Scottish tennis legend Marjory Love recognised with Lifetime Achievement Award
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Scottish tennis legend Marjory Love was recognised with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tennis Scotland Awards 2026.
Marjory, from Johnstone in Renfrewshire, received a standing ovation as she was honoured for her decades of extraordinary success and commitment to tennis - which resulted in her becoming world number one for her category at the age of 74.
Among her long list of achievements, 76-year-old Marjory played at Junior Wimbledon in the 1960s and has enjoyed success at various levels of the sport, while regularly representing Scotland and Great Britain on the international stage. She now has a remarkable 91 titles to her name on the International Tennis Federation Masters Tour dating back over 25 years.
Known equally for her fair and modest nature as much as her tennis prowess, Marjory is so respected that she was invited to join the ITF’s Masters Advisory Panel from 2023-2025.
A multiple winner of the Scottish Cup, one of Marjory’s fondest memories in domestic competition was competing in doubles for Newlands Tennis Club alongside the late Elena Baltacha when she was just 14 years old.
At the awards ceremony, Marjory also won the Senior Veteran Player of the Year Award after going through the entire 2025 ITF Masters Tour season undefeated in singles.
Marjory said: “I want to say a huge thank you to Tennis Scotland for this award, I am very humbled to receive it. I consider myself very fortunate to still be participating in a sport that I enjoy and has been very good to me - it has been a game for life.
“Although tennis is mainly an individual sport, some of my best memories are as part of a team. Over some 60 years I have played as part of many teams, club teams at Newlands, Edinburgh University, West of Scotland county and international teams as a junior and veteran. One of my highlights was playing with the late Elena Baltacha for Newlands in the Scottish Cup.
“I have been overwhelmed with the interest in me since I became world number one, and I would not be receiving this award without all the support I have received over the years.”
