Maud Margaret 'Mall' MolesworthBEM (née Mutch; 18 October 1894 – 9 July 1985) was a tennis player from Queensland, Australia who won the inaugural Australasian Championships women's singles title in 1922 and successfully defended her title in 1923.
Australian tennis player
Margaret Molesworth
Margaret Molesworth, c.1941
Fullname
Maud Margaret Mutch Molesworth
Country(sports)
Australia
Born
(1894-10-18)18 October 1894 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
9 July 1985(1985-07-09) (aged90) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Singles
Highestranking
No. 10 (1922)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
W (1922, 1923)
French Open
3R (1934)
Wimbledon
1R (1934)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
W (1930, 1933, 1934)
Wimbledon
3R (1934)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open
F (1923)
Tennis career
She won her first major tennis title in 1914 – the Queensland ladies doubles. For much of the next five years, sporting contests in Australia were cancelled due to World War I.
Maude Margaret Molesworth and Dorothy Round, 1934
Molesworth won tennis championships in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania beginning in 1919. At the first Australian Championships in 1922, Molesworth defeated fellow Australian Esna Boyd Robertson 6–3, 10–8 in the final. A year later, she successfully defended her title, again defeating Robertson in the final.
Molesworth was unable to compete overseas until 1934 when, at age 40, she reached the last sixteen of the French Championships. At the 1934 Wimbledon Championships she lost in the first round of the singles event to Madzy Rollin Couquerque and reached the third round of the doubles with Joan Hartigan.[1]
In doubles, Molesworth won three women's titles at the Australian Championships with Emily Hood Westacott, in 1930, 1933, and 1934. She was also runner-up in women's and mixed doubles at the Australian Championships in 1923.
Molesworth was the first Australian woman tennis player to be listed in the world's top ten rankings. A. Wallis Myers of the Daily Telegraph rated her No. 10 in 1922 and 1923.[2]
In 1924, mainly for health reasons, Molesworth retired from the sport. She came back a few years later, always considered a threat in Australian tournaments. In 1934, she reached the Australian singles final once more. Later that year, she competed overseas for the first time, playing at Wimbledon and the French Championships.
Retirement
After her retirement from competitive play, Molesworth became one of the first female professional coaches in Australia. Until her death in 1985, she maintained a lifelong interest in the sport of tennis.[3]
In the 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours Molesworth received the British Empire Medal (BEM) for "service to the community of Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales.[4]
Personal
On 19 June 1918, in Brisbane, Molesworth married Bevil Hugh Molesworth (1891–1971), an educator and radio broadcaster.[5]
Molesworth died at her home in Lindfield on 9 July 1985.[6] Her only son, Hugh (born 1925), predeceased her in 1960.[7] On 25 January 2022 Maude Margaret Molesworth and Joan Hartigan were inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame at a special ceremony at Rod Laver Arena.[8]
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result
Year
Championship
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1922
Australian Championships
Grass
Esna Boyd Robertson
6–3, 10–8
Win
1923
Australian Championships
Grass
Esna Boyd Robertson
6–1, 7–5
Loss
1934
Australian Championships
Grass
Joan Hartigan
1–6, 4–6
Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
Result
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
1923
Australian Championships
Grass
Beryl Turner
Esna Boyd Robertson Sylvia Lance Harper
1–6, 4–6
Win
1930
Australian Championships
Grass
Emily Hood Westacott
Marjorie Cox Crawford Sylvia Lance Harper
6–3, 0–6, 7–5
Win
1933
Australian Championships
Grass
Emily Hood Westacott
Joan Hartigan Marjorie Gladman
6–3, 6–2
Win
1934
Australian Championships
Grass
Emily Hood Westacott
Joan Hartigan Ula Valkenburg
6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
1923
Australian Championships
Grass
Bert St. John
Sylvia Lance Harper Horace Rice
6–2, 4–6, 4–6
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
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
US 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
1Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, 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.
See also
Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp.695, 701. ISBN978-0-942257-41-0.
Consandine, Marion, "Molesworth, Bevil Hugh (1891–1971)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 25 March 2019
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