Marjorie Cox Crawford

Australian tennis player

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)

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

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1931 Australian Championships Grass Australia Coral Buttsworth 6–1, 3–6, 4–6

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

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1926 Australian Championships Grass Australia Daphne Akhurst Australia Esna Boyd Robertson
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
3–6, 8–6, 3–6
Loss 1930 Australian Championships Grass Australia Sylvia Lance Harper Australia Emily Hood Westacott
Australia Margaret Molesworth
3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win 1932 Australian Championships Grass Australia Coral Buttsworth Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
United Kingdom Dorothy Weston
6–2, 6–2

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

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1929 Australian Championships Grass Australia Jack Crawford Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Edgar Moon
6–0, 7–5
Loss 1930 Australian Championships Grass Australia Jack Crawford Australia Nell Hall Hopman
Australia Harry Hopman
9–11, 6–3, 3–6
Win 1931 Australian Championships Grass Australia Jack Crawford Australia Emily Hood Westacott
Australia Aubrey Willard
7–5, 6–4
Win 1932 Australian Championships Grass Australia Jack Crawford Australia Nell Hall Hopman
Japan Jiro Sato
6–8, 8–6, 6–3
Win 1933 Australian Championships Grass Australia Jack Crawford United States Marjorie Gladman
United States Ellsworth Vines
3–6, 7–5, 13–11

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 Career 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

See also

  • Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

  1. ^ "Australian Open players – Marjorie Crawford". Tennis Australia.
  2. ^ "Wedding Bells". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW : 1893 - 1953). NSW: National Library of Australia. 4 March 1930. p. 2.
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