| Susan Noel | |||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1912 | ||||||
| Plays: | Right-handed | ||||||
| Event: | Women's doubles | ||||||
| Titles: | 5 | ||||||
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Susan Diana Barham Noel-Powell (8[1] June 1912[2] - October 1991[3]) was an English squash and tennis player.[4] 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. 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]
Noel won the U.S. National Championships in 1933 and won the Atlantic Coast Women's Squash Championships title in 1933, defeating Cecily Fenwick in the final.[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.