Career
Foreign much of the next five years, sporting contests in Australia were cancelled due to World War I.
At the first Australian Championships in 1922, Molesworth defeated fellow Australian Esna Boyd Robertson 6–3, 10–8 in the final. Molesworth was unable to compete overseas until 1934 when, at age 40, she reach the last sixteen of the French Championships. At the 1934 Wimbledon Championships she lost in the first round of the singles event to Madzy Rollin Couquerque and reached the third round of the doubles with Joan Hartigan.
She was also runner-up in women"s and mixed doubles at the Australian Championships in 1923.
Molesworth was the first Australian woman tennis player to be listed in the world"s top ten rankings. A. Wallis Myers of the Daily Telegraph rated her Number.
10 in 1922 and 1923. In 1924, mainly for health reasons, Molesworth retired from the sport.
She came back a few years later, always considered a threat in Australian tournaments. In 1934, she reached the Australian singles final once more.
Later that year, she competed overseas for the first time, playing at Wimbledon and the French Championships. After her retirement from competitive play, Molesworth became one of the first female professional coaches in Australia.
Until her death in 1985, she maintained a lifelong interest in the sport of tennis.
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 4 (4 titles, 0 runner-up)
Mixed doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
New Hampshire = tournament not held. A = did not participate in the tournament. 1Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals.
The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities.
The results from the 1922 and 1923 editions of that tournament are shown here. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris.
Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.