updated event birth_place birth_date article_title name turnedpro
20 december 2011 women 's singles perth , western australia 25 may 1948 barbara wall
 barbara wall 1973
barbara wall

barbara wall -lrb- born 25 may 1948 -rrb- is a former squash player from australia .
wall turned professional in 1973 , the first australian woman to do so .
she travelled overseas in 1976 and the following year , though unseeded , managed to make the final of the british open , where she lost to heather mckay .
wall followed up with victories in the danish , irish and belgian open championships and a win at the south african champion of champions .
in 1979 she won the british open as the number 8 seed , beating sue cogswell of england in the final 8-10 , 6-9 , 9-4 , 9-4 , 9-3 .
wall trained under shirley de la hunty .
wall was named western australian sports star of the year in 1979 and in 1988 was inducted into the western australian hall of champions .
