The North American Pairs (NAP) is a set of annual North American championships for contested over two days at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships (NABC). The events are restricted to pairs that have qualified through local, regional and district levels within their ACBL Districts.

Three fields or "Flights" compete on the same schedule: Flight A, open to all players, is formally the Baldwin North American Pairs. Flight B, restricted to players with 0 to 2500 masterpoints, is formally the Golder North American Pairs. Flight C, restricted to players who have not yet become Life Masters and have fewer than 500 masterpoints, is formally the President's Cup North American Pairs.

Each competition is a four-session matchpoint pairs tournament with two qualifying sessions on the first day and two final sessions on the second.

History Flight A Play for the Baldwin North American Pairs (Flight A) begins each summer at the local level and concludes at the North American Bridge Championships in the following Spring. Qualifiers at the club level advance to unit competition and those qualifiers advance to district finals. Three pairs from each district – more, depending upon attendance – qualify for the North American final.

At inauguration, the open pairs contest was named the Grand National Pairs with 61,000 starting pairs participating in the initial local stage in August 1978"Grand National Pairs". - the ultimate winners arising from the 1979 Spring NABC. The contest was renamed the North American Pairs in deference to the participation of all country members of the ACBL.

Winners have their names inscribed on the Baldwin Trophy and also receive certificates of recognition. The trophy is presented in memory of Col. Russell J. Baldwin (1889–1969), a U.S. Army officer and expert on tournament procedure who was ACBL Honorary Member of the Year in 1943. Baldwin was active as an organizer from the earliest days of contract bridge. He became a director of the American Bridge League and its treasurer shortly after its founding in 1927. He was a member of the ACBL Laws Commission and was primarily responsible for the first Duplicate Code (Laws specifically for duplicate bridge) issued in 1935. Baldwin was active as a tournament director from 1927 until 1941. After service in World War II, he was ACBL business manager from 1946 until 1951. He was recalled to military service at the outbreak of the Korean War and retired from the U.S. Army in 1957. He rejoined ACBL in 1958 and was in charge of tournament scheduling until his retirement in 1963.

Flight B Known as the Golder North American Pairs - Flight B, the first stage of the event is also conducted at the local club level with qualifiers advancing to unit competition. Those qualifiers then advance to the district finals where three pairs – more, depending upon attendance – qualify for the North American final. The inaugural event was held at the 1992 Spring NABC.

Winners have their names inscribed on the Golder Cup and will also receive a certificate of recognition. The trophy is presented in memory of Benjamin M. Golder (1894–1946) of Philadelphia, who died the day before the close of his term as 1946 ACBL president. He was named ACBL Honorary Member of the Year for 1947. His widow Peggy Golder, later Solomon, was an ACBL Hall of Fame player.

Flight C Players in the North American Pairs - Flight C, compete for the President's Cup. The inaugural event was held at the 1987 Spring NABC.

The trophy was presented in 1942 by Morgan Howard, ACBL president that year. For many years it was awarded to the winners of the President's Pairs, a standalone event at the Summer NABC. As in the other two flights, Flight C competition begins each summer at the local club level and qualifiers advance to unit and district competitions with three pairs from each district – more, depending upon attendance – qualifying for the North American final.

Winners

+ North American Pairs, Flight AList of previous winners and history for Flight A, Page 4. Year District Winners Runners-up 1979 25 Arthur Moore, Eric Robinson Steve Landen, Larry Mori 1980 Bob Feller, Jeffrey Hall Larry N. Cohen, Ron Gerard 1981 Helen Blakey, Robert Blakey Mark Feldman, Chip Martel 1982 Bill Nutting, Ivan Scope Richard Pavlicek, Cliff Russell 1983 Jim Felts, John Griscom Ron Gerard, Stephen Sanborn 1984 25 Steve Sion, Harold Stengel Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen 1985 6 Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson Peter Pender, Hugh Ross 1986 Drew Cannell, Ganesan Sekhar Craig Cordes, Tom Daniel 1987 Jan Janitschke, Dick Reed Judi Cody, Ron Sukoneck 1988 21 Chip Martel, Jan Martel Mark Cohen, Stasha Cohen 1989 11 David Caslan, Dennis Clerkin Dan Morse, Bobby Nail 1990 Sidney Lazard, Jack LaNoue Mark Stein, Boris Baran 1991 1 Boris Baran, Mark Stein,   Steve Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha   1992 Jim Krekorian, Rick Zucker 2/3. Robert Crafton, Howard Weiner2/3. Joe Jabon, Harry Steiner 1993 James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze Iftikhar Baqai, Mitch Dunitz 1994 James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze Ralph Cohen, Reece Rogers 1995 David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz Gary Cohler, Jerry Goldfein 1996 Marshall Tuly, James Cunningham Gary Cohler, Jerry Goldfein 1997   Aidan Ballantyne, Gordon McOrmond   JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby 1998 6 Bill Cole, Ron Sukoneck James Cunningham, Marshall Tuly 1999 James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze Tom Kniest, Karen Walker 2000 Kevin Collins, Patty Tucker Victor King, John Stiefel 2001 25 Doug Doub, Frank Merblum Ed Davis, Jill Meyers 2002 21 JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby Joseph Godefrin, Ed Schulte 2003 Steve Landen, Michael Zerbini Doug Doub, Franklin Merblum 2004 Henry Lortz, Wayne Ohlrich Glenn Milgrim, Chris Willenken 2005 13 Nikolay Demirev, David Yang Dan Jacob, Bryan Maksymetz 2006 Gordon Campbell, Piotr Klimowicz Henry Lortz, Wayne Ohlrich 2007 6 Dave Abelow, Dick Wegman Glenn Milgrim, Chris Willenken 2008 13 Xiaodong Shi, David Yang Chuck Said, David Siebert 2009 Jim Krekorian, John Rengstorff Bob Heitzman, Jonathan Weinstein 2010 25 Doug Doub, Frank Merblum Michael Polowan, Jared Lilienstein 2011 24 Shane Blanchard, Joe Grue Kevin Bathurst, Joel Wooldridge 2012 2 Jordan Cohen, Barry Senensky Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack 2013 9 Kevin Dwyer, Gavin Wolpert Jim Munday, Richard Oshlag 2014 10 Bryan Howard, Terry Spector Doug Doub, Frank Merblum 2015 25 Mark Aquino, Shome MukherjeeACBL Daily Bulletin, 2015 Jim Munday, Richard Oshlag 2016 6 Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson Bart Bramley, Ira Hessel 2017 6 Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson Michael Gill, Noble Shore 201825Adam Grossack, Zachary GrossackJoel Wooldridge, Kent Mignocchi20199 Matthew Weingarten, Jeff Edelstein Jim Munday, Larry Sealy2020Cancelled 20212 Bob Todd, Douglas Fisher Chris Compton, Venkatrao Koneru202224Joel Wooldridge, Kent Mignocchi Alan Schwartz, Annie Schwartz 202325Zachary Grossack, Linda Robinson Louis Glasthal, Jay Apfelbaum 20243Alex Allen, Abe Pineles Joshua Donn, Sheri Winestock202523Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai Joel Wooldridge, Kent Mignocchi

+ North American Pairs, Flight BList of previous winners and history for Flights B and C, Pages 9, 10. Year District Winners Runners-up 1992 Peter Worley, Kevin Young   Kathie Blumenthal, Patricia Goldfein   1993 Robert Sewell, Paul Janicki Lawrence Gibbons, Gregory Jecker 1994 Brendan Dempsey, Ian Crowe Jack Kilby, Ernest Lambertsen 1995 Jay Levy, William Rushmore Bill Archambo, Richard Bender 1996 Robert Johnson, David Rosenstein Daniel Levi, Samuel Ehrlichman 1997 Bill Drewett, Kirk Twiss David Green, Donald Tofte 1998 Adam Beneschan, Brian Gilbert Mark Burkhammer, Brian Zajac 1999 Andy Kaufman, Greg Burch Patricia Griffin, Stephen Wood 2000 6 Hal Hindman, Mark Chen Tien-Chun Yang, Fang Wu 2001 25 Walter Lee, Jonathan Weinstein Mike Ralston, Mahesh Rathi 2002 Wieslaw Kalita, Marian Krasowski Robert Stayman, Frank Sensoli 2003 23 Jordan Chodorow, Harvey Katz Frank Sensoli, Michael Alioto 2004 Jim Alison, Dayn Beam Jacqueline DeRouin, Jan Garthe 2005 Pete Whipple, Jamie Radcliffe Joon Pahk, Samuel Ieong 2006 6 Fletcher Thompson, Bruce Todd B. J. Trelford, Chris Buchanan 2007 Mark Golding, Rob Kitchen Bijoy Anand, Earl Brown Jr. 2008 3 Sidney Kanter, Ron Nelken Ron Fertig, Dayou Zhou 2009 25 Robert McCaw, Lewis Gamerman Jon Brandon, Harley Bress 2010 Dian Petrov, Fred Schenker John Kozero, Gary Robinson 2011 Philippe Galaski, Roger Webb Brad Bartol, Matt Cory 2012 14 Joseph Rice, Bjorgvin Kristinsson Jay Anderson, Michael Moulding 2013 16 Daniel Jackson, Bill McCarty Weishu Wu, Xiao-Yan Gong 2014 2 Aleksandar Vujic, Miroslav Kovacevic Wieslaw Kalita, Romuald Mindak 2015 7 Andrew Jeng, Richard Jeng Kamal Gupta, Malik Magdon-Ismail 2016 11 Ryan Schultz, A.J. Stephani Mike Ma, Steve Moese 2017 23 Murat Veysoglu, Kevin Lane Bob Enenstein, Alan Wood 2018 16 Jeff Dater, Scott Nason Kamal Gupta, Malik Magdon-Ismail 2019 25 Yin Yichen, Chang Liu Mark Golding, Robert Kitchen 2020 Cancelled 2021 19 John Lai, Morris Chen Matthew Morse, Howard Huynh 2022 6 Rick Bingham, Ryan Connors Marc Franklin, Harvey Jaffe 2023 16 James Zhan, Ying Peng Jean La Traverse, Stephane Turcotte 2024 6 Alan Munro, Colin Schloss Weican Xiao, Haihong Li 2025 16 Charlie Chen, Andrew Chen Peng Cheng, Henry Zhang

+ North American Pairs, Flight C Year District Winners Runners-up 1987 1/2. Leo Austern, Bernard Pollack 1/2. David Deaderick, Bill Thomas 1988 Brad Moss, Aaron Silverstein Geoffrey O'Connor, Charles Bilick 1989 Warren King, Jeffrey Brown Sylvian Descoteauz, Guy Belisle 1990 Philip Leung, Moske Harel Deborah Hart, Nate Ward 1991 Eric Greco, Philip Greco Bruce Graff, Steve Castellino 1992 Gail Joelson, Alan Kasner J. Greg Fowler, Don Herring 1993 21 Mark Michele, Everett Boyer Gabrida Rabiega, Leszek Rabiega 1994 Weizhong Bao, Jingdong Guo Duane Tilden, Grace Jeklin 1995 21 Edward Lee, Brett Roby Philip Feng Lu, Xiaodong Zhang 1996 Yue Zuo, Ruoyu Fan Carlos Bichara, Rita Bichara 1997 21 Thomas Franklin, Michael Corker Weiming Hu, Alex Lo 1998 21 Tien-Chun Yang, Fang Wu Matt Just, Paul Coulter 1999 James Gunn, Harry Shaffer Norman Cannon, Judith Hallowell 2000 Meredith Beck, John Johnson Rachel Chittaro, Edward Nield 2001 6 Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang David Pettit, Doris Suojanen 2002 Jacek Leznicki, Jerry Owczarek Kevin Jones, Daniel Kenney 2003 6 John Christensen, Robert Wissman Lester Gottlieb, Richard Avazian 2004 24 Daniel Wilderman, Ryan Connors Jacek Leznicki, Jerry Owczarek 2005 21 Jiang Chen, Nongyu Li Inger Lise Blount, Jeanette Hughes 2006 13 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Vladimir Reznik   Mike Develin, John Barth 2007 22 Jon King, Dayou Zhou   Chong Zhao, Narayanan Ramabhadran   2008 9 Abraham Pallas, Dimitri Bourilkov Kaiyu Qian, Jiawei Luo 2009 21 Michael Bodell, Elenalani Lam Alex Lovejoy, Argenta Price 2010 Vladimir Oudalov, Stanley Weiss Lisa Kuo, Murat Veysoglu 2011 15 Rajeev Bansal, Michael Hughes Guillaume de Decker, Ajit Thyagarajan 2012 5 Jeffrey Tsang, Chase Bonnette Reid Barton, Emily Shen 2013 12 Julie Arbit, Jordan Kaye Reid Barton, Emily Shen 2014 9 Sharlene Tyler, Donald Richards Luen-Jyh Luo, Tsao-Tung Tsai 2015 6 Adam Gann, Blake Schwartzbach Xiyuan Ge, Benjamin Kompa 2016 7 Benjamin Kompa, Robert Thorstad James Herchenroeder, Laurie Herchenroeder 2017 12 Yanping Zhang, Henry Zhang John Hindle, Jeff Gosman 2018 12 Yanping Zhang, Henry Zhang Roger Thomas, Jon Gassaway 2019 9 Sheila Cesarano, Terry Jonas Ilgaz Ciftci, Arda Kabaca 2020 Cancelled 2021 16 Arvind Sharma, Lynnie Sharma Olivia Schireson, Brian Zhang 2022 22 Danning Lu, Andrew Rowberg James Yi, Tengyun Tony Cao 2023 22 Bill Shane, Hongsa Situ James Yi, Tengyun Tony Cao 2024 24 Yuchen Xu, Music Li Ryan Fu, Kyle Blocher 2025 12 Tengyun Tony Cao, James Yi