Margaret Molesworth
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Margaret 'Mall' Molesworth (1894 - July 9, 1985) was a tennis player from Queensland, Australia who won the first women's singles title at the Australian Championships in 1922. She defeated fellow Australian Esna Boyd Robertson 6-3, 10-8. Molesworth also defeated Robertson in the following year's final.
Molesworth won three women's doubles titles at the Australian Championships with Emily Hood Westacott, in 1930, 1933, and 1934. Molesworth was the runner-up in women's doubles and mixed doubles at the Australian Championships in 1923.
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[edit] Grand Slam record
- Australian Championships
- Singles champion: 1922, 1923
- Singles finalist: 1934
- Women's Doubles champion: 1930, 1933, 1934
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1923
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1923
[edit] Grand Slam singles finals
[edit] Wins (2)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1922 | Australian Championships |  Esna Boyd Robertson |
6-3, 10-8 |
| 1923 | Australian Championships (2) | Esna Boyd Robertson |
6-1, 7-5 |
[edit] Runner-up (1)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1934 | Australian Championships | Joan Hartigan Bathurst |
6-1, 6-4 |
[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Championships | W | W | QF | A | A | A | QF | QF | QF | 1R | A | QF | F | 2R | 2 / 10 |
| French Championships1 | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 0 / 1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 |
| U.S. Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
| SR | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 12 |
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
1Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussells, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from the 1922 and 1923 editions of that tournament are shown here. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.
[edit] See also
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