Full name | Joan Susan Vernon Partridge |
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Country (sports) | ![]() ![]() |
Born | Wellington, Shropshire, England | 12 September 1930
Died | 4 December 1999 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine France | (aged 69)
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | QF ( 1953) |
Wimbledon | 4R ( 1952, 1955) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | QF ( 1955) |
Wimbledon | SF ( 1952) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 3R ( 1952) |
Wimbledon | 4R ( 1952, 1957, 1958, 1960) |
Joan Susan Vernon Partridge (12 September 1930 – 4 December 1999) was a British tennis player. [1]
Partridge, born in Shropshire, was the junior Wimbledon runner-up in 1949, before going on to compete with success internationally during the 1950s and 1960s.
A British Wightman Cup player in 1952, Partridge switched to representing France following her 1953 marriage to tennis player Philippe Chatrier, from who she later divorced. [2]
One of her best performances was at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships, where she troubled the second-seeded Maureen Connolly in the round of 16, going down 5–7 in the third set. She also reached the semi-finals of the women's doubles, partnering Jean Rinkel-Quertier. [3]
In 1953, competing as Sue Chatrier, she won France's national championships and was a singles quarter-finalist at Roland Garros, again pushing Connolly to three sets. [4]
Full name | Joan Susan Vernon Partridge |
---|---|
Country (sports) | ![]() ![]() |
Born | Wellington, Shropshire, England | 12 September 1930
Died | 4 December 1999 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine France | (aged 69)
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | QF ( 1953) |
Wimbledon | 4R ( 1952, 1955) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | QF ( 1955) |
Wimbledon | SF ( 1952) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 3R ( 1952) |
Wimbledon | 4R ( 1952, 1957, 1958, 1960) |
Joan Susan Vernon Partridge (12 September 1930 – 4 December 1999) was a British tennis player. [1]
Partridge, born in Shropshire, was the junior Wimbledon runner-up in 1949, before going on to compete with success internationally during the 1950s and 1960s.
A British Wightman Cup player in 1952, Partridge switched to representing France following her 1953 marriage to tennis player Philippe Chatrier, from who she later divorced. [2]
One of her best performances was at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships, where she troubled the second-seeded Maureen Connolly in the round of 16, going down 5–7 in the third set. She also reached the semi-finals of the women's doubles, partnering Jean Rinkel-Quertier. [3]
In 1953, competing as Sue Chatrier, she won France's national championships and was a singles quarter-finalist at Roland Garros, again pushing Connolly to three sets. [4]