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 67,800 masterpoints (as of October 2018). 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.

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 (21)
  • Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1984, 1994
  • Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1991, 2000
  • Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2008
  • Vanderbilt (3) 1979, 1997, 1998
  • Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2009
  • Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1998
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1986, 1988, 1993
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (4) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990
  • Reisinger (2) 1988, 1992
  • Spingold (2) 1986, 1989

Runners-up

• North American Bridge Championships
  • Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1972
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1995
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1984, 2005
  • Reisinger (6) 1978, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000
  • Spingold (1) 1994