Susan Noel

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Susan Diana Barham Noel-Powell (June 1912[https://books.google.com/books?id=5O_7lyAUuRYC&dq=%22Susan+Noel%22+squash+youngest&pg=PT109 Play and Learn Squash] – October 1991England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006) was an English squash and tennis player.{{cite news | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,929935,00.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930213353/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,929935,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = September 30, 2007| title = Sport: Squash Racquets | publisher = Time|date=February 20, 1933| accessdate = 2009-12-22}} Noel was taught to play squash and tennis by her father Evan Noel, a successful racquets player.

Squash career

Noel won the British Open three times in a row from 1932 to 1934.{{Cite web |last=Reuthe |first=Sean |date=2024-05-28 |title=Tournament History |url=https://britishopensquash.info/tournament-history/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=British Open Squash |language=en-GB}} She won the final in straight sets on all three occasions. She was also the runner-up at the championship in 1939 when she lost to Margot Lumb,[http://www.squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm British Open Men's and Women's Champions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116212049/http://squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm |date=2010-01-16 }}[http://www.britishopensquash.com/history.htm British Open Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013221303/http://www.britishopensquash.com/history.htm |date=2008-10-13 }} who had also won the British Open for five consecutive seasons (1935 - 1939).

In 1933, Noel won the U.S. National Championships and the Atlantic Coast Women's Squash Championships, defeating Cecily Fenwick in the final for the latter title.{{cite web | author = James Zug | url = http://www.squashtalk.com/html/columns/zug11.htm| title = Atlantic City Squash Championships historical Winners | publisher = Squashtalk.com| accessdate = 2008-12-30}}

Tennis career

Partnering Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Noel finished runner-up in the women's doubles at the French Championships in 1936. Noel and Jędrzejowska lost in the final to Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.

Grand Slam tournaments finals

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1936

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{{flagicon|POL}} Jadwiga Jędrzejowska

{{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu
{{flagicon|GBR}} Billie Yorke

6–2, 4–6, 4–6

References

External links

{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222104531/http://www.britishopensquash.com/ |title=Official British Open Squash Championships website |date=dmy}}
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116212049/http://squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm |title=British Open historical data at Squashtalk.com |date=dmy}}
{{Wimbledon|name=Susan Powell}}

Category:English female squash players

Category:1912 births

Category:1991 deaths

Category:English female tennis players

Category:British female tennis players

Category:Place of birth missing

Category:20th-century English sportswomen