Marjorie Cox Crawford

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]

Marjorie Cox Crawford
Country (sports) Australia
Born1903
Died1983
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenF (1931)
French Open2R (1933)
Wimbledon1R (1932)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1932)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian OpenW (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

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss1931Australian ChampionshipsGrass Coral Buttsworth6–1, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1 titles, 2 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1926Australian ChampionshipsGrass Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd Robertson
Meryl O'Hara Wood
3–6, 8–6, 3–6
Loss1930Australian ChampionshipsGrass Sylvia Lance Harper Emily Hood Westacott
Margaret Molesworth
3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win1932Australian ChampionshipsGrass Coral Buttsworth Kathleen Le Messurier
Dorothy Weston
6–2, 6–2

Mixed doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1929Australian ChampionshipsGrass Jack Crawford Daphne Akhurst
Edgar Moon
6–0, 7–5
Loss1930Australian ChampionshipsGrass Jack Crawford Nell Hall Hopman
Harry Hopman
9–11, 6–3, 3–6
Win1931Australian ChampionshipsGrass Jack Crawford Emily Hood Westacott
Aubrey Willard
7–5, 6–4
Win1932Australian ChampionshipsGrass Jack Crawford Nell Hall Hopman
Jiro Sato
6–8, 8–6, 6–3
Win1933Australian ChampionshipsGrass Jack Crawford Marjorie Gladman
Ellsworth Vines
3–6, 7–5, 13–11

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament192519261927192819291930193119321933Career SR
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

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