World Women Pairs Championship

Template:Short description 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.

United States pairs have won ten of 14 tournaments through 2014, Great Britain two, Netherlands one, China one. Fritzi Gordon and Rixi Markus of Great Britain (native Austrians) are the only two-time champion pair; Americans Karen McCallum and Kerri Sanborn/Shuman also have two wins each including one as partners in 1990. Sanborn is also the only winner of two gold medals in the World Mixed Pairs Championship, which is contested at the same quadrennial meet.

Year, Site	Entries		Medalists
1962 Cannes, France		1.	Template:Flagicon Fritzi Gordon	Template:Flagicon Rixi Markus
		2.	Template:Flagicon Fanny Parienté	Template:Flagicon Marianne Serf
	Template:Efn	3.	Template:Flagicon Dorothy Hayden	Template:Flagicon Helen Portugal
1966 Amsterdam, Netherlands		1.	Template:Flagicon Joan Durran	Template:Flagicon Jane Juan
		2.	Template:Flagicon Nancy Gruver	Template:Flagicon Sue Sachs
	Template:Efn	3.	Template:Flagicon Mary Jane Farell	Template:Flagicon Peggy Solomon
1970 Stockholm, Sweden		1.	Template:Flagicon Mary Jane Farell	Template:Flagicon Marilyn Johnson
		2.	Template:Flagicon Fritzi Gordon	Template:Flagicon Rixi Markus
	Template:Efn	3.	Template:Flagicon Britt Blom	Template:Flagicon Gunborg Silborn
1974 Las Palmas, Spain	Template:Efn	1.	Template:Flagicon Fritzi Gordon	Template:Flagicon Rixi Markus
		2.	Template:Flagicon Gerda Goslar	Template:Flagicon Rita Jacobson
		3.	Template:Flagicon Emma Jean Hawes	Template:Flagicon Dorothy Hayden Truscott
1978 New Orleans, USA		1.	Template:Flagicon Judi Radin	Template:Flagicon Kathie Wei
		2.	Template:Flagicon Betty Ann Kennedy	Template:Flagicon Carol Sanders
		3.	Template:Flagicon Claude Blouquit	Template:Flagicon 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 Biarritz, France		1.	Template:Flagicon Betty Ann Kennedy	Template:Flagicon Carol Sanders
		2.	Template:Flagicon Lynn Deas	Template:Flagicon Beth Palmer
		3.	Template:Flagicon Sally Horton	Template:Flagicon Sandra Landy
1986 Miami Beach, USA		1.	Template:Flagicon Amalya Kearse	Template:Flagicon Jacqui Mitchell
		2.	Template:Flagicon Bettina Kalkerup	Template:Flagicon Charlotte Palmund
		3.	Template:Flagicon Sally Horton	Template:Flagicon Sandra Landy
1990 Geneva, Switzerland		1.	Template:Flagicon Karen McCallum	Template:Flagicon Kerri Shuman
		2.	Template:Flagicon Judi Radin	Template:Flagicon Kathie Wei
		3.	Template:Flagicon Carla Arnolds	Template:Flagicon Bep Vriend
1994 Albuquerque, USA		1.	Template:Flagicon Carla Arnolds	Template:Flagicon Bep Vriend
		2.	Template:Flagicon Véronique Bessis	Template:Flagicon Catherine Saul
		3.	Template:Flagicon Lynn Deas	Template:Flagicon Beth Palmer
1998 Lille, France		1.	Template:Flagicon Jill Meyers	Template:Flagicon Shawn Quinn
		2.	Template:Flagicon Daniela von Arnim	Template:Flagicon Sabine Auken
		3.	Template:Flagicon Véronique Bessis	Template:Flagicon Catherine D'Ovidio
2002 Montreal, Canada	97	1.	Template:Flagicon Karen McCallum	Template:Flagicon Debbie Rosenberg
		2.	Template:Flagicon Blandine de Hérédia	Template:Flagicon Anne-Frédérique Lévy
		3.	Template:Flagicon Irina Levitina	Template:Flagicon Kerri Sanborn
2006 Verona, Italy	109	1.	Template:Flagicon Irina Levitina	Template:Flagicon Kerri Sanborn
		2.	Template:Flagicon WANG Hongli	Template:Flagicon WANG Wenfei
		3.	Template:Flagicon Sabine Auken	Template:Flagicon Janice Seamon-Molson
2010 Philadelphia, USA	81	1.	Template:Flagicon Lynn Deas	Template:Flagicon Beth Palmer
		2.	Template:Flagicon Susan Culham	Template:Flagicon Kismet Fung
		3.	Template:Flagicon Carla Arnolds	Template:Flagicon Bep Vriend
2014 Sanya, China	46Template:Efn	1.	Template:Flagicon Liu Shu	Template:Flagicon Zhou Tao
		2.	Template:Flagicon Huang Yen	Template:Flagicon Gan Lin
		3.	Template:Flagicon Suci Amita Dewi	Template:Flagicon Kristina Wahyo Murniati
2018 Orlando, USA	51	1.	Template:Flagicon Veronique Bessis	Template:Flagicon Anne-Laure Huberschwiller
		2.	Template:Flagicon Kathy Sulgrove	Template:Flagicon Candace Griffey
		3.	Template:Flagicon Yan Huang	Template:Flagicon Nan Wang

See also

• World Mixed Pairs Championship
• World Open Pairs Championship

External links

• Women program top page at the World Bridge Federation
• World Women Pairs Championship 1962–present (table) at the World Bridge Federation