Nancye Wynne Bolton

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.

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.

See also

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

References

1. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 0-942257-41-3. 

External links

• Nancye Wynne Bolton at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

Persondata
Name	Bolton, Nancye Wynne
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Date of birth	2 December 1916
Place of birth
Date of death	9 November 2001
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