| Susan Butt | |
| Fullname: | Dorcas Susan Butt |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1938 |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Frenchopenresult: | 3R (1961) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 3R (1961) |
| Usopenresult: | 1R (1957, 58, 59, 60, 66) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 1R (1961) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 2R (1961) |
Dorcas Susan Butt (born March 19, 1938) is a Canadian sports psychologist and former tennis player.[1] [2]
Raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Butt was the number one ranked Canadian player for three years and won a national championship in doubles. She won through to the singles third round of the 1961 Wimbledon Championships as a qualifier, before losing a centre court match to the top seeded Sandra Reynolds in 100 degree heat.[3] In 1967 she made her playing debut for the Canada Federation Cup team and from 1970 to 1972 was the team captain.[4] She is an inductee into both the Canada Tennis Hall of Fame (2000) and British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (2023).[5]
Butt holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Chicago and was a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia for many years. In 1973 she married colleague Liam Finn, the Dean of Applied Science.[6]