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.Results (linked schedule), 12th World Bridge Championships, 2006. WBF.
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 Results & Participants , 1st World Women's Pairs Championship, 1962. WBF. Cannes, France
1. Fritzi Gordon Rixi Markus 2. Fanny Parienté Marianne Serf 3. Dorothy Hayden Helen Portugal 1966 Results & Participants , 2nd World Women's Pairs Championship, 1966. WBF. Amsterdam, Netherlands
1. Joan Durran Jane Juan 2. Nancy Gruver Sue Sachs 3. Mary Jane Farell Peggy Solomon 1970 Results & Participants , 3rd World Women's Pairs Championship, 1970. WBF. Stockholm, Sweden
1. Mary Jane Farell Marilyn Johnson 2. Fritzi Gordon Rixi Markus 3. Britt Blom Gunborg Silborn 1974 Results & Participants , 4th World Open Pairs Championship, 1974. WBF. Las Palmas, Spain
1. Fritzi Gordon Rixi Markus 2. Gerda Goslar Rita Jacobson 3. Emma Jean Hawes Dorothy Hayden Truscott 1978 Results & Participants , 5th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1978. WBF. 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 Results & Participants , 6th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1982. WBF. Biarritz, France
1. Betty Ann Kennedy Carol Sanders 2. Lynn Deas Beth Palmer 3. Sally Horton Sandra Landy 1986 Results & Participants , 7th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1986. WBF. Miami Beach, USA
1. Amalya Kearse Jacqui Mitchell 2. Bettina Kalkerup Charlotte Palmund 3. Sally Horton Sandra Landy 1990 Results & Participants, 8th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1990. WBF. Geneva, Switzerland
1. Karen McCallum Kerri Shuman 2. Judi Radin Kathie Wei 3. Carla Arnolds Bep Vriend 1994 Results & Participants , 9th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1994. WBF. Albuquerque, USA
1. Carla Arnolds Bep Vriend 2. Véronique Bessis Catherine Saul 3. Lynn Deas Beth Palmer 1998 Results & Participants , 10th World Women's Pairs Championship, 1998. WBF.1998 World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 1998. WBF. Lille, France
1. Jill Meyers Shawn Quinn 2. Daniela von Arnim Sabine Auken 3. Véronique Bessis Catherine D'Ovidio 2002 Results & Participants , 11th World Championships, 2002. WBF.World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 2002. WBF. Montreal, Canada
97 1. Karen McCallum Debbie Rosenberg 2. Blandine de Hérédia Anne-Frédérique Lévy 3. Irina Levitina Kerri Sanborn 2006 Results & Participants, Women Pairs, 2006. WBF.12th World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 2006. WBF. Verona, Italy
109 1. Irina Levitina Kerri Sanborn 2. WANG Hongli WANG Wenfei 3. Sabine Auken Janice Seamon-Molson 2010 Results & Participants, Women Pairs, 2010. WBF.13th World Bridge Series contemporary coverage, 2010. WBF. Philadelphia, USA
81 1. Lynn Deas Beth Palmer 2. Susan Culham Kismet Fung 3. Carla Arnolds Bep Vriend 2014 "The results from the Red Bull World Bridge Series" . WBF. October 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-12. Sanya, China
46 1. Liu Shu Zhou Tao 2. Huang Yen Gan Lin 3. Suci Amita Dewi Kristina Wahyo Murniati 2018 "Results & Participants". WBF. October 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-04. Orlando, USA
51 1. Veronique Bessis Anne-Laure Huberschwiller 2. Kathy Sulgrove Candace Griffey 3. Yan Huang Nan Wang
See also World Mixed Pairs Championship World Open Pairs Championship
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References
External links Women program top page at the World Bridge Federation World Women Pairs Championship 1962–present (table) at the World Bridge Federation