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Marjorie Cox Crawford (née Cox; 1903–1983) was an Australian tennis player who reached at least the singles quarterfinals at the Australian Championships seven out of the nine times she played the event. Her best result was a runner-up finish in 1931, losing to Coral McInnes Buttsworth in three sets.[1]
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | 1903 |
Died | 1983 |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | F (1931) |
French Open | 2R (1933) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1932) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1932) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1931, 1932, 1933) |
Crawford teamed with Buttsworth in 1932 to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships. Crawford was the runner-up in that event in 1926 (teaming with Daphne Akhurst Cozens) and 1930 (teaming with Sylvia Lance Harper). She also partnered with Jack Crawford, a six-time winner of singles titles in Grand Slam tournaments and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, to win the mixed doubles title at the Australian Championships in 1931, 1932, and 1933. They were the runners-up in 1929 and 1930. The couple married in Sydney on 28 February 1930.[2]
Grand Slam finals
editSingles: 1 (1 runner-up)
editResult | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1931 | Australian Championships | Grass | Coral Buttsworth | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 3 (1 titles, 2 runner-up)
editResult | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1926 | Australian Championships | Grass | Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd Robertson Meryl O'Hara Wood |
3–6, 8–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1930 | Australian Championships | Grass | Sylvia Lance Harper | Emily Hood Westacott Margaret Molesworth |
3–6, 6–0, 5–7 |
Win | 1932 | Australian Championships | Grass | Coral Buttsworth | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston |
6–2, 6–2 |
Mixed doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-up)
editResult | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1929 | Australian Championships | Grass | Jack Crawford | Daphne Akhurst Edgar Moon |
6–0, 7–5 |
Loss | 1930 | Australian Championships | Grass | Jack Crawford | Nell Hall Hopman Harry Hopman |
9–11, 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 1931 | Australian Championships | Grass | Jack Crawford | Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard |
7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 1932 | Australian Championships | Grass | Jack Crawford | Nell Hall Hopman Jiro Sato |
6–8, 8–6, 6–3 |
Win | 1933 | Australian Championships | Grass | Jack Crawford | Marjorie Gladman Ellsworth Vines |
3–6, 7–5, 13–11 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships | QF | SF | QF | 2R | SF | QF | F | QF | 2R | 0 / 9 |
French Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 |
U.S. Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 11 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Australian Open players – Marjorie Crawford". Tennis Australia.
- ^ "Wedding Bells". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW : 1893 - 1953). NSW: National Library of Australia. 4 March 1930. p. 2.