Judy Devlin

Judy Devlin
Personal information
CountryUnited States
England
Born(1935-10-22)22 October 1935
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died6 May 2024(2024-05-06) (aged 88)
Oxford, England
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  United States
Uber Cup
1957 Lancashire Women's team
1960 Philadelphia Women's team
1963 Wilmington Women's team
1966 Wellington Women's team
Representing  England
European Championships
1972 Karlskrona Women's doubles
1972 Karlskrona Mixed team

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

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

Devlin died from cancer in Oxford on 6 May 2024, at the age of 88.[3][4][5]

Achievements

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1972 Karlskrona Idrottshall, Karlskrona, Sweden Gillian Gilks Margaret Beck
Julie Rickard 		15–11, 15–7 Gold

International tournaments (78 titles, 14 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1954 All England Open Iris Cooley 8–11, 11–6, 11–6 Winner
1954 U.S. Open Margaret Varner Bloss 12–9, 5–11, 1–11 Winner
1955 All England Open Margaret Varner Bloss 12–9, 5–11, 1–11 Runner-up
1955 U.S. Open Margaret Varner Bloss 11–6, 9–12, 9–12 Runner-up
1956 All England Open Margaret Varner Bloss 8–11, 5–11 Runner-up
1956 U.S. Open Margaret Varner Bloss 12–10, 11–6 Winner
1957 All England Open Margaret Varner Bloss 11–2, 11–7 Winner
1957 Canada Open Lois Alston 11–2, 11–3 Winner
1957 U.S. Open Margaret Varner Bloss 11–2, 11–0 Winner
1957 Jamaica Open Susan Devlin 11–4, 11–1 Winner
1958 All England Open Margaret Varner Bloss 11–7, 12–10 Winner
1958 U.S. Open Dorothy O'Neil 11–2, 11–2 Winner
1959 All England Open Heather Ward 7–11, 11–3, 4–11 Runner-up
1959 Canada Open Susan Devlin 11–1, 12–10 Winner
1959 U.S. Open Dorothy O'Neil 11–0, 11–1 Winner
1960 All England Open Margaret Varner Bloss 11–1, 11–9 Winner
1960 U.S. Open Margaret Varner Bloss 6–11, 11–7, 11–7 Winner
1961 German Open Sonia Cox 11–1, 11–3 Winner
1961 All England Open Ursula Smith 11–2, 11–6 Winner
1961 Scottish Open Wilma Tyre 11–2, 11–0 Winner
1961 U.S. Open H. McGregor Stewart 11–2, 11–3 Winner
1962 German Open Tonny Holst-Christensen 11–2, 11–3 Winner
1962 All England Open Ursula Smith 11–4, 11–0 Winner
1962 U.S. Open H. McGregor Stewart 11–9, 11–2 Winner
1963 German Open Ulla Rasmussen 12–10, 12–9 Winner
1963 All England Open Angela Bairstow 11–5, 11–9 Winner
1963 U.S. Open Ursula Smith 11–6, 11–3 Winner
1964 Swedish Open Ulla Rasmussen 12–10, 11–3 Winner
1964 Dutch Open Angela Bairstow 11–2, 11–2 Winner
1964 German Open Ulla Rasmussen 11–2, 11–3 Winner
1964 All England Open Ursula Smith 11–0, 11–3 Winner
1964 Irish Open Mary O'Sullivan 11–5, 11–1 Winner
1965 U.S. Open Dorothy O'Neil 11–3, 11–0 Winner
1966 Swedish Open Eva Twedberg 11–0, 11–0 Winner
1966 All England Open Imre Rietveld 11–6, 11–7 Winner
1966 Canada Open Ulla Strand 11–7, 11–7 Winner
1966 U.S. Open Sharon Whittaker 11–6, 11–0 Winner
1967 All England Open Noriko Takagi 5–11, 11–8, 12–10 Winner
1967 U.S. Open Sharon Whittaker 11–3, 11–5 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1954 All England Open Susan Devlin Iris Rogers
June White 		15–7, 12–15, 15–8 Winner
1954 U.S. Open Susan Devlin Ethel Marshall
Bea Massman 		10–15, 15–10, 15–13 Winner
1955 All England Open Susan Devlin Iris Rogers
June White 		15–18, 15–10, 9–15 Runner-up
1955 U.S. Open Susan Devlin Janet Wright
Thelma Welcome 		15–10, 15–9 Winner
1956 All England Open Susan Devlin Iris Rogers
June White 		17–18, 15–12, 15–12 Winner
1956 U.S. Open Susan Devlin Ethel Marshall
Bea Massman 		15–10, 7–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1957 Canada Open Susan Devlin Ethel Marshall
Bea Massman 		15–5, 10–15, 15–3 Winner
1957 U.S. Open Susan Devlin Dorothy O'Neil
Margaret Varner Bloss 		7–15, 15–7, 15–5 Winner
1957 Jamaica Open Murray White Susan Devlin
Hope Valentine 		15–4, 15–7 Winner
1958 U.S. Open Susan Devlin Ethel Marshall
Bea Massman 		15–10, 15–7 Winner
1959 All England Open Susan Devlin Iris Rogers
June White 		15–11, 10–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1959 Canada Open Susan Devlin Joan Hennessy
Marjory Shedd 		15–3, 15–1 Winner
1959 U.S. Open Susan Devlin Ethel Marshall
Bea Massman 		15–8, 15–8 Winner
1960 All England Open Susan Devlin Inge Birgit Hansen
Kirsten Thorndahl 		15–13, 15–6 Winner
1960 U.S. Open Sue Peard Dorothy O'Neil
Margaret Varner Bloss 		15–13, 15–4 Winner
1961 German Open Sonia Cox Irmgard Latz
Hannelore Schmidt 		15–5, 15–6 Winner
1961 All England Open Sue Peard Catherine Dunglison
Wilma Tyre 		15–5, 15–4 Winner
1961 Scottish Open Sue Peard Yvonne Kelly
Mary O'Sullivan 		15–9, 15–3 Winner
1961 U.S. Open Sue Peard Lois Alston
Helen Tibbetts 		15–11, 15–3 Winner
1962 German Open Tonny Holst-Christensen Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Rasmussen 		15–12, 15–9 Winner
1962 All England Open Tonny Holst-Christensen Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Rasmussen 		15–5, 15–3 Winner
1962 U.S. Open Patricia Stephens Ethel Marshall
Bea Massman 		15–10, 15–2 Winner
1963 German Open Sue Peard Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Rasmussen 		8–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1963 All England Open Sue Peard Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Rasmussen 		15–6, 15–9 Winner
1963 U.S. Open Sue Peard Margaret Barrand
Ursula Smith 		15–6, 15–7 Winner
1964 Swedish Open Mary O'Sullivan Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Rasmussen 		15–7, 15–3 Winner
1964 Dutch Open Sue Peard Angela Bairstow
Jenny Pritchard 		15–8, 15–11 Winner
1964 All England Open Sue Peard Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Rasmussen 		11–15, 15–6, 10–15 Runner-up
1964 Irish Open Sue Peard Lena McAleese
Mary O'Sullivan 		15–8, 15–7 Winner
1965 U.S. Open Sue Peard Margaret Barrand
Jenny Pritchard 		7–15, 13–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1966 Swedish Open Eva Twedberg Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Strand 		12–15, 15–10, 15–8 Winner
1966 German Open Sue Peard Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Strand 		15–7, 15–3 Winner
1966 All England Open Sue Peard Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Strand 		15–5, 14–17, 15–12 Winner
1966 Canada Open Sue Peard Tyna Barinaga
Caroline Jensen 		15–8, 14–17, 15–12 Winner
1966 U.S. Open Sue Peard Ursula Smith
Ulla Strand 		15–5, 15–5 Winner
1967 All England Open Janet Brennan Imre Rietveld
Ulla Strand 		15–11, 8–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1967 U.S. Open Rosine Jones Tyna Barinaga
Caroline Jensen 		8–15, 15–11, 15–8 Winner
1971 Dutch Open Gillian Gilks Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Strand 		15–6, 15–2 Winner
1971 All England Open Gillian Gilks Hiroe Yuki
Noriko Takagi 		10–15, 13–18 Runner-up
1972 Dutch Open Gillian Gilks Irmgard Gerlatzka
Marieluise Wackerow 		18–16, 15–5 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1956 U.S. Open Finn Kobberø Bob Williams
Ethel Marshall 		15–6, 15–11 Winner
1957 U.S. Open Finn Kobberø Bob Williams
Ethel Marshall 		15–0, 15–9 Winner
1957 Jamaica Open Allan Feres W. H. Murray White
Susan Devlin 		15–9, 15–10 Winner
1958 U.S. Open Finn Kobberø Bob Williams
Ethel Marshall 		15–5, 17–14 Winner
1959 Canada Open Don P. Davis Bill Purcell
Marjory Shedd 		11–15, 15–3, 15–10 Winner
1959 U.S. Open Michael Roche Joe Alston
Lois Alston 		15–9, 10–15, 17–15 Winner
1960 U.S. Open Michael Roche Finn Kobberø
Margaret Varner Bloss 		7–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1961 German Open Yeoh Kean Hua Oon Chong Teik
Sonia Cox 		15–11, 15–12 Winner
1961 U.S. Open Wynn Rogers Joe Alston
Lois Alston 		18–13, 15–2 Winner
1962 U.S. Open Wynn Rogers Joe Alston
Helen Tibbetts 		15–4, 15–7 Winner
1964 German Open Oon Chong Teik Finn Kobberø
Anne Flindt 		14–17, 10–15 Runner-up
1964 Irish Open Robert McCoig Mac Henderson
Catherine Dunglison 		15–9, 15–8 Winner
1967 U.S. Open Jim Sydie Erland Kops
Mimi Nilsson 		18–13, 15–6 Winner

References

  1. ^ "USA Badminton Walk of Fame Plaza: Judy Devlin Hashman". Usabadminton.org. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Desert Island Discs – Castaway : Judy Hashman". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Judy Hashman obituary". Yonex All England Badminton. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Judy Devlin Hashman, Record-Holding Badminton Champion, Dies at 88". The New York Times. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Judy Devlin Hashman obituary, badminton great". The Times. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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