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US$580,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 2 - 6, 2006

(16) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Sascha Heyer - 49th	Paul Laciga - 5th
1998	Bernhard Vesti - 13th	Paul Laciga - 13th
1999	Bernhard Vesti - 25th	Paul Laciga - 9th
2000	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Paul Laciga - 5th
2001	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Paul Laciga - 5th
2002	Sascha Heyer - 2nd	Paul Laciga - 9th
2003	Sascha Heyer - 5th	Paul Laciga - 17th
2004	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Paul Laciga - 17th
2005	Martin Laciga - 17th	Markus Egger - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	7	5th	360	US$10,000.00
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/3/2006	Pool A	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (17)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:58
Fri, 8/4/2006	Pool A	Sebastian Goettlinger / Alexander Horst, Austria (32)	Lost By Forfeit
Fri, 8/4/2006	Pool A	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (1)	Lost By Forfeit

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	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	$49,450.00	17	16	51.5 %
Total	FIVB	21	1	2	1	1	1	5	4	1	4	1	0	$215,050.00	65	39	62.5 %
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
8	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	$24,725.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	$24,725.00
106	3	7	5	1	17	16	17	16	24	$256,327.50	Total	Total	140	8	15	6	10	42	30	22	5	2	$606,310.00

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%
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	22	68.8%	6	18.8%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	8	32.0%	4	16.0%	13	52.0%	8-17	32.0%	44-20	68.8%	28-16	63.6%	0	3	36-21	63.2%

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 37-21 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 3-4
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Egger/Laciga	16	By Forfeit
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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-1
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	5	Egger/Laciga	12	21-16, 21-16	0:39
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	4	Baracetti/Conde	13	21-13, 21-15	0:39
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool F	Egger/Laciga	6	Baracetti/Conde	11	21-10, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Lambert/Metzger, United States 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	19	Egger/Laciga	3	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:52
Series tied with # 7 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
Series tied with # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	27	Egger/Laciga	12	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 14 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-0
11/26/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	6	Klemperer/Schneider	9	21-17, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 15, Q24 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
Trail the series against # 17 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rogers	17	Egger/Laciga	16	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 18 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-3
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	10	Egger/Laciga	8	21-18, 21-16	0:44
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	5	Egger/Laciga	4	21-19, 21-16	0:49
11/26/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	6	Kais/Vesik	10	21-11, 21-13	0:31
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
Series tied with # 19 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heyer/Laciga	20	Egger/Laciga	7	24-22, 16-21, 17-15	0:58
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	8	Heyer/Laciga	9	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 21 Amore/Fenili, Italy 2-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Egger/Laciga	7	Amore/Fenili	23	23-21, 17-21, 15-9	0:59
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 # 22 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 2-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	4	Horrem/Pettersen	13	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	6	Horrem/Pettersen	24	21-12, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 24 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
Series tied with # 25 Alvarez/Villar, Cuba 1-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Egger/Laciga	7	Alvarez/Villar	26, Q2	22-20, 11-21, 15-11	0:55
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Alvarez/Villar	25, Q3	Egger/Laciga	8	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	1:01
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 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 # 30, Q7 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
Trail the series against # 32 Goettlinger/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Goettlinger/Horst	32	Egger/Laciga	16	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q1 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 2-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	8	Arkaev/Barsuk	24	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
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 # Q3 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 # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Berg/Svensson	17	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # Q14 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 # Q25 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