| Susan Partridge | |
| Fullname: | Joan Susan Vernon Partridge |
| Country Represented: |  |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, Shropshire, England |
| Death Place: | France |
| Frenchopenresult: | QF (1953) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 4R (1952, 1955) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | QF (1955) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | SF (1952) |
| Frenchopenmixedresult: | 3R (1952) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 4R (1952, 1957, 1958, 1960) |
Joan Susan Vernon Partridge (12 September 1930 – 4 December 1999) was a British tennis player.[1]
Partridge, born in Shropshire, was the junior Wimbledon runner-up in 1949, before going on to compete with success internationally during the 1950s and 1960s.
A British Wightman Cup player in 1952, Partridge switched to representing France following her 1953 marriage to tennis player Philippe Chatrier, from who she later divorced.[2]
One of her best performances was at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships, where she troubled the second-seeded Maureen Connolly in the round of 16, going down 5–7 in the third set. She also reached the semi-finals of the women's doubles, partnering Jean Rinkel-Quertier.[3]
In 1953, competing as Sue Chatrier, she won France's national championships and was a singles quarter-finalist at Roland Garros, again pushing Connolly to three sets.[4]