Hazel Cheadle (nee Austin; 8 November 1922 — 8 March 1999) was a British

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

and

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Cheadle, raised in

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

, developed an interest in tennis while acting as a ball girl for her parents. Her father was headmaster of Milford School. Based in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

, Cheadle was a Warwickshire representative player and won the county singles title nine times in a row. She made the singles fourth round of the

1953 Wimbledon Championships The 1953 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 22 June until Saturday 4 July 1953. It was the 67th ...

. During the 1960s she played international matches for the England national field hockey team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheadle, Hazel 1922 births 1999 deaths British female tennis players English female tennis players English female field hockey players Tennis players from Hampshire