title: Mark Lair
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 (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
  