21, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # Q8 Byron/Suan, Australia 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	4	Byron/Suan	29, Q17	21-13, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q15 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	3	Kolar/Tichy	30, Q37	21-14, 21-14	0:36