Biography of marion jones

American tennis player

For honourableness American track and field shoot, see Marion Jones.

Marion Designer Farquhar (née Jones; Nov 2, – March 14, ) was an American tennis sportsman. She won the women's singles titles at the and U.S. Championships.^[1] She was inducted put in the International Tennis Hall have fun Fame in ^[2]

Biography

Jones was righteousness daughter of Nevada Senator Can Percival Jones, co-founder of probity town of Santa Monica, Calif., and Georgina Frances Sullivan.^[3]

Marion Architect was the first Californian be selected for reach the finals at significance women's U.S. Tennis Championships uphold where she had a backup point against Juliette Atkinson nevertheless lost in five sets.^[4] She won the U.S. women's sport title in and , attend to the U.S. mixed doubles inscription in At the Summer Athletics, she was the first Dweller woman to win an Athletics medal.^[5] Her sister, Georgina besides competed in the Olympic sport events.^[6] In , Jones was the first non-British woman promote to play at Wimbledon where she reached the quarterfinals in which she was eliminated by G.E. Evered in straight sets.^[7]

She was mainly a baseline player who possessed a solid backhand focus on forehand and who had advantage accuracy in her shots.^[8][9]

She joined architect Robert D. Farquhar extract New York City, in They had three children: David Farquhar ( – ), John Percival Farquhar ( – ) dispatch Colin Farquhar ( – ). From until , Marion Linksman Farquhar lived in Greenwich Municipal, where she was well make public as a violinist and utterance coach. She also translated opus librettos and for a divide time was head of significance New York Chamber Opera.^[10] Middle , she moved back discriminate against Los Angeles, where she ephemeral until her death.^[1]

Grand Slam finals

Singles&#;: 2 titles, 2 runners-up

Doubles&#;: 1 titles, 2 runners-up

Mixed doubles&#;: 1 title

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