Coral Buttsworth
Full name | Coral Annabell McInnes Buttsworth |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Born | 7 June 1900 Jones Island, New South Wales, Australia[1] |
Died | 20 December 1985(1985-12-20) (aged 85) Hazelbrook, Australia |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1931, 1932) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1932) |
Coral Annabell Buttsworth (née McInnes; 7 June 1900 – 20 December 1985) was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the Australian Championships in 1931 and 1932 and the women's doubles title there in 1932.[2][3] In 1933 she again made the final of the Australian Championships but was defeated in straight sets by first-seeded Joan Hartigan.[4]
Buttsworth was the only multiple winner of the singles title at the Australian Championships who never won a state singles title. A strong, thick-set woman from Sydney, she was addicted to chopping the ball, with an excellent drop shot, and was quick around the court. She was a player who preferred to maneuver opponents out of position by running them up and back on the court rather than from side to side.[3]
Grand Slam finals
Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1931 | Australian Championships | Grass | Marjorie Cox Crawford | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 1932 | Australian Championships | Grass | Kathleen Le Messurier | 6–4, 9–7 |
Loss | 1933 | Australian Championships | Grass | Joan Hartigan | 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (1 title)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1932 | Australian Championships | Grass | Marjorie Cox Crawford | Dorothy Weston Kathleen Le Messurier | 6–2, 6–2 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | W | W | F | 2 / 5 |
French Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
U.S. Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 5 |
See also
- List of Australian Open women's singles champions
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References
- ^ Birth Certificate for Coral Annabell McInnes, Government of New South Wales, posted at Ancestry.com (subscription required)
- ^ "Tennis". Daily Standard. 9 March 1931. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Crawford's Great Win in 5-Set Tussle". The News. 13 February 1932. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Girl Wins Title". The News. 31 January 1933. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
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- 1922: Margaret Molesworth
- 1923: Margaret Molesworth
- 1924: Sylvia Lance Harper
- 1925: Daphne Akhurst
- 1926: Daphne Akhurst
- 1927: Esna Boyd Robertson
- 1928: Daphne Akhurst
- 1929: Daphne Akhurst
- 1930: Daphne Akhurst
- 1931: Coral McInnes Buttsworth
- 1932: Coral McInnes Buttsworth
- 1933: Joan Hartigan
- 1934: Joan Hartigan
- 1935: Dorothy Round
- 1936: Joan Hartigan
- 1937: Nancye Wynne
- 1938: Dorothy Bundy Cheney
- 1939: Emily Hood Westacott
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