Fran Marshall

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Fran Marshall (born 12 May 1930) is a retired squash player from England. She won the British Open in 1961, defeating Ruth Turner in the final in straight sets 9–3, 9–5, 9–1. She was also the runner-up at the championship in 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1969.^[1]^[2]

Marshall was raised in Kenya, and represented Kenya in tennis at the 1960 Wimbledon Championships. After marrying her husband, who was in the British Army, she moved to England and has lived there permanently since 1957.^[3]

References

↑ British Open Men's and Women's Champions
↑ British Open Hall of Fame
↑ "The last person to beat Heather McKay". Squashsite.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-30.

External links

List of British Open Women's Singles champions

(1922) Joyce Cave
(1923) Silvia Huntsman
(1924) Nancy Cave
(1925) Joyce Cave
(1926–1927) Cecily Fenwick
(1928) Joyce Cave
(1929–1930) Nancy Cave
(1931) Cecily Fenwick
(1932–1934) Susan Noel
(1935–1939) Margot Lumb
(1947–1949) Joan Curry
(1950–1959) Janet Morgan
(1960) Sheila Macintosh
(1961) Fran Marshall
(1962–1977) Heather McKay
(1978) Sue Newman
(1979) Barbara Wall
(1980–1983) Vicki Cardwell
(1984–1990) Susan Devoy
(1991) Lisa Opie
(1992) Susan Devoy
(1993–1998) Michelle Martin
(1999–2000) Leilani Joyce
(2001–2002) Sarah Fitz-Gerald
(2003–2004) Rachael Grinham
(2005–2006) Nicol David
(2007) Rachael Grinham
(2008) Nicol David
(2009) Rachael Grinham
(2012) Nicol David
(2013) Laura Massaro

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Name	Marshall, Fran
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Short description	Kenyan-British sportswoman
Date of birth	12 May 1930
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