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Joan Cowell O'Meara Ridley (11 July 1903 – 4 October 1983) was a female British tennis player who was active in the 1920s and 1930s. Ridley was a semifinalist at the 1931 Wimbledon Championships where she lost in straight sets to Helen Jacobs .[2] [3]
In 1928 Ridley won the Scottish Championships in 1928 and successfully defended her title in 1929. The same year her best Grand Slam result was reaching the final of the mixed doubles event at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships with compatriot Ian Collins , losing in three sets to the Americans Anna Harper and George Lott .
In 1930 she won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships , played at the Queen's Club in London, after defeating Joan Fry in the final in straight sets. In 1929, she was runner-up at the same event to Peggy Saunders Michell . With Stanley Doust , she won the mixed doubles covered court title in 1926.[4] [5]
In 1932, she reached the semifinals at the U.S. Championships , losing in three sets to Carolin Babcock .
In October 1932 and 1933, she won the tennis tournament in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.[6] [7] [8] Middle States Championships , but lost on both occasions to Elsie Goldsack Pittman . In 1933 after two unsuccessful attempts she won the Middle States Championships against Alice Francis .
In October 1935, she married Daniel Joseph Patrick O'Meara, a gynaecologist.[9] [10] [6]
Grand Slam finals [ edit ]
Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Wimbledon draws archive – 1929 Ladies' Singles" . www.wimbledon.com . AELTC .
^ McKelvie, Roy (1986). The Queen's Club Story, 1886-1986 . London: Stanley Paul. pp. 257–258. ISBN 0091660602
^ "Lawn tennis" . The Daily Telegraph National Library of Australia .
^ a b Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual . London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1935. p. 229.
^ "Miss Ridley's Success" . The West Australian
^ "Miss J. Ridley (Eng.) Wins Women's Title" . The Advocate
^ "Joan Ridley married" . The New York Times
^ "Tennis star engaged" . The West Australian National Library of Australia .
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