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.
[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.