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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.

Winners

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