Jill Meyers
Jill J. Meyers (born February 13, 1950) is an American bridge player from Santa Monica, California.[1][2] Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 7th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 1st by placing points that do not decay over time.[3]
Meyers was born in New York City and earned a B.A. from Tulane University. She and her sister Nina moved to Los Angeles in 1972 and started to play duplicate bridge there, where Ed Davis was her first teacher (they still have a partnership). From 1979 she studied law at University of West Los Angeles and she passed the California bar in 1983, after which she played bridge more seriously. She is married to Sid Brownstein and is a self-employed "Music Consultant for Motion Picture, TV and Advertising industries".[1] Before 1988 she worked in music departments within the film industry.[4]
Meyers was inducted by the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014.[5]
Bridge accomplishments
Awards and honors
- Herman Trophy (1) 1987
- Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 2001
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2014[5]
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (17)
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1999 [6]
- Nail Life Master Open Pairs (2) 2000, 2005 [7]
- Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1987 [8]
- Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2010 [9]
- Grand National Teams (1) 2001 [10]
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (5) 1991, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2011 [11]
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1989, 1997 [12]
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1991, 1999, 2003, 2011 [13]
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships
- Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2011 [14]
- North American Pairs (1) 2001 [15]
- Grand National Teams (2) 1999, 2010 [10]
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (4) 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003 [11]
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (5) 1990, 1993, 2003, 2007, 2012 [12]
- Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1987 [16]
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (5) 2001, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 [13]
References
- 1 2 "Jill Meyers". WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
This one of the Women Stars "biographies" is a lengthy bridge-oriented resume provided by Meyers. - ↑ Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Francis, Dorthy A., Editor, Fifth Edition (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 692. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
- ↑ "Women World Grand Masters". WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
- ↑ "Meyers, Jill". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
- 1 2 "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
- ↑ "Blue Ribbon Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-03. p. 5. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Life Master Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 4. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Smith Women's Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- 1 2 "GNT Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2009-07-24. p. 8. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- 1 2 "Machlin Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-29. p. 10. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- 1 2 "Wagar Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 10. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- 1 2 "Women's BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-27. p. 11. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "NAP Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-21. p. 6. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Keohane Swiss Teams Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
External links
- Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame
- "International record for Jill Meyers". World Bridge Federation.
- Women Stars at the World Bridge Federation – with biographies (Meyers, an autobiographical resume)