Mark Lair
Mark Lair is a professional American bridge player from Canyon, Texas.
Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the American Contract Bridge League Top 500 listings with over 67,800 masterpoints. He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation 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 1986
- Barry Crane Trophy 1990
- Herman Trophy 1994
Wins
- World Championships
- * The d'Orsi Seniors Trophy - Seniors Teams, 2015, Chennai, India
- * The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2018, Orlando, FL, USA
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Blue Ribbon Pairs 1984, 1994
- * Jacoby Open Swiss Teams 1991, 2000
- * Truscott Senior Swiss Teams 2008
- * Vanderbilt 1979, 1997, 1998
- * Senior Knockout Teams 2009
- * Keohane North American Swiss Teams 1998
- * Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams 1986, 1988, 1993
- * Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990
- * Reisinger 1988, 1992
- * Spingold 1986, 1989
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Blue Ribbon Pairs 1972
- * Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams 1995
- * Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match 1984, 2005
- * Reisinger 1978, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000
- * Spingold 1994
