Joan Ridley
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| Birthday: | 1903 | ||||||||||||
| Date of death: | 1983 | ||||||||||||
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Joan Cowell Ridley O'Meara ( 1903 - 1983 ) was a British tennis player in the 1920s and 1930s.
Career
Ridley took part in the Wimbledon Championships from 1924 to 1936 . She achieved her greatest success there in 1931, when she only had to admit defeat to Helen Jacobs in the semi-finals . In mixed competition, she reached the final at Wimbledon in 1931 on the side of Ian Collins .
At the French championships she reached the second round in singles in 1929 and 1931.
In 1932 Ridley penetrated in her only appearance at the US championships in the semi-finals, in which she was defeated by Carolin Babcock .
In addition, Ridley won the British Indoor Championships in 1930 , after they had already stood there in the final in the previous year.
In 1935, Ridley married the doctor Daniel Joseph Patrick O'Meara in London .
Individual evidence
- ^ Player Archive, Joan O'Meara (Ridley). wimbledon.com, accessed August 18, 2016 .
- ↑ A. Albiero include: The Grand Slam Record Book. Vol. 2, Effepi Libri, Monte Porzio Catone 2011, ISBN 978-88-6002-023-9 , pp. 202, 204.
- ↑ A. Albiero include: The Grand Slam Record Book. Vol. 2, Effepi Libri, Monte Porzio Catone 2011, ISBN 978-88-6002-023-9 , p. 738.
- ^ Hull Daily Mail . August 22, 1935.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ridley, Joan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ridley, Joan Cowell; O'Meara, Joan Cowell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1903 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1983 |