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Nancye Wynne Bolton
Australian tennis player

Nancye Wynne Bolton

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Australian tennis player
A.K.A.
Nancye Meredith Wynne Bolton
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Place of birth
Melbourne
Place of death
Melbourne
Age
85 years
Nancye Wynne Bolton
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Biography

Nancye Wynne Bolton (née Wynne; 2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was a tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Court who won 11 titles. Bolton won 20 titles at the Australian Championships, second only to Court's 21 titles.
According to Wallis Myers and John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bolton was ranked in the world top ten in 1938, 1947, and 1948 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of World No. 4 in those rankings in 1947 and 1948. According to Ned Potter of American Lawn Tennis magazine, Bolton was the second ranked player in 1947, behind Louise Brough.
She married George Bolton on 6 July 1940. He was a RAAF pilot and was killed in May 1942 during a raid on Germany.
Bolton was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1936Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Joan Hartigan4–6, 4–6
Winner1937Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Emily Hood Westacott6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up1938US ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Alice Marble0–6, 3–6
Winner1940Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne Long5–7, 6–4, 6–0
Winner1946Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Joyce Fitch6–4, 6–4
Winner1947Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Nell Hall Hopman6–3, 6–2
Winner1948Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Marie Toomey6–3, 6–1
Runner-up1949Australian ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Doris Hart3–6, 4–6
Winner1951Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne Long6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 12 (10 titles, 2 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1936Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongAustralia May Blik
Australia Katherine Wooodward
6–2, 6–4
Winner1937Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongAustralia Nell Hall Hopman
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6–2, 6–2
Winner1938Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongUnited States Dorothy Bundy Cheney
United States Dorothy Workman
9–7, 6–4
Winner1939Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongAustralia May Hardcastle
Australia Nell Hall Hopman
7–5, 6–4
Winner1940Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongAustralia Joan Hartigan
Australia Emily Niemayer
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up1946Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongAustralia Joyce Fitch
Australia Mary Bevis Hawton
7–9, 4–6
Winner1947Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongAustralia Joyce Fitch
Australia Mary Bevis Hawton
6–3, 6–3
Winner1948Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongAustralia Pat Jones
Australia Mary Bevis Hawton
6–3, 6–3
Winner1949Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongUnited States Doris Hart
Australia Marie Toomey
6–0, 6–1
Runner-up1950Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongUnited States Louise Brough
United States Doris Hart
2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner1951Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongAustralia Joyce Fitch
Australia Mary Bevis Hawton
6–2, 6–1
Winner1952Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongAustralia Allison Burton Baker
Australia Mary Bevis Hawton
6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1938French ChampionshipsClayFrance Christian BoussusFrance Simonne Mathieu
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić
6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up1938Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Colin LongAustralia Margaret Wilson
Australia John Bromwich
3–6, 2–6
Winner1940Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Colin LongAustralia Nell Hall Hopman
Australia Harry Hopman
7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Winner1946Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Colin LongAustralia Joyce Fitch
Australia John Bromwich
6–0, 6–4
Runner-up1947Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Colin LongUnited States Louise Brough
Australia John Bromwich
6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Winner1947Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Colin LongAustralia Joyce Fitch
Australia John Bromwich
6–3, 6–3
Winner1948Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Colin LongAustralia Thelma Coyne Long
Australia Bill Sidwell
7–5, 4–6, 8–6
Runner-up1951Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Mervyn RoseUnited States Doris Hart
Australia Frank Sedgman
5–7, 2–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#ANH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.
Tournament1935193619371938193919401941 – 194419451946194719481949195019511952Career SR
Australian Championships2RFWSF2RWNHNHWWWFSFWSF6 / 13
French ChampionshipsAAA3RANHRAAAAAAAA0 / 1
WimbledonAAA4RANHNHNHAQFAAA3RA0 / 3
U.S. ChampionshipsAAAFAAAAASFAAAAA0 / 2
SR0 / 10 / 11 / 10 / 40 / 11 / 10 / 00 / 01 / 11 / 31 / 10 / 10 / 11 / 20 / 16 / 19


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