Nancye Wynne Bolton

Nancye Wynne Bolton
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1916-12-02)2 December 1916
Melbourne, Australia[1]
Died9 November 2001(2001-11-09) (aged 84)
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Int. Tennis HoF2006 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951)
French Open3R (1938)
WimbledonQF (1947)
US OpenF (1938)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1940, 1946, 1947, 1948)
French OpenF (1938)
WimbledonF (1947, 1951)

Nancye Wynne Bolton (née Wynne; 2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was an Australian tennis player. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, third only to Margaret Court's and Serena Williams' 11 and 7 titles respectively. Bolton won 20 titles at the Australian Championships, second only to Court's 23 titles.

According to Wallis Myers and John Orloff 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.[2] 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.[3] He was a RAAF pilot and was killed in May 1942 during a raid on Germany.[4]

Bolton was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004.

Grand Slam tournament finals

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

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

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

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

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1938 French Championships Clay Christian Boussus Simonne Mathieu
Dragutin Mitić		 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1938 Australian Championships Grass Colin Long Margaret Wilson
John Bromwich		 3–6, 2–6
Win 1940 Australian Championships Grass Colin Long Nell Hall Hopman
Harry Hopman		 7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win 1946 Australian Championships Grass Colin Long Joyce Fitch
John Bromwich		 6–0, 6–4
Loss 1947 Wimbledon Championships Grass Colin Long Louise Brough
John Bromwich		 6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win 1947 Australian Championships Grass Colin Long Joyce Fitch
John Bromwich		 6–3, 6–3
Win 1948 Australian Championships Grass Colin Long Thelma Coyne Long
Bill Sidwell		 7–5, 4–6, 8–6
Loss 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# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1944 1945 1946[a] 1947[a] 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 SR W–L Win %
Australian Championships 2R F W SF 2R W NH NH W W W F SF W SF 6 / 13 44–7 86.3
French Championships A A A 3R A NH R[b] A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50.0
Wimbledon A A A 4R A NH NH NH A QF A A A 3R A 0 / 3 7–3 70.0
U.S. Championships A A A F A A A A A SF A A A A A 0 / 2 7–2 77.8
Win–loss 1–1 4–1 4–0 10–4 0–1 4–0 – – 5–0 11–2 4–0 3–1 3–1 7–1 3–1 6 / 19 59–13 81.9

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ Nancye Wynne Bolton: Tennis Champion, Kingston Local History (City of Kingston)
  2. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.
  3. ^ "Married in Melbourne". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 8 July 1940. p. 4.
  4. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52864". Aviation Safety Network (ASN).
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