Coral Buttsworth


Coral Annabell Buttsworth was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the Australian Championships in 1931 and 1932 and the women's doubles title there in 1932. In 1933 she again made the final of the Australian Championships but was defeated in straight sets by first-seeded Joan Hartigan.
Buttsworth was the only multiple winner of the singles title at the Australian Championships who never won a state singles title. A strong, thick-set woman from Sydney, she was addicted to chopping the ball, with an excellent drop shot, and was quick around the court. She was a player who preferred to maneuver opponents out of position by running them up and back on the court rather than from side to side.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1931Australian ChampionshipsGrass Marjorie Cox Crawford1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner1932Australian ChampionshipsGrass Kathleen Le Messurier6–4, 9–7
Runner-up1933Australian ChampionshipsGrass Joan Hartigan4–6, 3–6

Doubles (1 title)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1932Australian ChampionshipsGrass Marjorie Cox Crawford Dorothy Weston
Kathleen Le Messurier		6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.