Mark Lair

Mark Lair (born 1947) is a professional American bridge player from Canyon, Texas.

Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 77,000 masterpoints (as of January 18 2025). He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Life Master; he was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2009.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

• ACBL Hall of Fame, 2009
• Honorary lifetime appointment to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, 1997

Awards

• Fishbein Trophy (1) 1986
• Barry Crane Trophy (1) 1990
• Herman Trophy (1) 1994

Wins

• World Championships (2)
• The d'Orsi Seniors Trophy - Seniors Teams, 2015, Chennai, India
• The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2018, Orlando, FL, USA

• North American Bridge Championships (22)
• Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1984, 1994
• Reisinger (2) 1988, 1992
• Spingold (2) 1986, 1989
• Vanderbilt (3) 1979, 1997, 1998
• Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1991, 2000
• Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2008
• Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2009
• Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1998
• Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1986, 1988, 1993, 2024
• Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (4) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990

Runners-up

• World Championships (1)
• The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2022, Wroclaw, Poland
• North American Bridge Championships (12)
• Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1972
• Reisinger (6) 1978, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000
• Spingold (1) 1994
• Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1984, 2005
• Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1995
• Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2025

References

External links

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