Marjorie Cox Crawford Explained
Marjorie Cox Crawford |
Birth Date: | 1903 |
Death Date: | 1983 |
Australianopenresult: | F (1931) |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1933) |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1932) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | W (1932) |
Australianopenmixedresult: | W (1931, 1932, 1933) |
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]
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
Doubles: 3 (1 titles, 2 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1926 | | Grass | | | 3–6, 8–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1930 | | Grass | | | 3–6, 6–0, 5–7 |
Win | 1932 | | Grass | | | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Mixed doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1929 | | Grass | | | 6–0, 7–5 |
Loss | 1930 | | Grass | Jack Crawford | | 9–11, 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 1931 | | Grass | Jack Crawford | | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 1932 | | Grass | Jack Crawford | | 6–8, 8–6, 6–3 |
Win | 1933 | | Grass | Jack Crawford | | 3–6, 7–5, 13–11 | |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Australian Open players – Marjorie Crawford. Tennis Australia.
- News: Wedding Bells. . . NSW . 4 March 1930 . 2 . National Library of Australia.