Nancye Wynne Bolton


Nancye Wynne Bolton was a tennis player from Australia. 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, 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 2004.

Grand Slam tournament finals

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

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1936Australian ChampionshipsGrass Joan Hartigan4–6, 4–6
Win1937Australian ChampionshipsGrass Emily Hood Westacott6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss1938US ChampionshipsGrass Alice Marble0–6, 3–6
Win1940Australian ChampionshipsGrass Thelma Coyne Long5–7, 6–4, 6–0
Win1946Australian ChampionshipsGrass Joyce Fitch6–4, 6–4
Win1947Australian ChampionshipsGrass Nell Hall Hopman6–3, 6–2
Win1948Australian ChampionshipsGrass Marie Toomey6–3, 6–1
Loss1949Australian ChampionshipsGrass Doris Hart3–6, 4–6
Win1951Australian ChampionshipsGrass Thelma Coyne Long6–1, 7–5

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

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

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament19351936193719381939194019451946194719481949195019511952SR
2RFWSF2RWNHNHWWWFSFWSF6 / 1344–786.3
French ChampionshipsAAA3RANHRAAAAAAAA0 / 11–150.0
WimbledonAAA4RANHNHNHAQFAAA3RA0 / 37–370.0
U.S. ChampionshipsAAAFAAAAASFAAAAA0 / 27–277.8
Win–Loss1–14–14–010–40–14–0––5–011–24–03–13–17–13–181.9