Marjorie Blackwood

Marjorie Blackwood
Full nameMarjorie Blackwood-Schelling
Country (sports) Canada
Born (1957-05-01) 1 May 1957 (age 67)
Karachi, Pakistan
Singles
Career record-
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1981)
French Open1R (1978)
Wimbledon3R (1982)
US Open2R (1981)
Doubles
Career record-
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1981)
French OpenQF (1980)
WimbledonQF (1981, 82)
US Open2R (1981)

Marjorie Blackwood-Schelling (born 1 May 1957)[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

  1. ^ Honoured Inductees, Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame
  2. ^ a b "Marjorie Blackwood". Tennis Canada. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Clinic Coaches' Biographies". Salt Spring Tennis Association. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ^ Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association Newsletter, winter 2018


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