Susan Devlin

American-Irish badminton player (born 1931)

Susan Devlin Peard

Personal information
Born	Susan Devlin 1931 (age 94–95) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sport
Country	United States Ireland
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Left[1]
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  United States Uber Cup 1957 Lancashire Women's team 1960 Philadelphia Women's team

Susan Devlin Peard (born 1931) is an American-Irish former badminton player who represented both the US and Ireland in international competition. She is the daughter of J. Frank Devlin, an Irish badminton great, who moved his family to the United States in the late 1930s. She is the older sister of Judy Devlin Hashman, with whom she won numerous international women's doubles championships, including six titles at the prestigious All-England Championships (1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966).^[2]

Career

The Devlin sisters won a record ten United States women's doubles titles between 1953 and 1966.^[3] They also formed a doubles pairing that won all of its individual matches for the world champion U.S. Uber Cup (women's international) teams of 1957 and 1960.^[4] In 1960 Susan Devlin married Irish badminton player Frank Peard and thereafter resided in Ireland. She won two Irish national women's doubles titles and played Uber Cup for Ireland in the '62-'63 and '65-'66 campaigns.^[5] In 1976 she was inducted into the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame, now known as the Walk of Fame. In 2009, both Susan and Judy were inducted into the Goucher College athletics Hall of Fame.

Achievements

International tournaments (23 titles, 11 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1957	Jamaica Open	Judy Devlin	4–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1959	Canada Open	Judy Devlin	1–11, 10–12	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1954	All England Open	Judy Devlin	Iris Rogers June White	15–7, 12–15, 15–8	Winner
1954	U.S. Open	Judy Devlin	Ethel Marshall Bea Massman	10–15, 15–10, 15–13	Winner
1955	All England Open	Judy Devlin	Iris Rogers June White	15–18, 15–10, 9–15	Runner-up
1955	U.S. Open	Judy Devlin	Janet Wright Thelma Welcome	15–10, 15–9	Winner
1956	All England Open	Judy Devlin	Iris Rogers June Timperley	17–18, 15–12, 15–12	Winner
1956	U.S. Open	Judy Devlin	Ethel Marshall Bea Massman	15–10, 7–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1957	Canada Open	Judy Devlin	Ethel Marshall Bea Massman	15–5, 10–15, 15–3	Winner
1957	U.S. Open	Judy Devlin	Dorothy O'Neil Margaret Varner	7–15, 15–7, 15–5	Winner
1957	Jamaica Open	Hope Valentine	Judy Devlin Murray White	4–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1958	U.S. Open	Judy Devlin	Ethel Marshall Bea Massman	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1959	All England Open	Judy Devlin	Iris Rogers June Timperley	15–11, 10–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1959	Canada Open	Judy Devlin	Joan Hennessy Marjory Shedd	15–3, 15–1	Winner
1959	U.S. Open	Judy Devlin	Ethel Marshall Bea Massman	15–8, 15–8	Winner
1960	All England Open	Judy Hashman	Kirsten Granlund Inge Birgit Hansen	15–3, 15–6	Winner
1960	U.S. Open	Judy Hashman	Dorothy O'Neil Margaret Varner	7–15, 15–7, 15–5	Winner
1961	All England Open	Judy Hashman	Catherine Dunglison Wilma Tyre	15–5, 15–4	Winner
1961	Irish Open	Lena Rea	Jenny Pritchard Ursula Smith	15–12, 12–15, 15–7	Winner
1961	U.S. Open	Judy Hashman	Lois Alston Helen Tibbetts	15–11, 15–3	Winner
1963	German Open	Judy Hashman	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Rasmussen	8–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1963	All England Open	Judy Hashman	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Rasmussen	15–6, 15–9	Winner
1963	U.S. Open	Judy Hashman	Margaret Barrand Ursula Smith	15–6, 15–7	Winner
1964	Dutch Open	Judy Hashman	Angela Bairstow Jenny Pritchard	15–8, 15–11	Winner
1964	All England Open	Judy Hashman	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Rasmussen	11–15, 15–6, 10–15	Runner-up
1964	Irish Open	Judy Hashman	Lena Rea Mary O'Sullivan	15–8, 15–7	Winner
1965	U.S. Open	Judy Hashman	Margaret Barrand Jenny Pritchard	7–15, 15–13, 11–15	Runner-up
1966	German Open	Judy Hashman	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Strand	15–7, 15–3	Winner
1966	All England Open	Judy Hashman	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Strand	15–5, 14–17, 15–12	Winner
1966	Irish Open	Lena Rea	Yvonne Kelly Mary O'Sullivan	2–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1966	Canada Open	Judy Hashman	Tyna Barinaga Caroline Jensen	15–8, 14–17, 15–12	Winner
1966	U.S. Open	Judy Hashman	Ursula Smith Ulla Strand	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1970	Irish Open	Yvonne Kelly	Lena Rea Joan McCloy	15–3, 11–15, 15–8	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1957	Jamaica Open	W. H. Murray White	Allan Feres Judy Devlin	9–15, 10–15	Runner-up

References

1. Scheele, H. A. E., ed. (August 1976). "Letters to the editor" (PDF). World Badminton (26 ed.). p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
2. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness, Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.
3. Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 313.
4. Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1967) 97-101.
5. Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 102-106.

External links

• Goucher College Athletics Hall of Fame

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