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 ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Coral Buttsworth6–1, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1 titles, 2 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1926Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Daphne AkhurstAustralia Esna Boyd Robertson
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood		3–6, 8–6, 3–6
Loss1930Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Sylvia Lance HarperAustralia Emily Hood Westacott
Australia Margaret Molesworth		3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win1932Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Coral ButtsworthAustralia 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
Loss1929Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Jack CrawfordAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Edgar Moon		6–0, 7–5
Loss1930Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Jack CrawfordAustralia Nell Hall Hopman
Australia Harry Hopman		9–11, 6–3, 3–6
Win1931Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Jack CrawfordAustralia Emily Hood Westacott
Australia Aubrey Willard		7–5, 6–4
Win1932Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Jack CrawfordAustralia Nell Hall Hopman
Japan Jiro Sato		6–8, 8–6, 6–3
Win1933Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Jack CrawfordUnited 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.
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

See also

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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