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joan cowell o'meara ridley united kingdom 1983 -lrb- aged 79 or 80 -rrb- ipswich , england sf -lrb- 1929 -rrb- sf -lrb- 1932 -rrb- 3r -lrb- 1929 , 1931 -rrb- f -lrb- 1931 -rrb- 11 july 1903 sf -lrb- 1927 -rrb- joan ridley 1930s.jpg joan ridley
 joan ridley sf -lrb- 1933 -rrb-
joan ridley

joan cowell o'meara ridley -lrb- 11 july 1903 -- 1983 -rrb- was a female british tennis player who was active in the 1920s and 1930s .
ridley was a semifinalist at the 1931 wimbledon championships where she lost in straight sets to helen jacobs .
in 1932 she also reached the semifinal at the u.s. championships which she lost in three sets to carolin babcock .
her best grand slam result was reaching the final of the mixed doubles event at the 1929 wimbledon championships with compatriot ian collins .
they lost the final in three sets to anna harper and george lott .
in 1930 she won the singles title at the british covered court championships , played at the queen 's club in london , after defeating joan fry in the final in straight sets .
the previous year , 1929 , she was runner-up at the same event to peggy saunders michell .
with stanley doust she won the mixed doubles covered court title in 1926 .
in october 1932 and 1933 she won the tennis tournament in white sulphur springs .
her forehand drive was her favorite stroke .
in 1935 she married daniel joseph patrick o'meara , a gyneacologist at the west suffolk hospital .
