Carol Sanders
Carol Melton Sanders was an American bridge player from Nashville, Tennessee. She was married to Thomas K. Sanders, also a bridge player. She won four world championships, all in partnership with Betty Ann Kennedy of Louisiana.
Sanders and Kennedy were known as the Belles or Southern Belles. They compiled 10 NABC wins and 8 runners-up together.
Both Carol and Tom Sanders were inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2002.
Sanders was the only child of Beulah and Clarence Melton. She died in Nashville in 2012, less than a year after the death of her husband.Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2002
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Whitehead Women's Pairs 1993
- * Hilliard Mixed Pairs 1961
- * Women's Pairs 1962
- * Smith Life Master Women's Pairs 1990
- * Machlin Women's Swiss Teams 1983, 1995
- * Wagar Women's Knockout Teams 1963, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1999
- * Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams 1992, 1995
- * Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match 1976, 1982
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Rockwell Mixed Pairs 1979
- * Silodor Open Pairs 1960
- * Whitehead Women's Pairs 1990
- * Smith Life Master Women's Pairs 1971, 1981
- * Machlin Women's Swiss Teams 1985
- * Wagar Women's Knockout Teams 1982, 1992, 1994
- * Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams 1986, 1991, 2000
- * Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match 1984
- * Reisinger 1961