| Susan Devlin Peard | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Susan Devlin | |||||||||||||||||
| Country | United States Ireland | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1931 (age 93–94) Winnipeg,Manitoba, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Susan Devlin Peard (born 1931) is an American-Irish formerbadminton player who represented both the US and Ireland in international competition. She is the daughter ofJ. Frank Devlin, an Irish badminton great, who moved his family to the United States in the late 1930s. She is the older sister ofJudy Devlin Hashman, with whom she won numerous international women's doubles championships, including six titles at the prestigiousAll-England Championships (1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966).[2]
The Devlin sisters won a record tenUnited 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 of1957 and1960.[4] In 1960 Susan Devlin married Irish badminton playerFrank Peard and thereafter resided in Ireland. She won two Irish national women's doubles titles and playedUber 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 theGoucher College athletics Hall of Fame.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Jamaica Open | 4–11, 1–11 | ||
| 1959 | Canada Open | 1–11, 10–12 |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | All England Open | 15–7, 12–15, 15–8 | |||
| 1954 | U.S. Open | 10–15, 15–10, 15–13 | |||
| 1955 | All England Open | 15–18, 15–10, 9–15 | |||
| 1955 | U.S. Open | 15–10, 15–9 | |||
| 1956 | All England Open | 17–18, 15–12, 15–12 | |||
| 1956 | U.S. Open | 15–10, 7–15, 10–15 | |||
| 1957 | Canada Open | 15–5, 10–15, 15–3 | |||
| 1957 | U.S. Open | 7–15, 15–7, 15–5 | |||
| 1957 | Jamaica Open | 4–15, 7–15 | |||
| 1958 | U.S. Open | 15–10, 15–7 | |||
| 1959 | All England Open | 15–11, 10–15, 11–15 | |||
| 1959 | Canada Open | 15–3, 15–1 | |||
| 1959 | U.S. Open | 15–8, 15–8 | |||
| 1960 | All England Open | 15–3, 15–6 | |||
| 1960 | U.S. Open | 7–15, 15–7, 15–5 | |||
| 1961 | All England Open | 15–5, 15–4 | |||
| 1961 | Irish Open | 15–12, 12–15, 15–7 | |||
| 1961 | U.S. Open | 15–11, 15–3 | |||
| 1963 | German Open | 8–15, 10–15 | |||
| 1963 | All England Open | 15–6, 15–9 | |||
| 1963 | U.S. Open | 15–6, 15–7 | |||
| 1964 | Dutch Open | 15–8, 15–11 | |||
| 1964 | All England Open | 11–15, 15–6, 10–15 | |||
| 1964 | Irish Open | 15–8, 15–7 | |||
| 1965 | U.S. Open | 7–15, 15–13, 11–15 | |||
| 1966 | German Open | 15–7, 15–3 | |||
| 1966 | All England Open | 15–5, 14–17, 15–12 | |||
| 1966 | Irish Open | 2–15, 10–15 | |||
| 1966 | Canada Open | 15–8, 14–17, 15–12 | |||
| 1966 | U.S. Open | 15–5, 15–5 | |||
| 1970 | Irish Open | 15–3, 11–15, 15–8 |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Jamaica Open | 9–15, 10–15 |