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Winners of the open division of the USBC bowling championships are provided in the table.

USBC bowling championships—open division
*ABC championships until 2006.
**Champions tied.
year regular singles (ABC)*
1901 F. Brill
1902 F. Strong
1903 D. Jones
1904 M. Kern
1905 C.M. Anderson
1906 F. Favour
1907 M.T. Levey
1908 A. Wengler
1909 L. Sutton
1910 T. Haley
1911 J. Blouin
1912 L. Sutton
1913 F. Peterson
1914 W. Miller
1915 W. Pierce
1916 S. Schliman
1917 O. Kallusch
1918 C.J. Styles
1919 H. Cavan
1920 J. Shaw
1921 F. Smith
1922 W. Lundgren
1923 C. Baumgartner
1924 H. Smyers
1925 A. Green
1926 E. Votel
1927 W. Eggars
1928 H. Summers
1929 A. Unke
1930 L. Shotwell
1931 W. Lachowski
1932 O. Nitschke
1933 E. Hewitt
1934 J. Vidro
1935 D. Brokaw
1936 C. Warren
1937 E. Gagliardi
1938 K. Anderson
1939 J. Danek
1940 R. Brown
1941 F. Ruff, Jr.
1942 J. Stanley
1943–45 not held
1946 L. Rollick
1947 J. McMahon
1948 L. Protich
1949 B. Rusche
1950 E. Leins
1951 L. Jouglard
1952 A. Sharkey
1953 F. Santore
1954 T. Sparando
1955 E. Gerzine
1956 G. Wade
1957 B. Allen
1958 E. Shay
1959 E. Lubanski
1960 P. Kulbaga
1961 L. Spooner
1962 A. Renaldy
1963 F. Delello
1964 J. Stefanich
1965 K. Roeth
1966 D. Chapman
1967 F. Perry
1968 W. Kowalski
1969 G. Campbell
1970 J. Yoder
1971 A. Cohn
1972 B. Pointer
1973 E. Thompson
1974 G. Krause
1975 J. Setser
1976 M. Putzer
1977 F. Gadaleto
1978 R. Mersek
1979 R. Peters
1980 M. Eaton
1981 R. Vital
1982 B. Bohm
1983 R. Kendrick
1984 R. Antczak**
N. Young**
1985 G. Harbison
1986 J. Mackey
1987 T. Taylor
1988 S. Hutkowski
1989 P. Tetreault
1990 R. Hochrein
1991 E. Deines
1992 G. Blatchford**
B. Youker**
1993 D. Bock
1994 J. Weltzien
1995 M. Surina
1996 D. Scudder, Jr.
1997 J. Socha
1998 J. Gaines
1999 D. Winter
2000 G. Hein
2001 N. Hoagland
2002 M. Millsap
2003 R. Bahr
2004 J. Janawicz
2005 D. Adam
2006 W. MacPherson
2007 C. Aki
2008 B. Young
2009 B. Goergen
2010 T. Syring
2011 M. Weggen
2012 H. Teetz III
2013 Z. Bayt
2014 L. Jenkins, Jr.
2015 R. Sparks, Jr.

USBC bowling championships—women’s division winners

Winners of the women’s division of the USBC bowling championships are provided in the table.

USBC bowling
championships—women
*WIBC championships until 2006; overall scratch champion 2010–13; Division 1 champion from 2014.
**Champions tied.
year women's singles (WIBC)*
1916 Mrs. A.J. Koster
1917 not held
1918 F. Steib
1919 B. Husk
1920 B. Humphreys
1921 E. Jaeger
1922 E. Jaeger
1923 E. Jaeger
1924 A. Feeney
1925 E. Reich
1926 E. Weismann
1927 F. Ahrhart
1928 A. Rump
1929 A. Higgins
1930 A. Rump
1931 M. Schulte
1932 A. McVay
1933 S. Twyford
1934 M. Clemensen
1935 M. Warmbier
1936 E. Mankie
1937 A. Gottstine
1938 R. Warner
1939 H. Hengstler
1940 S. Twyford
1941 N. Huff
1942 T. Taylor
1943–45 not held
1946 V. Mikiel
1947 A. Junker
1948 S. Wernecke
1949 C. Mataya
1950 C. McGovern
1951 I. Simpson
1952 L. Craig
1953 M. Baginski
1954 H. Bassett
1955 N. Vella
1956 L. Noe
1957 E. Towles
1958 R. Hertel
1959 M. Bolt
1960 M. McDaniels
1961 E. Newton
1962 M. Hoffman
1963 D. Wilkinson
1964 J. Havlish
1965 D. Rudell
1966 G. Bouvia
1967 G. Paeth
1968 N. Parks
1969 J. Bender
1970 D. Fothergill
1971 M. Scruggs
1972 D.D. Jacobson
1973 B. Buffaloe
1974 S. Garms
1975 B. Leicht
1976 B. Shonk
1977 Yamaga A. (Japan)
1978 M. Bolt
1979 B. Morris
1980 B. Morris
1981 V. Norton
1982 G. Freeman
1983 A. Rzepecki Sill
1984 F. Gate
1985 P. Schwarzel
1986 D. Stewart
1987 R. Jonak
1988 M. Meyer-Welty
1989 L. Anderson
1990 P. Carter**
D. Miller-Mackie**
1991 D. Kuhn
1992 P. Ann
1993 K. Collura (Can.)**
K. Murph**
1994 V. Fifield
1995 B. Owen
1996 C. Berlanga
1997 J. Schmidt
1998 N. Glandon
1999 N. Gianulias
2000 C. Krasner
2001 L. Wagner
2002 T. Smith
2003 M. Feldman
2004 S. Smith
2005 L. Barrette
2006 K. Stroud
2007 T. Stanbrough
2008 C. Ham
2009 M. Feldman
2010 K. Howard
2011 S. Pluhowsky
2012 P. Pancoast
2013 J. Adams
2014 D. van der Meer
2015 B. Bower

Men’s world tenpin bowling championship winners

Winners of the men’s world tenpin bowling championships are provided in the table.

World Tenpin Bowling Championships—men
*In 1979 eights were discontinued altogether and triples were introduced.
year singles pairs triples fives eights
1954 G. Algeskog (Swed.) Finland Sweden Sweden
1955 N. Backstrom (Swed.) Sweden West Germany Finland
1958 K. Asukas (Fin.) Sweden Finland Sweden
1960 T. Reynolds (Mex.) Mexico Venezuela Mexico
1963 L. Zikes (U.S.) United States United States United States
1967 D. Pond (U.K.) United Kingdom Finland United States
1971 E. Luther (U.S.) Puerto Rico United States United States
1975 M. Stoudt (U.S.) United Kingdom Finland West Germany
1979* G. Bugden (U.K.) Australia Malaysia Australia
1983 T. Cariello (U.S.) Australia Sweden Finland
1987 P. Rolland (France) Sweden United States Sweden
1991 Ying Chieh Ma (Taiwan) United States United States Taiwan
1995 M. Doi (Can.) Sweden Netherlands Netherlands
1999 G. Verbruggen (Belg.) Sweden Finland Sweden
2003 M. Luoto (Fin.) Sweden United States Sweden
2006 R. Ong (Sing.) Sweden South Korea United States
2008 W.R. Williams, Jr. (U.S.) United States South Korea United States
2010 B. O'Neill (U.S.) Sweden United States United States
2013 B. O'Neill (U.S.) United States Canada Finland
2014 D. MacLelland (Can.) South Korea Denmark South Korea

Women’s world tenpin bowling championship winners

Winners of the women’s world tenpin bowling championships are provided in the table.

World Tenpin Bowling Championships—women
*In 1963 this event was played as a four-woman team, European style (either the entire game on one lane or half of game on one lane, balance on accompanying lane).
**In 1979 fours were discontinued altogether and triples were introduced.
year singles pairs triples fours fives*
1963 H. Shablis (U.S.) United States Mexico United States
1967 H. Weston (U.S.) Mexico Finland Finland
1971 A. Gonzalez (P.R.) Japan United States United States
1975 A. Haefker (W.Ger.) Sweden Japan Japan
1979** L. de la Rosa (Phil.) The Philippines United States United States
1983 L. Sulkanen (Swed.) Denmark West Germany Sweden
1987 E. Piccini (Mex.) United States United States United States
1991 M. Beckel (Ger.) Japan Canada South Korea
1995 D. Ship (Can.) Thailand Australia Finland
1999 K. Kulick (U.S.) Australia South Korea South Korea
2003 Z. Glover (Eng.) England Philippines Malaysia
2005 E. Cheah (Malay.) Germany Taiwan Taiwan
2007 S. O'Keefe (U.S.) South Korea Sweden Malaysia
2009 S. Nation (U.S.) South Korea Taiwan South Korea
2011 J. Sijore (Malay.) United States United States United States
2013 Ryu Seo-Yeon (S.Kor.) United States South Korea South Korea
2015 Jeon Eun-Hee (S.Kor.) United States South Korea United States