Nancye Wynne Bolton

Nancye Wynne Bolton

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	2 December 1916 Melbourne, Australia
Died	9 November 2001 (aged 84) Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Int. Tennis HoF	2006 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951)
French Open	3R (1938)
Wimbledon	QF (1947)
US Open	F (1938)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1940, 1946, 1947, 1948)
French Open	F (1938)
Wimbledon	F (1947, 1951)

Thelma Coyne (l) and Nancye Wynne (r) in Adelaide (1938)

Nancye Wynne Bolton (2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was a female 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.^[1] According to Ned Potter of American Lawn Tennis magazine, Bolton was the second ranked player in 1947, just behind Louise Brough Clapp.

She married George Bolton on 6 July 1940.^[2] He was a RAAF pilot and was killed in May 1942 during a raid on Germany.^[3]

Bolton was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.

Grand Slam tournament finals

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

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1936	Australian Championships	Grass	Joan Hartigan	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1937	Australian Championships	Grass	Emily Hood Westacott	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	1938	US Championships	Grass	Alice Marble	0–6, 3–6
Winner	1940	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	5–7, 6–4, 6–0
Winner	1946	Australian Championships	Grass	Joyce Fitch	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1947	Australian Championships	Grass	Nell Hall Hopman	6–3, 6–2
Winner	1948	Australian Championships	Grass	Marie Toomey	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1949	Australian Championships	Grass	Doris Hart	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1951	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	6–1, 7–5

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

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1936	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	May Blik Katherine Wooodward	6–2, 6–4
Winner	1937	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Nell Hall Hopman Emily Hood Westacott	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1938	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Dorothy Bundy Cheney Dorothy Workman	9–7, 6–4
Winner	1939	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	May Hardcastle Nell Hall Hopman	7–5, 6–4
Winner	1940	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Joan Hartigan Emily Niemayer	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1946	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Joyce Fitch Mary Bevis Hawton	7–9, 4–6
Winner	1947	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Joyce Fitch Mary Bevis Hawton	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1948	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Pat Jones Mary Bevis Hawton	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1949	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Doris Hart Marie Toomey	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	1950	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Louise Brough Clapp Doris Hart	2–6, 6–2, 3-6
Winner	1951	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Joyce Fitch Mary Bevis Hawton	6–2, 6–1
Winner	1952	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	Allison Burton Baker Mary Bevis Hawton	6–1, 6–1

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

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1938	French Championships	Clay	Christian Boussus	Simonne Mathieu Dragutin Mitić	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1938	Australian Championships	Grass	Colin Long	Margaret Wilson John Bromwich	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1940	Australian Championships	Grass	Colin Long	Nell Hall Hopman Harry Hopman	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	1946	Australian Championships	Grass	Colin Long	Joyce Fitch John Bromwich	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	1947	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Colin Long	Louise Brough John Bromwich	6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	1947	Australian Championships	Grass	Colin Long	Joyce Fitch John Bromwich	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1948	Australian Championships	Grass	Colin Long	Thelma Coyne Long Bill Sidwell	7–5, 4–6, 8–6
Runner-up	1951	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Mervyn Rose	Doris Hart Frank Sedgman	5–7, 2–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

NH

(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 from tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

Tournament	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941 – 1944	1945	1946[lower-alpha 1]	1947[lower-alpha 1]	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	Career SR
Australian Championships	2R	F	W	SF	2R	W	NH	NH	W	W	W	F	SF	W	SF	6 / 13
French Championships	A	A	A	3R	A	NH	R[lower-alpha 2]	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	4R	A	NH	NH	NH	A	QF	A	A	A	3R	A	0 / 3
U.S. Championships	A	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1	1 / 3	1 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	1 / 2	0 / 1	6 / 19

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

Notes

1. In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.
2. Tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

References

1. Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.
2. "Married in Melbourne.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 8 July 1940. p. 4.
3. "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52864". Aviation Safety Network (ASN).

External links

• Nancye Wynne Bolton at the International Tennis Hall of Fame