Marjorie Blackwood Explained

Marjorie Blackwood
Fullname:Marjorie Blackwood-Schelling
Birth Date:1 May 1957
Birth Place:Karachi, Pakistan
Singlesrecord:-
Australianopenresult:3R (1981)
Frenchopenresult:1R (1978)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1982)
Usopenresult:2R (1981)
Doublesrecord:-
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (1981)
Frenchopendoublesresult:QF (1980)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (1981, 82)
Usopendoublesresult:2R (1981)

Marjorie Blackwood-Schelling (born 1 May 1957)[1] is a Canadian retired tennis player. Partnering the Australian Susan Leo, she reached the doubles quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 1981 and 1982, and with Pam Whytcross, also Australian, the French Open in 1980. She was the coach/captain of the Canadian Federation Cup team in 1983.[2]

She was Tennis Canada's 1982 female player of the year.[3]

Born to a Canadian government officer in Karachi, she grew up in Detroit and Ottawa and attended the University of Texas.[2]

After her retirement, she and her husband Peter Schelling were tennis directors at Whistler Tennis Club. They continue to coach in the Gulf Islands.[4]

She was inducted into the Lisgar Collegiate Institute Athletic Wall of Fame in 2018.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://ottawasporthalloffame.ca/honoured-inductees/ Honoured Inductees
  2. Web site: Marjorie Blackwood. Tennis Canada . 15 January 2016.
  3. Web site: Tennis Canada Names Milos Raonic And Eugenie Bouchard 2015 Birks Players Of The Year#. SIRC. 15 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510063752/http://sirc.ca/news/tennis-canada-names-milos-raonic-and-eugenie-bouchard-2015-birks-players-year. 10 May 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Clinic Coaches' Biographies. Salt Spring Tennis Association. 15 January 2016.
  5. Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association Newsletter, winter 2018