Marjorie Elizabeth Cox Crawford (1903–26 July 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.
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.
Crawford died on 26 July 1983, in Sydney.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1931 Australian Championships Grass Coral Buttsworth 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 3 (1 titles, 2 runner-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1926 Australian Championships Grass Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd Robertson Meryl O'Hara Wood 3–6, 8–6, 3–6Loss 1930 Australian Championships Grass Sylvia Lance Harper Emily Hood Westacott Margaret Molesworth 3–6, 6–0, 5–7Win 1932 Australian Championships Grass Coral Buttsworth Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston 6–2, 6–2
Mixed doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1929 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Daphne Akhurst Edgar Moon 6–0, 7–5Loss 1930 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Nell Hall Hopman Harry Hopman 9–11, 6–3, 3–6Win 1931 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard 7–5, 6–4Win 1932 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Nell Hall Hopman Jiro Sato 6–8, 8–6, 6–3Win 1933 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Marjorie Gladman Ellsworth Vines 3–6, 7–5, 13–11
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 Career SR Australian ChampionshipsQFSFQF2RSFQFFQF2R 0 / 9 French ChampionshipsAAAAAAAA2R 0 / 1 WimbledonAAAAAAA1RA 0 / 1 U.S. ChampionshipsAAAAAAAAA 0 / 0 SR0 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 2 0 / 11
See also Performance timelines for all female tennis players since 1978 who reached at least one Grand Slam final
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