Barbara Wall

Barbara Wall

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1948-05-25) 25 May 1948 Perth, Western Australia
Sport
Turned pro	1973
Women's singles
Highest ranking	4[1] (March 1979)
Medal record Women's squash Representing  Australia World Team Championships 1979 Birmingham Team

Barbara Wall (born 25 May 1948) is an Australian former professional squash player.^[2] She reached a career high ranking of 4 in the world during 1979 and was a world team silver medalist.

Biography

Wall turned professional in 1973, the first Australian woman to do so.

She travelled overseas in 1976 and the following year in 1977, though unseeded, managed to make the final of the British Open, where she lost to her compatriot Heather McKay.^[3] 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.^[4]

Wall represented Australia in the 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships where she won a silver medal with the team.^[5]

Wall trained under Shirley de la Hunty and was named Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 1979 and was inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions in 1988.^[6]

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