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Coral Buttsworth

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Coral Buttsworth
Full nameCoral Annabell McInnes Buttsworth
Country (sports) Australia
Born7 June 1900
Jones Island, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Died20 December 1985(1985-12-20) (aged 85)
Hazelbrook, Australia
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1931, 1932)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (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

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Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win1931Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Marjorie Cox Crawford1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win1932Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Kathleen Le Messurier6–4, 9–7
Loss1933Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Joan Hartigan4–6, 3–6

Doubles (1 title)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1932Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Marjorie Cox CrawfordUnited Kingdom Dorothy Weston
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier		6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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.
Tournament192519261927192819291930193119321933Career SR
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

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References

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  1. ↑ Birth Certificate for Coral Annabell McInnes, Government of New South Wales, posted at Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Tennis". Daily Standard. 9 March 1931. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 "Crawford's Great Win in 5-Set Tussle". The News. 13 February 1932. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Girl Wins Title". The News. 31 January 1933. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
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