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
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1931, 1932)
Doubles
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

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1931 Australian Championships Grass Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 1932 Australian Championships Grass Australia Kathleen Le Messurier 6–4, 9–7
Loss 1933 Australian Championships Grass Australia Joan Hartigan 4–6, 3–6

Doubles (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1932 Australian Championships Grass Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford United Kingdom Dorothy Weston
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier		 6–2, 6–2

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 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

References

  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. ^ a b "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.
Categories