Judy Devlin
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Born | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | 22 October 1935|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 May 2024 Oxford, England | (aged 88)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Judy Devlin (later Hashman, 22 October 1935 – 6 May 2024) was an English and American badminton player who won more major international titles than any other player of her era.
Devlin began playing badminton with her Irish-born father Frank Devlin when she was seven in the Baltimore, Maryland region of the U.S.A. where her family had settled. Under her father's tutelage she developed a badminton game notable for its power, accuracy, and consistency. After dominating U.S. junior competition she won her first (adult) U.S. championship event, women's doubles, with her older sister Susan Devlin in 1953. This marked the beginning of the run of success listed below. She married Dick Hashman in 1960, living in England thereafter and eventually becoming a British citizen 10 years later.[1]
Career
[edit]Competing before the establishment of an official world championships for individual players and before badminton's entry into the Olympic Games, Devlin won 86 national and international titles. Among these are 31 titles in the USA, 8 titles in Germany, 7 titles in Canada, 4 titles in the Netherlands, 4 titles in Sweden, 3 titles in Ireland, 3 titles in Jamaica, 2 titles in Scotland, and a combined 19 titles in All England Open and English National competition. She played on U.S. Uber Cup teams that won three successive world championships (1957, 1960, 1963). In 1972 she won 2 titles (team and women's doubles) at the European Badminton Championships. She retired in 1973.
From 1954 to 1967 Devlin dominated the women's singles event at the U.S. Open, winning 12 titles in 14 years, including 8 consecutive championships from 1956 to 1963.
Judy Devlin is the most successful female player ever in the All England Badminton Championships, with 17 titles, 10 of them in women's singles and 7 in women's doubles.
Devlin appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 21 March 1970,[2] and was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997, together with her father. She was also inducted into the U. S. Badminton Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.
Death
[edit]Devlin died from cancer in Oxford on 6 May 2024, at the age of 88.[3][4][5]
Achievements
[edit]European Championships
[edit]Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1972 | Karlskrona Idrottshall, Karlskrona, Sweden | ![]() |
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15–11, 15–7 | ![]() |
International tournaments (78 titles, 14 runners-up)
[edit]Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1954 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–7, 11–5 | ![]() |
1954 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
8–11, 11–6, 11–6 | ![]() |
1955 | All England Open | ![]() |
12–9, 5–11, 1–11 | ![]() |
1955 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–6, 9–12, 9–12 | ![]() |
1956 | All England Open | ![]() |
8–11, 5–11 | ![]() |
1956 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
12–10, 11–6 | ![]() |
1957 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–7 | ![]() |
1957 | Canada Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–3 | ![]() |
1957 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–0 | ![]() |
1957 | Jamaica Open | ![]() |
11–4, 11–1 | ![]() |
1958 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–7, 12–10 | ![]() |
1958 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–2 | ![]() |
1959 | All England Open | ![]() |
7–11, 11–3, 4–11 | ![]() |
1959 | Canada Open | ![]() |
11–1, 12–10 | ![]() |
1959 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–0, 11–1 | ![]() |
1960 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–1, 11–9 | ![]() |
1960 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
6–11, 11–7, 11–7 | ![]() |
1961 | German Open | ![]() |
11–1, 11–3 | ![]() |
1961 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–6 | ![]() |
1961 | Scottish Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–0 | ![]() |
1961 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–3 | ![]() |
1962 | German Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–3 | ![]() |
1962 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–4, 11–0 | ![]() |
1962 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–9, 11–2 | ![]() |
1963 | German Open | ![]() |
12–10, 12–9 | ![]() |
1963 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–5, 11–9 | ![]() |
1963 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–6, 11–3 | ![]() |
1964 | Swedish Open | ![]() |
12–10, 11–3 | ![]() |
1964 | Dutch Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–2 | ![]() |
1964 | German Open | ![]() |
11–2, 11–3 | ![]() |
1964 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–0, 11–3 | ![]() |
1964 | Irish Open | ![]() |
11–5, 11–1 | ![]() |
1965 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–3, 11–0 | ![]() |
1966 | Swedish Open | ![]() |
11–0, 11–0 | ![]() |
1966 | All England Open | ![]() |
11–6, 11–7 | ![]() |
1966 | Canada Open | ![]() |
11–7, 11–7 | ![]() |
1966 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–6, 11–0 | ![]() |
1967 | All England Open | ![]() |
5–11, 11–8, 12–10 | ![]() |
1967 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
11–3, 11–5 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1954 | All England Open | ![]() |
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15–7, 12–15, 15–8 | ![]() |
1954 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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10–15, 15–10, 15–13 | ![]() |
1955 | All England Open | ![]() |
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15–18, 15–10, 9–15 | ![]() |
1955 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–10, 15–9 | ![]() |
1956 | All England Open | ![]() |
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17–18, 15–12, 15–12 | ![]() |
1956 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–10, 7–15, 9–15 | ![]() |
1957 | Canada Open | ![]() |
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15–5, 10–15, 15–3 | ![]() |
1957 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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7–15, 15–7, 15–5 | ![]() |
1957 | Jamaica Open | ![]() |
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15–4, 15–7 | ![]() |
1958 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–10, 15–7 | ![]() |
1959 | All England Open | ![]() |
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15–11, 10–15, 11–15 | ![]() |
1959 | Canada Open | ![]() |
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15–3, 15–1 | ![]() |
1959 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–8, 15–8 | ![]() |
1960 | All England Open | ![]() |
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15–13, 15–6 | ![]() |
1960 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–13, 15–4 | ![]() |
1961 | German Open | ![]() |
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15–5, 15–6 | ![]() |
1961 | All England Open | ![]() |
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15–5, 15–4 | ![]() |
1961 | Scottish Open | ![]() |
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15–9, 15–3 | ![]() |
1961 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–11, 15–3 | ![]() |
1962 | German Open | ![]() |
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15–12, 15–9 | ![]() |
1962 | All England Open | ![]() |
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15–5, 15–3 | ![]() |
1962 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–10, 15–2 | ![]() |
1963 | German Open | ![]() |
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8–15, 10–15 | ![]() |
1963 | All England Open | ![]() |
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15–6, 15–9 | ![]() |
1963 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–6, 15–7 | ![]() |
1964 | Swedish Open | ![]() |
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15–7, 15–3 | ![]() |
1964 | Dutch Open | ![]() |
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15–8, 15–11 | ![]() |
1964 | All England Open | ![]() |
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11–15, 15–6, 10–15 | ![]() |
1964 | Irish Open | ![]() |
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15–8, 15–7 | ![]() |
1965 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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7–15, 13–15, 11–15 | ![]() |
1966 | Swedish Open | ![]() |
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12–15, 15–10, 15–8 | ![]() |
1966 | German Open | ![]() |
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15–7, 15–3 | ![]() |
1966 | All England Open | ![]() |
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15–5, 14–17, 15–12 | ![]() |
1966 | Canada Open | ![]() |
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15–8, 14–17, 15–12 | ![]() |
1966 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–5, 15–5 | ![]() |
1967 | All England Open | ![]() |
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15–11, 8–15, 4–15 | ![]() |
1967 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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8–15, 15–11, 15–8 | ![]() |
1971 | Dutch Open | ![]() |
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15–6, 15–2 | ![]() |
1971 | All England Open | ![]() |
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10–15, 13–18 | ![]() |
1972 | Dutch Open | ![]() |
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18–16, 15–5 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1956 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–6, 15–11 | ![]() |
1957 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–0, 15–9 | ![]() |
1957 | Jamaica Open | ![]() |
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15–9, 15–10 | ![]() |
1958 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–5, 17–14 | ![]() |
1959 | Canada Open | ![]() |
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11–15, 15–3, 15–10 | ![]() |
1959 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–9, 10–15, 17–15 | ![]() |
1960 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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7–15, 2–15 | ![]() |
1961 | German Open | ![]() |
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15–11, 15–12 | ![]() |
1961 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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18–13, 15–2 | ![]() |
1962 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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15–4, 15–7 | ![]() |
1964 | German Open | ![]() |
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14–17, 10–15 | ![]() |
1964 | Irish Open | ![]() |
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15–9, 15–8 | ![]() |
1967 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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18–13, 15–6 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "USA Badminton Walk of Fame Plaza: Judy Devlin Hashman". Usabadminton.org. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ "Desert Island Discs – Castaway : Judy Hashman". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Judy Hashman obituary". Yonex All England Badminton. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Judy Devlin Hashman, Record-Holding Badminton Champion, Dies at 88". The New York Times. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Judy Devlin Hashman obituary, badminton great". The Times. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.