Margaret Scriven
Margaret Scriven 
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| Birthday: | 17th August 1912 | ||||||||||||
| Date of death: | January 25, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | left, one-handed backhand | ||||||||||||
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Margaret "Peggy" Croft Scriven Vivian (born August 17, 1912 in Leeds , † January 25, 2001 in Haslemere , Surrey ) was a British tennis player . She won singles at the French championships in 1933 and 1934 , where she was also successful in doubles (1935) and mixed (1933). In 1933 and 1934 she was ranked fifth in the world rankings by Arthur Wallis Myers .
Life
Scriven, born in Leeds in 1912, came into contact with tennis through her parents. At the age of 17 she won the British Junior Championships.
As a clay court specialist, Scriven won the singles of the French championships in 1933 and 1934. In 1933 she defeated Simonne Mathieu 6: 2, 4: 6 and 6: 4 in the final . In addition, she was also successful in mixed at Jack Crawford's side that year . In the defense of her single title in 1934, she beat Helen Jacobs 7: 5, 4: 6 and 6: 1. In 1935 she won the double competition in Paris together with her compatriot Kay Stammers .
In Wimbledon , the left-hander started in 1930 and was able to reach the round of 16 several times there. The last time she came there in 1947 was the third round.
In her only appearance at the US Championships in 1933 Scriven was defeated in the quarterfinals by the American Josephine Cruickshank .
In addition, Scriven won the British Indoor Championships five times between 1932 and 1938 .
At the end of 1940 Scriven married the RAF pilot Frank Harvey Vivian († 1983) in London . Her husband was shot down over Germany a few days after the wedding and remained a prisoner of war until 1945.
After her active career, Scriven worked as a trainer in West Sussex . She died in 2001 at the age of 88. In 2016 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .
title
singles
| No. | year | competition | Final opponent | Result |
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| 1. | 1933 | French championships |
 Simonne Mathieu
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6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4 |
| 2. | 1934 | French championships |
 Helen Jacobs
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7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 1 |
Double
| No. | year | competition | Partner | Final opponents | Bottom line |
| 1. | 1935 | French championships |
Kay Stammers
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Ida Adamoff Hilde Sperling
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6: 4, 6: 0 |
Mixed
| No. | year | competition | partner | Final opponent | Bottom line |
| 1. | 1933 | French championships |
 Jack Crawford
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Betty Nuthall Fred Perry
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6: 2, 6: 3 |
Literature and web links
- Bud Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 708.
- Obituary. The Daily Telegraph , February 12, 2001, accessed August 19, 2016 .
- Margaret Scriven in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
- Player Archive, Peggy Vivian (Scriven). wimbledon.com, accessed August 19, 2016 .
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Scriven, Margaret |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scriven, Margaret Croft (full name); Vivian, Margaret |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeds |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 2001 |
| Place of death | Haslemere , Surrey |