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

Year
1962 Flag of France Pierre Jaïs Flag of France Roger Trezel
1966 Flag of the Netherlands Hans Kreyns Flag of the Netherlands Bob Slavenburg
1970 Flag of Austria Fritz Babsch Flag of Austria Peter Manhardt
1974 Flag of the United States Bob Hamman Flag of the United States Bobby Wolff
1978 Flag of Brazil Marcelo Branco Flag of Brazil Gabino Cintra
1982 Flag of the United States Chip Martel Flag of the United States Lew Stansby
1986 Flag of the United States Jeff Meckstroth Flag of the United States Eric Rodwell
1990 Flag of Brazil Marcelo Branco Flag of Brazil Gabriel Chagas
1994 Flag of Poland Marcin Lesniewski Flag of Poland Marek Szymanowski
1998 Flag of Poland Michal Kwiecien Flag of Poland Jacek Pszczola
2002 Flag of Italy Fulvio Fantoni Flag of Italy Claudio Nunes
2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China Zhong Fu Flag of the People's Republic of China Jie Zhao

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