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 | 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)
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Key | W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
| 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 |
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