Competing before the establishment of an official
world championships for individual players and before badminton's entry into the
Olympic Games, Devlin won 86 national and international titles. Among these are 31 titles in the
USA, 8 titles in
Germany, 7 titles in
Canada, 4 titles in
the Netherlands, 4 titles in
Sweden, 3 titles in
Ireland, 3 titles in Jamaica, 2 titles in
Scotland, and a combined 19 titles in
All England Open and
English National competition. She played on U.S.
Uber Cup teams that won three successive world championships (1957, 1960, 1963). In 1972 she won 2 titles (team and women's doubles) at the
European Badminton Championships. She retired in 1973. From 1954 to 1967 Devlin dominated the women's singles event at the
U.S. Open, winning 12 titles in 14 years, including 8 consecutive championships from 1956 to 1963. Judy Devlin is the most successful female player ever in the
All England Badminton Championships, with 17 titles, 10 of them in women's singles and 7 in women's doubles. Devlin appeared as a castaway on the
BBC Radio programme
Desert Island Discs on 21 March 1970, and was inducted into the
Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997, together with her father. She was also inducted into the U. S. Badminton Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. ==Death==