World Open Pairs Championship

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The World Open Pairs Championship is one of the competitions held as part of the World Bridge Championships. This Pairs competition was initiated in 1962 and is held every four years. It is open to pairs from all over the world, without any quota restrictions being applied.

[edit] Winners

1962 Pierre Jais and Roger Trezel

1966 Bob Slavenburg and Hans Kreijns

1972 Fritz Babsch and Peter Manhardt

1974 Bob Hamman and Bobby Wolff

1978 Marcelo Branco and Gabino Cintra

1982 Chip Martel and Lew Stansby

1986 Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell

1990 Gabriel Chagas and Marcelo Branco

1994 Marek Szymanowski and Marcin Lesniewski

1998 Michal Kwiecien and Jacek Pszczola

2002 Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes

2006 Jie Zhao and Fu Zhong