Country (sports) Australia Wimbledon QF (1947) Grand slams won (singles) 6 French Open 3R (1938) Height 1.78 m | Role Tennis player Plays Right-handed Name Nancye Bolton Handed Right-handed | |
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Born 2 December 1916
Melbourne, Australia ( 1916-12-02 ) Australian Open W (1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951) Died November 9, 2001, Melbourne, Australia People also search for Thelma Coyne Long, Colin Long, Margaret Court | ||
Int. Tennis HoF 2006 (member page) | ||
Nancye Wynne Bolton (née Wynne; 2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was a 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. 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 2006.