Country (sports) United Kingdom Name Margaret Scriven Highest ranking 5 French Open W (1935) Handed Left-handed | French Open W (1933, 1934) Grand slams won (singles) 2 Plays Left-handed Role Tennis player | |
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Full name Margaret Croft Scriven-Vivian Born 12 August 1912
Leeds, England ( 1912-08-12 ) Wimbledon QF (1931, 1933, 1934, 1937) Died January 25, 2001, Haslemere, United Kingdom | ||
America s helen jacob wins against margaret scriven of england in the wight cup c hd stock footage
Margaret Croft "Peggy" 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.
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- America s helen jacob wins against margaret scriven of england in the wight cup c hd stock footage
- Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
- References
Scriven-Vivian was the last British woman to win the same Grand Slam singles tournament for two consecutive years. In addition, she was the first left-handed woman to win a Grand Slam singles title and was the only unseeded woman ever to win the French Championships or French Open until the 2017 singles title was won by Jeļena Ostapenko.
According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Scriven-Vivian was ranked in the world top ten from 1933 through 1935, reaching a career high of World No. 5 in those rankings in 1933 and 1934.
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.