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'''Patricia Joan Curry Hughesman''' (born December 1918)<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> is an [[English people|English]] [[squash (sport)|squash]] and [[tennis]] player who won the [[British Open Squash Championships]] three times in a row from 1947–49. 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 1950-52.<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>
'''Patricia Joan Curry Hughesman''' (born December 1918)<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> is an [[English people|English]] [[squash (sport)|squash]] and [[tennis]] player who won the [[British Open Squash Championships]] three times in a row from 1947–49. 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 1950-52.<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>


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=[[Pat Hughes (tennis)|G.P. Hughes]]}}</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=[[Pat Hughes (tennis)|G.P. Hughes]]}}</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>
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>


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Patricia Joan Curry Hughesman (born December 1918)[1] is an English squash and tennis player who won the British Open Squash Championships three times in a row from 1947–49. 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 1950-52.[2][3]

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.[4] The following year, 1950, she lost her title to Quertier who beat her in a three-sets final.[5] 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.[5] 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.[5] Curry was interviewed about her career in 2004.[6]

References

  1. ^ Lake, Robert J., ed. (2019). Routledge Handbook of Tennis. Abingdon: Routledge. pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-1138691933.
  2. ^ British Open Men's and Women's Champions Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ British Open Hall of Fame Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1950). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1950. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 157.
  5. ^ a b c G.P. Hughes, ed. (1951). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1951. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 158, 293.
  6. ^ Women’s Sporting Lives: A biographical study of elite amateur tennis players at Wimbledon

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