Marjorie Blackwood

Biography

Marjorie Blackwood (born May 1, 1957 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 48, achieved in August 1981. She reached the quarterfinals in doubles at Wimbledon with Susan Leo in 1981 and 1982, and at the French Open with Pam Whytcross in 1980. Blackwood has won nine WTA doubles and was also a runner-up in four more events. She was coach and captain of the Canadian Fed Cup team in 1983. She was Tennis Canada's 1982 female player of the year. She retired in 1994. Blackwood was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 1998.

Born to a Canadian government officer in Karachi, she grew up in Detroit and Ottawa and attended the University of Texas. After her retirement, she and her husband Peter Schelling were Tennis Directors at Whistler Tennis Club. They continue to coach in the Gulf Islands where they currently live.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Championships (0–0) Avon (9–4)

Titles by surface Hard (7–2) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1979	Avon Futures of Austin, United States	Avon	Hard	Paula Smith (USA)	Betty-Ann Stuart (USA) Valerie Ziegenfuss (USA)	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–0	Feb 1979	Avon Futures de Montréal, Canada	Avon	Hard (i)	Kym Ruddell (AUS)	Raquel Giscafré (ARG) Jane Stratton (USA)	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Feb 1979	Avon Futures of Columbus, United States	Avon	Hard (i)	Kym Ruddell (AUS)	Bunny Bruning (USA) Yvonne Vermaak (RSA)	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Mar 1979	Avon Futures of Fort Myers, United States	Avon	Clay	Kym Ruddell (AUS)	Diane Desfor (USA) Barbara Hallquist (USA)	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Mar 1979	Avon Futures Championships, United States	Avon	Hard	Kym Ruddell (AUS)	Sherry Acker (USA) Mary Carillo (USA)	6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win	3–3	Feb 1980	Avon Futures of Calgary, Canada	Avon	Hard (i)	Pam Whytcross (AUS)	Leslie Allen (USA) Dianne Morrison (USA)	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Win	4–3	Feb 1980	Avon Futures of Toronto, Canada	Avon	Hard (i)	Pam Whytcross (AUS)	Lea Antonoplis (USA) Kim Jones (USA)	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	5–3	Apr 1980	Avon Futures Championships, United States	Avon	Clay	Pam Whytcross (AUS)	Lindsay Morse (USA) Candy Reynolds (USA)	7–5, 7–6
Win	6–3	Jan 1981	Avon Futures of Toronto, Canada (2)	Avon	Hard (i)	Susan Leo (AUS)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) Eva Pfaff (FRG)	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	6–4	Feb 1981	Avon Futures of Nashville, United States	Avon	Carpet (i)	Susan Leo (AUS)	Marcella Mesker (NED) Christiane Jolissaint (SUI)	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–4	Jan 1982	Avon Futures of Fort Myers, United States	Avon	Hard (i)	Susan Leo (AUS)	Pat Medrado (BRA) Cláudia Monteiro (BRA)	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	8–4	Jan 1982	Avon Futures de Montréal, Canada (2)	Avon	Hard (i)	Susan Leo (AUS)	Diane Desfor (USA) Barbara Jordan (USA)	6–2, 6–4
Win	9–4	Jan 1982	Avon Futures of Western Pennsylvania, United States	Avon	Carpet (i)	Susan Leo (AUS)	Brenda Remilton (AUS) Sue Saliba (AUS)	6–0, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend ITF $100,000 tournaments (0–0) ITF $75,000 tournaments (0–0) ITF $50,000 tournaments (0–0) ITF $25,000 tournaments (1–0) ITF $10,000 tournaments (0–1)

Titles by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1986	Key Biscayne, United States	$10,000	Hard	Susan Leo (AUS)	Lee Jeong-soon (KOR) Park Jun-re (KOR)	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Win	1–1	Sep 1994	Vancouver, Canada	$25,000	Hard	Renata Kolbovic (CAN)	Mélanie Bernard (CAN) Caroline Delisle (CAN)	7–5, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
French Open	A	1R	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	0 / 5	1–5	17%
US Open	Q1	1R	A	A	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	3–3	1–1	0 / 9	4–9	31%

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	2R	A	QF	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Wimbledon	1R	1R	3R	QF	QF	0 / 5	6–5	55%
US Open	3R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–Loss	3–3	0–1	4–2	2–3	2–1	0 / 10	11–10	52%

External links

• Marjorie Blackwood on CdnTennis.ca