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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.
Bolton was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Grand Slam record
- Australian Championships
- Singles champion (6): 1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951
- Singles runner-up (2): 1936, 1949
- Women's Doubles champion (10): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952
- Women's Doubles runner-up (2): 1946, 1950
- Mixed Doubles champion (4): 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1938
- U.S. Championships
- Singles runner-up: 1938
- Wimbledon
- Mixed Doubles runner-up (2): 1947, 1951
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 - 1944 1945 19461 19471 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 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 NH – tournament not held.
R – tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.
A – did not participate in the tournament.
SR – the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.
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Australasian and Australian Championships women's doubles champions (1922) Esna Boyd Robertson / Marjorie Mountain • (1923) Esna Boyd Robertson / Sylvia Lance Harper • (1924) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Sylvia Lance Harper • (1925) Sylvia Lance Harper / Daphne Akhurst Cozens • (1926) Meryl O'Hara Wood / Esna Boyd Robertson • (1927) Meryl O'Hara Wood / Louie Bickerton • (1928) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Esna Boyd Robertson • (1929) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louie Bickerton • (1930) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott • (1931) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louise Bickerton • (1932) Coral McInnes Buttsworth / Marjorie Cox Crawford • (1933) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott • (1934) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott • (1935) Evelyn Dearman / Nancy Lyle Glover • (1936) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1937) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1938) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1939) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1940) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1941 - 1945) No competition (due to World War II) • (1946) Joyce Fitch / Mary Bevis Hawton • (1947) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1948) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1949) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1950) Louise Brough Clapp / Doris Hart • (1951) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1952) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1953) Maureen Connolly Brinker / Julie Sampson Haywood • (1954) Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long • (1955) Mary Bevis Hawton / Beryl Penrose Collier • (1956) Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long • (1957) Althea Gibson / Shirley Fry Irvin • (1958) Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long • (1959) Renee Schuurman Haygarth / Sandra Reynolds Price • (1960) Maria Bueno / Christine Truman Janes • (1961) Mary Carter Reitano / Margaret Court • (1962) Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern • (1963) Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern • (1964) Judy Tegart Dalton / Lesley Turner Bowrey • (1965) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey • (1966) Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey • (1967) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1968) Karen Krantzcke / Kerry Melville Reid
Australasian and Australian Championships mixed doubles champions (1922) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes • (1923) Sylvia Lance Harper / Horrie Rice • (1924) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / John Willard • (1925) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / John Willard • (1926) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes • (1927) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes • (1928) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Jean Borotra • (1929) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Edgar Moon • (1930) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1931) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford • (1932) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford • (1933) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford • (1934) Joan Hartigan Bathurst / Edgar Moon • (1935) Louie Bickerton / Christian Boussus • (1936) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1937) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1938) Margaret Wilson / John Bromwich • (1939) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1940) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1941 - 1945) No competition (due to World War II) • (1946) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1947) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1948) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1949) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman • (1950) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman • (1951) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington • (1952) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington • (1953) Julia Sampson / Rex Hartwig • (1954) Thelma Coyne Long / Rex Hartwig • (1955) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington • (1956) Beryl Penrose / Neale Fraser • (1957) Fay Muller / Malcolm Anderson • (1958) Mary Bevis Hawton / Bob Howe • (1959) Sandra Reynolds Price / Bob Mark • (1960) Jan Lehane O'Neill / Trevor Fancutt • (1961) Jan Lehane O'Neill / Bob Hewitt • (1962) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Fred Stolle • (1963) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher • (1964) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher • (1965) Robyn Ebbern / Owen Davidson • (1965) Margaret Court / John Newcombe • (1966) Judy Tegart Dalton / Tony Roche • (1967) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Owen Davidson • (1968) Billie Jean King / Dick Crealy
Categories:- 1916 births
- 2001 deaths
- Australian Championships (tennis) champions
- Australian female tennis players
- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
- Sportswomen from Melbourne
- Tennis people from Victoria (Australia)
- Australian Championships
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