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 79,000 masterpoints (as of July 2026).ACBL Top 500 listing at the ACBL official website 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"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16. Honorary lifetime appointment to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, 1997
Awards
Fishbein Trophy (1) 1986 Barry Crane Trophy (1) 1990Awarded annually to the winner of the ACBL total masterpoint race. Reference: Herman Trophy (1) 1994List of previous Herman Trophy winners, , pages 16–17.
Wins
World Championships (2) The d'Orsi Seniors Trophy - Seniors Teams, 2015, Chennai, IndiaWorld Bridge Federation (WBF) 2015 tournament results The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2018, Orlando, FL, USA World Bridge Federation (WBF) 2018 tournament results
North American Bridge Championships (23) 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 Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2026
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 – with video interview