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]