Marjorie Cox Crawford

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Marjorie Cox Crawford

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	1903
Died	1983
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (1931)
French Open	2R (1933)
Wimbledon	1R (1932)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1932)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	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

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1931	Australian Championships	Grass	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	Daphne Akhurst	Esna Boyd Robertson Meryl O'Hara Wood	3–6, 8–6, 3–6
Loss	1930	Australian Championships	Grass	Sylvia Lance Harper	Emily Hood Westacott Margaret Molesworth	3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win	1932	Australian Championships	Grass	Coral Buttsworth	Kathleen Le Messurier 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	Jack Crawford	Daphne Akhurst Edgar Moon	6–0, 7–5
Loss	1930	Australian Championships	Grass	Jack Crawford	Nell Hall Hopman Harry Hopman	9–11, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1931	Australian Championships	Grass	Jack Crawford	Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard	7–5, 6–4
Win	1932	Australian Championships	Grass	Jack Crawford	Nell Hall Hopman Jiro Sato	6–8, 8–6, 6–3
Win	1933	Australian Championships	Grass	Jack Crawford	Marjorie Gladman 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