Margaret Scriven

Margaret Scriven
Full nameMargaret Croft Scriven-Vivian
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1912-08-12)12 August 1912
Leeds, England
Died25 January 2001(2001-01-25) (aged 88)
Haslemere, England
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF2016 (member page)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 5 (1933, A. Wallis Myers)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenW (1933, 1934)
WimbledonQF (1931, 1933, 1934, 1937)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenW (1935)
WimbledonSF ( 1934)
US OpenQF (1933)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenW (1933)
WimbledonQF (1937)
US OpenSF (1933)

Margaret Croft Scriven-Vivian (née Scriven; 17 August 1912 – 25 January 2001) was a British tennis player and the first woman from that country to win the singles title at the French Championships in 1933. She also won the singles title at the 1934 French Championships, defeating Helen Jacobs in the final. She was ranked No. 5 in the world in 1933 and 1934.

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.