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{{Short description|Irish squash player (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox squash player
| name = Madeline Perry
| image = Madeline Perry 2.jpg
| caption = Perry during the 2009 [[Hong Kong Open (squash)|Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open]]
| fullname =
| nickname =
| country = {{flagicon|IRL}} Ireland
| residence = [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[England]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|2|11}}
| birth_place = [[Banbridge]], [[Northern Ireland]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =
| weight =
| turnedpro = 1998
| retired = 2015
| plays = Right Handed
| coach = Marcus Berrett
| racquet = [[Dunlop Sport|Dunlop]]
| website =
| event = Women's singles
| years_active = 1998-2015
| highest_ranking = No. 3
| date_of_highest_ranking = April 2011
| current_ranking =
| date_of_current_ranking =
| WorldOpenresult =
| titles = 9
| finals = 23
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[squash (sport)|squash]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{IRL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Squash Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship|2008 Manchester]] | Singles }}
| updated = September 2019
}}

'''Madeline Perry''' (born 11 February 1977 in [[Banbridge]], [[Northern Ireland]]) is a former professional [[squash (sport)|squash]] player from [[Northern Ireland]]. She was raised in Northern Ireland and lives in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.irishstar.com/sport/other-sports/irish-squash-professional-madeline-perr-32489032 |title= Irish Squash Professional Madeline Perry | author= |date= April 1, 2024 |website= Irish Star |publisher= |access-date= April 28, 2025|quote=}}</ref>

In November 2006 at the [[World Open (squash)|World Open]] in [[Belfast]], she justified her [[Seed (sports)|seeding]] of eighth by reaching the quarter-finals. She then won the Irish Open 2007 title in Dublin. One of her career highlights is defeating [[Nicol David]] in the quarter-finals of the Forexx Dutch Open where she took the world number one to 9–7 in the fourth set before beating David with a 6-11, 12-14, 15-13, 11-5, 11-9 scoreline.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-09-14 |title=Perry loses British Open decider |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/squash/8255873.stm |access-date=2024-09-01 |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, a serious head injury sustained when Madeline was mugged in [[Milan]], [[Italy]], put a halt to the rest of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/squash/7723246.stm |title=Marvel Madeline |last=Haughey | first=John |publisher=BBC Sport |language=en-gb |date=15 November 2008 |access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref>

The inactivity caused a dip in her ranking that took her out of the top ten after nearly two years. In her first event back in 2008, in the Buler Challenge in [[Hong Kong]], she reached the final. A year later, Perry described her quarter-final victory over then-ranked No. 1 [[Nicol David]] in the five-set, 76-minute quarter-final of the 2009 British Open as "the best victory of my career".<ref>{{cite interview |last=Perry |first=Madeline |subject-link=Madeline Perry |interviewer=Helen McConnell |title=Madeline Perry |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOV0JUhOCio |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/TOV0JUhOCio |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|publisher=Sport Northern Ireland |location=Belfast Boat Club |date=24 November 2009 |accessdate=29 May 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (Perry lost the final to [[Rachael Grinham]].)<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/squash/8255873.stm |title= Perry loses British Open decider |publisher=BBC Sport |language=en-gb |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref> She then made it to the semis of the Seoul Open, followed by the semi-final berth at the CIMB [[Singapore]] Masters from an unseeded position and, by April 2011, Perry had reached a career-high world ranking of No. 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00411|title=WISPA Player Profile}}</ref><ref>[https://www.squashinfo.com/player-311 Player Profile at SquashInfo]</ref> In April 2014 she made squash history as the oldest female player to retain a top 10 position, when she was ranked No. 9 in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/squash/27242799 |title=Madeline Perry makes history as oldest to retain top 10 place |publisher=BBC Sport |language=en-gb |date=1 May 2014 |access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref>

==Major World Series final appearances==

===[[British Open Squash Championships|British Open]]: 1 finals (0 title, 1 runner-up)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="100"| Outcome
!width="50"| Year
!width="200"| Opponent in the final
!width="200"| Score in the final
|-
| bgcolor="ffa07a"|Runner-up || 2009 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rachael Grinham]] || 11–6, 11–5, 12–10
|}

===[[Qatar Classic]]: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="100"| Outcome
!width="50"| Year
!width="200"| Opponent in the final
!width="200"| Score in the final
|-
| bgcolor="ffa07a"|Runner-up || [[Women's Qatar Classic 2011|2011]] || {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Nicol David]] || 11–2, 11–7, 11-3
|}

==See also==
* [[Official Women's Squash World Ranking]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{WISPA|T00411}}
* {{WSA|madeline-perry}}
* {{Squash Info|311}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perry, Madeline}}
[[Category:Irish female squash players]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Banbridge]]
[[Category:Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland]]

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