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Marion Jones Farquhar
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Country (sports)  United States
Born (1879-11-02)November 2, 1879
Gold Hill, Nevada, U.S.
Died March 14, 1965(1965-03-14) (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Plays Right-handed
Int. Tennis HoF 2006 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon QF (1900)
US Open W (1899, 1902)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open W (1902)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open W (1901)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Representing  United States
Bronze 1900 Paris Singles
Representing a Olympic flag.svg Mixed team
Bronze 1900 Paris Mixed doubles

Marion Jones Farquhar (née Jones; November 2, 1879 – March 14, 1965) was an American tennis player. She won the women's singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S. Championships. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.

Biography

Jones was the daughter of Nevada Senator John Percival Jones, co-founder of the town of Santa Monica, California, and Georgina Frances Sullivan.

Marion Jones was the first Californian to reach the finals at the women's U.S. Tennis Championships in 1898 where she had a championship point against Juliette Atkinson but lost in five sets. She won the U.S. women's tennis title in 1899 and 1902, and the U.S. mixed doubles title in 1901. At the 1900 Summer Olympics, she was the first American woman to win an Olympic medal. Her sister, Georgina also competed in the 1900 Olympic tennis events. In 1900, Jones was the first non-British woman to play at Wimbledon where she reached the quarterfinals in which she was eliminated by G.E. Evered in straight sets.

She was mainly a baseline player who possessed a solid backhand and forehand and who had good accuracy in her shots.

She married architect Robert D. Farquhar in New York City, in 1903. They had three children: David Farquhar (1904 – ), John Percival Farquhar (1912 – 2013) and Colin Farquhar (1913 – ). From 1920 until 1961, Marion Jones Farquhar lived in Greenwich Village, where she was well known as a violinist and voice coach. She also translated opera librettos and for a short time was head of the New York Chamber Opera. In 1961, she moved back to Los Angeles, where she lived until her death.

Grand Slam finals

Singles : 2 titles, 2 runners-up

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1898 U.S. Championships Grass United States Juliette Atkinson 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Winner 1899 U.S. Championships Grass United States Maud Banks 6–1, 6–1, 7–5
Winner 1902 U.S. Championships (2) Grass United States Elisabeth Moore 6–1, 1–0 retired
Runner-up 1903 U.S. Championships Grass United States Elisabeth Moore 5–7, 6–8

Doubles : 1 titles, 2 runners-up

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1901 U.S. Championships Grass United States Elisabeth Moore United States Juliette Atkinson
United States Myrtle McAteer
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Winner 1902 U.S. Championships Grass United States Juliette Atkinson United States Maud Banks
United States Winona Closterman
6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 1903 U.S. Championships Grass United States Miriam Hall United States Elisabeth Moore
United States Carrie Neely
6–4, 1–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles : 1 title

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1901 U.S. Championships Grass United States Raymond Little United States Myrtle McAteer
United States Clyde Stevens
6–4, 6–4, 7–5

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Marion Jones (tenista) para niños

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