Susan Noel

Susan Noel

Susan Noel in 1935
Country	England
Born	June 1912
Died	October 1991 (1991-11) (aged 79)
Plays	Right-handed
Women's doubles
Title(s)	5
Tennis career
Plays	Right-handed
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	Runner-up (1936)

Susan Diana Barham Noel-Powell (June 1912^[1] – October 1991^[2]) was an English squash and tennis player.^[3] Noel was taught to play squash and tennis by her father Evan Noel, a successful racquets player.

Noel won the British Open three times in a row from 1932 to 1934.^[4] She won the final in straight sets on all three occasions. She was also the runner-up at the championship in 1939 when she lost to Margot Lumb,^[5][6] who had also won the British Open for five consecutive seasons (1935 - 1939).^[4]

In 1933, Noel won the U.S. National Championships and the Atlantic Coast Women's Squash Championships, defeating Cecily Fenwick in the final for the latter title.^[7]

Partnering Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Noel finished runner-up in the women's doubles at the French Championships in 1936. Noel and Jędrzejowska lost in the final to Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1936	French Championships	Clay	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	6–2, 4–6, 4–6

• Official British Open Squash Championships website at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 December 2008)
• British Open historical data at Squashtalk.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 January 2010)
• Susan Powell at Wimbledon

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