Marjorie Blackwood
Marjorie Blackwood-Schelling (born 1 May 1957 in Karachi, Pakistan)[1] is a Canadian retired tennis player. Partnering the Australian Susan Leo, she reached the doubles quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 1981 and 1982, and with Pam Whytcross, also Australian, the French Open in 1980. She was the coach/captain of the Canadian Federation Cup team in 1983.[2]
She was Tennis Canada's 1982 female player of the year.[3]
Born to a Canadian government officer in Karachi, she grew up in Detroit and Ottawa and attended the University of Texas.[2]
After her retirement, she and her husband Peter Schelling were tennis directors at Whistler Tennis Club. They continue to coach in the Gulf Islands.[4]
She was inducted into the Lisgar Collegiate Institute Athletic Wall of Fame in 2018.[5]
References[]
- ^ Honoured Inductees, Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame
- ^ a b "Marjorie Blackwood". Tennis Canada. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Tennis Canada Names Milos Raonic And Eugenie Bouchard 2015 Birks Players Of The Year#". SIRC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Clinic Coaches' Biographies". Salt Spring Tennis Association. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association Newsletter, winter 2018
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