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).Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness, Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.
Career The Devlin sisters won a record ten United States women's doubles titles between 1953 and 1966.Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 313. 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.Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1967) 97-101. 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.Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 102-106. 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 YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult 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 YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult 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 YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult 1957 Jamaica Open W. H. Murray White Allan Feres Judy Devlin 9–15, 10–15 Runner-up
References
External links Goucher College Athletics Hall of Fame