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'''Patricia Joan Curry Hughesman''' (December 1918 – 2020) was a British [[squash (sport)|squash]] and tennis player who won the [[British Open Squash Championships]] three times in a row from |
'''Patricia Joan Curry Hughesman''' (December 1918 – 2020) was a British [[squash (sport)|squash]] and tennis player who won the [[British Open Squash Championships]] three times in a row from 1947 to 1949. Her toughest victory was in 1948, when she beat the 10-time [[British Open Squash Championships|British Open]] winner [[Janet Morgan]] in five sets. She was also the runner-up at the championship three consecutive times from 1950 to 1952.<ref>[http://www.squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm British Open Men's and Women's Champions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116212049/http://squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm |date=2010-01-16 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.britishopensquash.com/history.htm British Open Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013221303/http://www.britishopensquash.com/history.htm |date=2008-10-13 }}</ref> |
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Curry was born in [[Penzance]], [[Cornwall]] in December 1918.<ref>{{cite web |title=Curry, Patricia J. |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/districts.pl?r=140528457:1127&d=bmd_1644238129 |website=FreeBMD |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="lake2019">{{cite book |editor1-last=Lake |editor1-first=Robert J. |title=Routledge Handbook of Tennis |date=2019 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=Abingdon |isbn=978-1138691933 |pages=186–187}}</ref> In tennis she won the singles title at the [[British Covered Court Championships]] in 1949 after a two sets victory in the final against [[Jean Quertier]], conceding just one game.<ref name="almanack1950">{{cite book|title=Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1950|date=1950|publisher=Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.|location=London|page=157|editor=G.P. Hughes|editor-link=Pat Hughes (tennis)}}</ref> The following year, 1950, she lost her title to Quertier who beat her in a three-sets final.<ref name="almanack1951">{{cite book|title=Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1951|date=1951|publisher=Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.|location=London|pages=158, 293|editor=G.P. Hughes|editor-link=Pat Hughes (tennis)}}</ref> At the [[British Hard Court Championships]] in [[Bournemouth]] she was a singles runner-up to Australian [[Nancye Bolton]] in 1947 and won the title in 1949 and 1950, against Quertier and [[Mary Terán de Weiss]] in the final respectively.<ref name="almanack1951"/> In 1946 and 1950 she was part of the British team that took part in the [[Wightman Cup]], the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain.<ref name="almanack1951"/> Curry was interviewed about her career in 2004.<ref>[https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/176301/1/PhD_Janine_van_Someren.pdf Women’s Sporting Lives: A biographical study of elite amateur tennis players at Wimbledon]</ref> She died in [[Kingston upon Thames]], [[London]] in 2020, at the age of 101.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hughesman, Patricia Joan GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in KINGSTON UPON THAMES (240-1C) Entry Number 520978177 |url=https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results |website=GRO Index |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> |
Curry was born in [[Penzance]], [[Cornwall]] in December 1918.<ref>{{cite web |title=Curry, Patricia J. |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/districts.pl?r=140528457:1127&d=bmd_1644238129 |website=FreeBMD |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="lake2019">{{cite book |editor1-last=Lake |editor1-first=Robert J. |title=Routledge Handbook of Tennis |date=2019 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=Abingdon |isbn=978-1138691933 |pages=186–187}}</ref> In tennis she won the singles title at the [[British Covered Court Championships]] in 1949 after a two sets victory in the final against [[Jean Quertier]], conceding just one game.<ref name="almanack1950">{{cite book|title=Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1950|date=1950|publisher=Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.|location=London|page=157|editor=G.P. Hughes|editor-link=Pat Hughes (tennis)}}</ref> The following year, 1950, she lost her title to Quertier who beat her in a three-sets final.<ref name="almanack1951">{{cite book|title=Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1951|date=1951|publisher=Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.|location=London|pages=158, 293|editor=G.P. Hughes|editor-link=Pat Hughes (tennis)}}</ref> At the [[British Hard Court Championships]] in [[Bournemouth]] she was a singles runner-up to Australian [[Nancye Bolton]] in 1947 and won the title in 1949 and 1950, against Quertier and [[Mary Terán de Weiss]] in the final respectively.<ref name="almanack1951"/> In 1946 and 1950 she was part of the British team that took part in the [[Wightman Cup]], the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain.<ref name="almanack1951"/> Curry was interviewed about her career in 2004.<ref>[https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/176301/1/PhD_Janine_van_Someren.pdf Women’s Sporting Lives: A biographical study of elite amateur tennis players at Wimbledon]</ref> She died in [[Kingston upon Thames]], [[London]] in 2020, at the age of 101.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hughesman, Patricia Joan GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in KINGSTON UPON THAMES (240-1C) Entry Number 520978177 |url=https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results |website=GRO Index |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> |
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Patricia Joan Curry Hughesman | |
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| Born | December 1918 |
| Died | 2020 (aged 101) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Squash and tennis player |
Patricia Joan Curry Hughesman (December 1918 – 2020) was a British squash and tennis player who won the British Open Squash Championships three times in a row from 1947 to 1949. Her toughest victory was in 1948, when she beat the 10-time British Open winner Janet Morgan in five sets. She was also the runner-up at the championship three consecutive times from 1950 to 1952.[1][2]
Curry was born in Penzance, Cornwall in December 1918.[3][4] In tennis she won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships in 1949 after a two sets victory in the final against Jean Quertier, conceding just one game.[5] The following year, 1950, she lost her title to Quertier who beat her in a three-sets final.[6] At the British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth she was a singles runner-up to Australian Nancye Bolton in 1947 and won the title in 1949 and 1950, against Quertier and Mary Terán de Weiss in the final respectively.[6] In 1946 and 1950 she was part of the British team that took part in the Wightman Cup, the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain.[6] Curry was interviewed about her career in 2004.[7] She died in Kingston upon Thames, London in 2020, at the age of 101.[8]
References
- ^ British Open Men's and Women's Champions Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ British Open Hall of Fame Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Curry, Patricia J." FreeBMD. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Lake, Robert J., ed. (2019). Routledge Handbook of Tennis. Abingdon: Routledge. pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-1138691933.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1950). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1950. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 157.
- ^ a b c G.P. Hughes, ed. (1951). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1951. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 158, 293.
- ^ Women’s Sporting Lives: A biographical study of elite amateur tennis players at Wimbledon
- ^ "Hughesman, Patricia Joan GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in KINGSTON UPON THAMES (240-1C) Entry Number 520978177". GRO Index. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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