World Women Pairs Championship

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The World Women Pairs Championship is a bridge championship held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships. It is restricted to women pairs only.

Results

World meets commonly run for 15 days on a schedule whose details vary.

In 2006 the Women Pairs played Saturday to Friday, the 8th to 14th days of the meet, with five qualifying sessions, five semifinal sessions, and four final sessions. At the start of qualifying, sixteen teams remained in the knockout stage of the marquee teams competition for women, for the McConnell Cup. During qualifying sessions for the pairs, the McConnell teams were reduced from sixteen to four, and players from the twelve "knocked out" teams were eligible to enter pairs competition at the semifinal stage. There were 109 pairs in the qualifier, 63 in the semifinal, and 36 in the final.[1]

United States have won nine of 13 tournaments, Great Britain two, Netherlands one. Fritzi Gordon and Rixi Markus of Great Britain (native Austrians) are the only two-time champion pair; Americans Karen McCallum and Kerri Shuman/Sanborn also have two wins each.

Year, Site Entries Medalists
1962 [2]

Cannes, France

 1.  Fritzi Gordon Rixi Markus
2. Fanny Parienté Marianne Serf
[NB 1] 3. Dorothy Hayden Helen Portugal
1966 [3]

Amsterdam, Netherlands 

 1. Joan Durran Jane Juan
2. Nancy Gruver Sue Sachs
[NB 1] 3. Mary Jane Farell Peggy Solomon
1970 [4]

Stockholm, Sweden

 1. Mary Jane Farell Marilyn Johnson
2. Fritzi Gordon Rixi Markus
[NB 1] 3. Britt Blom Gunborg Silborn
1974 [5]

Las Palmas, Spain

 [NB 2] 1. Fritzi Gordon Rixi Markus
2. Gerda Goslar Rita Jacobson
3. Emma Jean Hawes Dorothy Hayden Truscott  
1978 [6]

New Orleans, USA

 1. Judi Radin Kathie Wei
2. Betty Ann Kennedy Carol Sanders
3. Claude Blouquit Élisabeth Delor
After 1980 it was determined that the world championships in even years would continue to be played in Europe and North America. 
1982 [7]

Biarritz, France

 1. Betty Ann Kennedy Carol Sanders
2. Lynn Deas Beth Palmer
3. Sally Horton Sandra Landy
1986 [8]

Miami Beach, USA

 1. Amalya Kearse Jacqui Mitchell
2. Bettina Kalkerup Charlotte Palmund
3. Sally Horton Sandra Landy
1990 [9]

Geneva, Switzerland

 1. Karen McCallum Kerri Shuman
2. Judi Radin Kathie Wei
3. Carla Arnolds Bep Vriend
1994 [10]

Albuquerque, USA

 1. Carla Arnolds Bep Vriend
2. Véronique Bessis Catherine Saul
3. Lynn Deas Beth Palmer
1998 [11][12]

Lille, France

 1. Jill Meyers Shawn Quinn
2. Daniela von Arnim Sabine Auken
3. Véronique Bessis Catherine D'Ovidio
2002 [13][14]

Montreal, Canada

 97 1. Karen McCallum Debbie Rosenberg
2. Blandine de Hérédia   Anne-Frédérique Lévy
3. Irina Levitina Kerri Sanborn
2006 [15][16]

Verona, Italy

 109 1. Irina Levitina Kerri Sanborn
2. WANG Hongli WANG Wei Fei
3. Sabine Auken Janice Seamon-Molson
2010 [17][18]

Philadelphia, USA

 81 1. Lynn Deas Beth Palmer
2. Susan Culham Kismet Fung
3. Carla Arnolds Bep Vriend

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The WBF currently lists only the winners and runners up, neither third place nor the size of the field.
  2. ^ For 1974 to 1998 the WBF currently lists at least three leaders (3 in 1974; 36 in 1998) without the size of the field. Some of those listings may enumerate the finalists.

References

  1. ^ Results (linked schedule), 12th World Bridge Championships, 2006. WBF.
  2. ^ Results & Participants, 1st World Women's Pairs Championship, 1962. WBF.
  3. ^ Results & Participants, 2nd World Women's Pairs Championship, 1966. WBF.
  4. ^ Results & Participants, 3rd World Women's Pairs Championship, 1970. WBF.
  5. ^ Results & Participants, 4th World Open Pairs Championship, 1974. WBF.
  6. ^ Results & Participants, 5th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1978. WBF.
  7. ^ Results & Participants, 6th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1982. WBF.
  8. ^ Results & Participants, 7th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1986. WBF.
  9. ^ Results & Participants, 8th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1990. WBF.
  10. ^ Results & Participants, 9th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1994. WBF.
  11. ^ Results & Participants, 10th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1998. WBF.
  12. ^ 1998 World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 1998. WBF.
  13. ^ Results & Participants, 11th World Championships, 2002. WBF.
  14. ^ World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 2002. WBF.
  15. ^ Results & Participants, Women Pairs, 2006. WBF.
  16. ^ 12th World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 2006. WBF.
  17. ^ Results & Participants, Women Pairs, 2010. WBF.
  18. ^ 13th World Bridge Series contemporary coverage, 2010. WBF.

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