Margaret Scriven

Margaret Scriven
Full name Margaret Croft Scriven-Vivian
Country (sports)  United Kingdom
Born (1912-08-12)12 August 1912
Leeds, England
Died 25 January 2001(2001-01-25) (aged 88)
Haslemere, England
Plays Left-handed
Int. Tennis HoF 2016 (member page)
Singles
Highest ranking No. 5 (1933, A. Wallis Myers)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open W (1933, 1934)
Wimbledon QF (1931, 1933, 1934, 1937)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open W (1935)
Wimbledon SF ( 1934)
US Open QF (1933)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open W (1933)
Wimbledon QF (1937)
US Open SF (1933)

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. She was ranked No. 5 in the world in 1933 and 1934.

Career

Scrive won the British Junior Championships in 1929.[2]

In 1932 she won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played on the wooden courts at the Queen's Club, after a victory in the final against Kay Stammers.[2]

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.[3][4]

She played for the British Wightman Cup team in 1933, 1934 and 1938.

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.[1]

Personal life

Scriven married Harvey Vivian in 1940 who was a house master and a wartime RAF officer. The couple had a son and a daughter.[5]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 titles)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner1933French ChampionshipsClayFrance Simonne Mathieu6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Winner1934French Championships (2)ClayUnited States Helen Jacobs7–5, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner1935French ChampionshipsClayUnited Kingdom Kay StammersFrance Ida Adamoff
Denmark Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling		6–4, 6–0

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner1933French ChampionshipsClayAustralia Jack CrawfordUnited Kingdom Betty Nuthall
United Kingdom Fred Perry		6–2, 6–3

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament193019311932193319341935193619371938193919401941–194419451946119471Career SR
Australian Championships A A A A A A A A A A A NH NH A A 0 / 0
French Championships A A 2R W W SF 2R QF A A NH R A A A 2 / 6
Wimbledon 1R QF 2R QF QF 3R 1R QF 4R 4R NH NH NH 4R 3R 0 / 12
US Championships A A A 3R A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 19

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 played.

1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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 0-942257-41-3.
  2. 1 2 Myers, A. Wallis, ed. (1937). Ayres' Lawn Tennis Almanack. London: F.H. Ayres Ltd. p. 679.
  3. ↑ Lynch, Steven (15 May 2014). "French Open fairytales". espn.co.uk. ESPN UK.
  4. ↑ "French Open: Jelena Ostapenko beats Simona Halep to win first Grand Slam". BBC Sport. 10 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Peggie Scriven". The Telegraph. 12 February 2001.
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