Marjorie Cox Crawford

Marjorie Cox Crawford

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	1903 (1903)
Died	26 July 1983(1983-07-26) (aged 79–80)
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 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.^[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]

Crawford died on 26 July 1983, in Sydney.^[3]

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 RobertsonMeryl O'Hara Wood	3–6, 8–6, 3–6
Loss	1930	Australian Championships	Grass	Sylvia Lance Harper	Emily Hood WestacottMargaret Molesworth	3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win	1932	Australian Championships	Grass	Coral Buttsworth	Kathleen Le MessurierDorothy 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 AkhurstEdgar Moon	6–0, 7–5
Loss	1930	Australian Championships	Grass	Jack Crawford	Nell Hall HopmanHarry Hopman	9–11, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1931	Australian Championships	Grass	Jack Crawford	Emily Hood WestacottAubrey 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 GladmanEllsworth 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.
3. "Tennis Star Dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 1983. p. 30. Retrieved 2 October 2025.