World Mixed Pairs Championship
# World Mixed Pairs Championship

The World Mixed Pairs Championship is a bridge championship for mixed-gender pairs held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships.

## Results

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

In 2006 the Mixed Pairs played Saturday to Monday, the first three days of the meet, with no other events underway. There were three qualifier and three final sessions with a consolation event ("Plate") during the last two sessions. Contemporary coverage lists 481 pairs in the qualifying stage; 182 in the final stage; 238 and 232 pairs in the two-session Plate on the third day, or almost 80% of the non-qualifiers.

The 2010 champions Donna Compton and Fulvio Fantoni, from the U.S. and Italy, were the first transnational winners, but they were succeeded by 2014 champions Kerri Sanborn and Jack Zhao from the U.S. and China. United States pairs had won seven of the preceding 11 tournaments. Sanborn also won the gold medal as Kerri Shuman in 1978, playing with Barry Crane, and she is the only double winner. Sanborn/Shuman and Sabine Auken/Zenkel of Germany have won three medals.

Five champions have also won the Open or Women Pairs: Mary Jane Farell, Kerri Sanborn, Karen McCallum, Jeff Meckstroth, and Fulvio Fantoni. At one meet the best performances are Joan Durran winning gold and silver in 1966, Marcin Leśniewski gold and bronze in 1994.

| Year, Site | Entries | | female | male |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1966 Amsterdam, Netherlands | 130 | 1. | Mary Jane Farell | Ivan Erdos |
| 1966 Amsterdam, Netherlands | 130 | 2. | Joan Durran | Maurice Weissberger |
| 1966 Amsterdam, Netherlands | 130 | 3. | Nuccia Zeppegno | Vito Pittalà |
| 1970 Stockholm, Sweden | 224 | 1. | Barbara Brier | Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1970 Stockholm, Sweden | 224 | 2. | Rixi Markus | Georges Catzeflis |
| 1970 Stockholm, Sweden | 224 | 3. | Rima Sinder | Michael Hochzeit |
| 1974 Las Palmas, Spain | 236 | 1. | Loula Gordon | Tony Trad |
| 1974 Las Palmas, Spain | 236 | 2. | Jacqui Mitchell | Jimmy Cayne |
| 1974 Las Palmas, Spain | 236 | 3. | Nadine Cohen | Edmond Vial |
| 1978 New Orleans, USA | 316 | 1. | Kerri Shuman | Barry Crane |
| 1978 New Orleans, USA | 316 | 2. | Heitie Noland | Jim Jacoby |
| 1978 New Orleans, USA | 316 | 3. | Carol Sanders | Lou Bluhm |
| 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 | 450 | 1. | Dianna Gordon | George Mittelman |
| 1982 Biarritz, France | | 2. | Peggy Sutherlin | John Sutherlin |
| 1982 Biarritz, France | | 3. | Isabelle Viennois | Jean-Louis Viennois |
| 1986 Miami Beach, USA | 420 | 1. | Pam Wittes | Jon Wittes |
| 1986 Miami Beach, USA | | 2. | Kerri Shuman | Bob Hamman |
| 1986 Miami Beach, USA | | 3. | Rozanne Pollack | Bill Pollack |
| 1990 Geneva, Switzerland | 572 | 1. | Juanita Chambers | Peter Weichsel |
| 1990 Geneva, Switzerland | | 2. | Eva-Liss Göthe | Lars Andersson |
| 1990 Geneva, Switzerland | | 3. | Kathie Walvick | Walt Walvick |
| 1994 Albuquerque, USA | 480 | 1. | Danuta Hocheker | Apolinary Kowalski |
| 1994 Albuquerque, USA | | 2. | Sabine Zenkel | Bob Hamman |
| 1994 Albuquerque, USA | | 3. | Ewa Harasimowicz | Marcin Leśniewski |
| 1998 Lille, France | 598 | 1. | Enza Rossano | Antonio Vivaldi |
| 1998 Lille, France | | 2. | Claude Blouquit | Marc Bompis |
| 1998 Lille, France | | 3. | Sabine Auken | Jens Auken |
| 2002 Montreal, Canada | 434 | 1. | Becky Rogers | Jeff Meckstroth |
| 2002 Montreal, Canada | | 2. | Elisabeth Hugon | Jean-Jacques Palau |
| 2002 Montreal, Canada | | 3. | Sabine Auken | Jens Auken |
| 2006 Verona, Italy | 487 | 1. | Karen McCallum | Matt Granovetter |
| 2006 Verona, Italy | | 2. | Jill Levin | Bobby Levin |
| 2006 Verona, Italy | | 3. | JoAnna Stansby | Lew Stansby |
| 2010 Philadelphia, USA | 434 | 1. | Donna Compton | Fulvio Fantoni |
| 2010 Philadelphia, USA | | 2. | Kismet Fung | Brian Glubok |
| 2010 Philadelphia, USA | | 3. | Joan Lewis | Robert Hopkins |
| 2014 Sanya, China | 130 | 1. | Kerri Sanborn | Jack Zhao (Zhao Jie) |
| 2014 Sanya, China | | 2. | Meike Wortel | Jacek Pszczoła |
| 2014 Sanya, China | | 3. | Wang Nan | Zhang Bangxiang |
