NANCYE WYNNE BOLTON

'Nancye Wynne Bolton' (December 2, 1916 – November 9, 2001) was a female tennis player from Australia. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Smith Court who won 11 titles. Bolton won a total of 20 titles at the Australian Championships, second only to Court's 21 titles.
According to most sources, Bolton finished 1938, 1947, and 1948 ranked in the world top 10. According to Ned Potter of American Lawn Tennis magazine, Bolton was the second ranked player in 1947, just behind Louise Brough.
Bolton was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.

Contents

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

See also

External links

Grand Slam record

★ Australian Championships

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★ 'Singles champion (6)': '1937', '1940', '1946', '1947', '1948', '1951'

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★ Singles finalist (2): 1936, 1949

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★ 'Women's Doubles champion (10)': '1936', '1937', '1938', '1939', '1940', '1947', '1948', '1949', '1951', '1952'

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★ Women's Doubles finalist (2): 1946, 1950

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★ 'Mixed Doubles champion (4)': '1940', '1946', '1947', '1948'

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★ Mixed Doubles finalist: 1938

★ U.S. Championships

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★ Singles finalist: 1938

★ Wimbledon

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★ Mixed Doubles finalist (2): 1947, 1951

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941 - 1944	1945	1946	1947	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.

See also

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

External links

★ International Tennis Hall of Fame profile