# Mark Lair

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'''Mark Lair''' (born 1947) is a professional American [bridge](/source/Contract_bridge) player from [Canyon, Texas](/source/Canyon%2C_Texas).<ref name=OEB>{{OEB|7CD|31}}</ref>

Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the [American Contract Bridge League](/source/American_Contract_Bridge_League) (ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 77,000  masterpoints (as of January 18 2025).<ref>[https://web3.acbl.org/mpraces/?year=2018&race=500&showDeceased=Y ACBL Top 500 listing at the ACBL official website]</ref> He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Life Master; he was inducted into the [ACBL Hall of Fame](/source/ACBL_Hall_of_Fame) in 2009.<ref name=HOFby/>

==Bridge accomplishments==

===Honors===

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2009<ref name=HOFby>[http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205191454/http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year/ |date=2014-12-05 }}. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16.</ref>
* Honorary lifetime appointment to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, 1997

===Awards===

* [Fishbein Trophy](/source/Fishbein_Trophy) (1) 1986
* Barry Crane Trophy (1) 1990<ref>Awarded annually to the winner of the ACBL total masterpoint race. Reference: {{OEB|7CD|350}}</ref>
* [Herman Trophy](/source/Herman_Trophy) (1) 1994<ref>List of previous Herman Trophy winners, {{Citation |title=Daily Bulletin  |volume=81 |issue=6  |date=November 26, 2008  |url=http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2008/03/bulletins/db6.pdf |format=PDF }}, pages 16–17.</ref>

===Wins===

* [World Championships](/source/World_Championships) (2)
** The d'Orsi Seniors Trophy - Seniors Teams, 2015, Chennai, India<ref>[http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/wbf-championships/world-bridge-teams-championships/dorsi-seniors-trophy/#2015-chennai-india World Bridge Federation (WBF) 2015 tournament results]</ref>
** The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2018, Orlando, FL, USA <ref>[http://championships.worldbridge.org/orlandows18 World Bridge Federation (WBF) 2018 tournament results]</ref>

* [North American Bridge Championships](/source/North_American_Bridge_Championships) (22)
** [Blue Ribbon Pairs](/source/Blue_Ribbon_Pairs) (2) 1984, 1994 <ref name="Blue Ribbon Winners">{{cite news
 |title=Blue Ribbon Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf 
 |page=5 
 |date=2013-12-03 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021164044/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>
** [Reisinger](/source/Reisinger) (2) 1988, 1992 <ref name="Reisinger Winners">{{cite news
 |title=Reisinger Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf 
 |page=6 
 |date=2013-12-06 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>
** [Spingold](/source/Spingold) (2) 1986, 1989 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners">{{cite news
 |title=Spingold Previous Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf 
 |page=12 
 |date=2014-07-21 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>
** [Vanderbilt](/source/Vanderbilt_Trophy) (3) 1979, 1997, 1998 <ref>{{cite news
 |title=Vanderbilt Previous Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf 
 |page=6 
 |date=2014-03-24 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>
** [Jacoby Open Swiss Teams](/source/Jacoby_Open_Swiss_Teams) (2) 1991, 2000 <ref>{{cite news
 |title=Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf 
 |page=9 
 |date=2014-03-29 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>
** [Truscott Senior Swiss Teams](/source/Truscott_Senior_Swiss_Teams) (1) 2008 <ref>{{cite news
 |title=Trustcott/USPC Swiss Previous Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf 
 |page=7 
 |date=2014-07-22 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021050535/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>
** [Senior Knockout Teams](/source/Senior_Knockout_Teams) (1) 2009 <ref>{{cite news
 |title=Baze Seniors Swiss Previous Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf 
 |page=8 
 |date=2013-11-29 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>
** [Keohane North American Swiss Teams](/source/Keohane_North_American_Swiss_Teams) (1) 1998 <ref>{{cite news
 |title=Keohane Swiss Teams Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf 
 |page=4 
 |date=2013-12-06 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>
** [Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams](/source/Mitchell_Board-a-Match_Teams) (4) 1986, 1988, 1993, 2024 <ref name="Mitchell BAM Winners">{{cite news
 |title=Mitchell BAM Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf 
 |page=8 
 |date=2013-12-01 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>
** [Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match](/source/Chicago_Mixed_Board-a-Match) (4) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990 <ref name="Mixed BAM Previous Winners">{{cite news
 |title=Mixed BAM Previous Winners 
 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League 
 |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf 
 |page=14 
 |date=2014-07-24 
 |access-date=2014-10-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf 
 |archive-date=2014-10-21 
}}</ref>

===Runners-up===
*[World Championships](/source/World_Championships) (1)
** The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2022, Wroclaw, Poland
* [North American Bridge Championships](/source/North_American_Bridge_Championships) (12)
** [Blue Ribbon Pairs](/source/Blue_Ribbon_Pairs) (1) 1972 <ref name="Blue Ribbon Winners"/>
** [Reisinger](/source/Reisinger) (6) 1978, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000 <ref name="Reisinger Winners"/>
** [Spingold](/source/Spingold) (1) 1994 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners"/>
** [Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match](/source/Chicago_Mixed_Board-a-Match) (2) 1984, 2005 <ref name="Mixed BAM Previous Winners"/>
** [Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams](/source/Mitchell_Board-a-Match_Teams) (1) 1995 <ref name="Mitchell BAM Winners"/>
** [Truscott Senior Swiss Teams](/source/Truscott_Senior_Swiss_Teams) (1) 2025

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ACBLhof|lair-mark}} – with video interview
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