Judy Devlin

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Judy Devlin

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Date of birth October 22, 1935 (1935-10-22) (age 72)
Place of birth Winnipeg, Manitoba

Judy Devlin (later Judy Hashman) (born October 22, 1935 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a female former badminton player who won more major international titles than any other player of her era.

Devlin began playing badminton with her Irish-born father Frank Devlin when she was seven in the Baltimore, Maryland region of the U.S.A. where her family had settled. Under her father's tutelage she developed a badminton game notable for its power, accuracy, and consistency. After dominating U.S. junior competition she won her first (adult) U.S. championship event, women's doubles, with her sister Sue in 1953. This marked the beginning of the run of success listed below. She married Dick Hashman in 1960, living in England thereafter and eventually becoming an English citizen. [1]

[edit] Career

She won 83 national and international titles. Among these are 31 titles in the USA, 8 titles in Germany, 7 titles in Canada, 4 titles in Holland, 4 titles in Sweden, 3 titles in Ireland, 3 titles in Jamaica, 2 titles in Scotland, and 2 titles in England. She played on U.S. Uber Cup teams that won three successive world championships (1957, 1960, 1963). In 1972 she won 2 titles (team and women's doubles) at the European Badminton Championships.

Judy Devlin is the third most successful player ever in the All England Badminton Championships, with 17 titles, 10 of them in women's singles and 7 in women's doubles.

She was included in the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997, together with her father. She was also included in the U. S. Badminton Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Event Winner
1953 US Open Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1954 All England Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1954 All England Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1954 US Open Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1954 US Open Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1955 US Open Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1956 All England Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1956 US Open Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1956 US Open Mixed double Finn Kobbero / Judy Devlin (USA)
1957 All England Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1957 US Open Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1957 US Open Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1957 US Open Mixed double Finn Kobbero / Judy Devlin (USA)
1957 Canada Open Women's single Judy Devlin
1957 Canada Open Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1957 Jamaican Open Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1957 Jamaican Open Women's Double Ms Murray / Judy Devlin (USA)
1957 Jamaican Open Mixed Double A Feres / Judy Devlin (USA)
1958 All England Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1958 US Open Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1958 US Open Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1958 US Open Mixed double Finn Kobbero / Judy Devlin (USA)
1959 US Open Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1959 US Open Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1959 US Open Mixed double Michael Roche / Judy Devlin (USA)
1959 Canada Open Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1959 Canada Open Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1959 Canada Open Mixed double Don Davis / Judy Devlin (USA)
1960 All England Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1960 All England Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1960 US Open Women's single Judy Devlin (USA)
1960 US Open Women's double Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin (USA)
1960/1961 German Open Mixed double Yeoh Kean Hua / Judy Hashman (Malaya / USA)
1960/1961 German Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1960/1961 German Open Women's double Judy Hashman / Sonia Cox (USA / NZL)
1961 All England Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1961 All England Women's double Judy Hashman (USA) / Sue Devlin (IRE)
1961 US Open Women's single Judy Hashman(USA)
1961 US Open Women's double Sue Peard / Judy Hashman(USA)
1961 US Open Mixed double Wynn Rogers / Judy Hashman(USA)
1961 Scottish Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1961 Scottish Open Women's double Sue Peard (IRE) / Judy Hashman (USA)
1961/1962 German Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1961/1962 German Open Women's double Judy Hashman / Tonny Holst-Christensen (USA / DEN)
1962 All England Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1962 All England Women's double Judy Hashman (USA) / Tonny Holst-Christensen (DEN)
1962 US Open Women's single Judy Hashman(USA)
1962 US Open Women's double Patsy Stephens / Judy Hashman(USA)
1962 US Open Mixed double Wynn Rogers / Judy Hashman(USA)
1962/1963 German Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1963 All England Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1963 All England Women's double Judy Hashman (USA) / Sue Devlin (IRE)
1963 US Open Women's single Judy Hashman(USA)
1963 US Open Women's double Sue Peard/ Judy Hashman(USA)
1963/1964 German Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1964 All England Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1964 Swedish Open Women's double Judy Hashman / Mary U O'Sullivan (USA / SCO)
1964 Swedish Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1964 Dutch Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1964 Dutch Open Women's double Sue Peard (IRE) / Judy Hashman (USA)
1964 Irish Open Mixed double Robert McCoig (SCO) / Judy Hashman (USA)
1964 Irish Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1964 Irish Open Women's double Sue Peard / Judy Hashman (USA)
1965 US Open Women's single Judy Hashman(USA)
1966 All England Women's double Judy Hashman (USA) / Sue Peard Devlin (IRE)
1966 All England Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1966 US Open Women's single Judy Hashman(USA)
1966 US Open Women's double Sue Peard / Judy Hashman(USA)
1966 Swedish Open Women's double Judy Hashman / Eva Twedberg (USA / (SWE)
1966 Swedish Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1966 Canada Open Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1966 Canada Open Women's double Sue Peard / Judy Hashman(USA)
1966 German Open Women's Double Sue Peard / Judy Hashman(USA)
1967 All England Women's single Judy Hashman (USA)
1967 US Open Women's single Judy Hashman(USA)
1967 US Open Women's double Rosine Jones / Judy Hashman(USA)
1967 US Open Mixed double Jim Sadie / Judy Hashman(USA)
1971 Dutch Open Women's double Judy Hashman / Gillian Gilks (ENG)
1972 European Championships Women's double Gillian Gilks / Judy Hashman (ENG)
1972 English National Championships Women's double Judy Hashman / Gillian Gilks (ENG)
1972 European Championships Team England (Ray Stevens, Elliot Stuart, Derek Talboat, Margaret Beck, Gillian Gilks, Judy Hashman)
1972 Dutch Open Women's double Judy Hashman / Gillian Gilks (ENG)
1973 English National Championships Women's double Judy Hashman / Gillian Gilks (ENG)

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