Nancye Wynne
Nancye Hazel Meredith Wynne Bolton (born June 10, 1916 in Melbourne , † November 9, 2001 ibid) was an Australian tennis player .
Life
At the age of 19 Bolton reached the final of the Australian tennis championships for the first time in 1936 , but lost to Joan Hartigan . Between 1937 and 1951 she then won the individual title six times, a success that later only Margaret Smith was able to surpass with a total of eleven wins in Melbourne. Wynne also won ten doubles and four mixed titles there. At Wimbledon she reached the quarter-finals in 1947.
On July 6, 1940, she married George Bolton in Melbourne .
During the Second World War, her husband, Sergeant George Bolton, fell in service with the Royal Australian Air Force in an air raid on Cologne in 1942 , so that from then on she had to raise her then four-month-old daughter Pam alone.
In 1949 she was led in the tennis rankings of the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail in position 4; American Lawn Tennis Magazine ranked her 2nd.
After finishing her tennis career in 1952, she switched to golf , where she was able to achieve more victories.
In 2006 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame . She died in Melbourne in 2001 at the age of 85.
title
singles
No. | year | competition | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | 1937 | Australian championships | Emily Hood Westacott | 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4 |
2. | 1940 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long | 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 0 |
3. | 1946 | Australian championships | Joyce Fitch | 6: 4, 6: 4 |
4th | 1947 | Australian championships | Nell Hall Hopman | 6: 3, 6: 2 |
5. | 1948 | Australian championships | Marie Toomey | 6: 3, 6: 1 |
6th | 1951 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long | 6: 1, 7: 5 |
Double
No. | year | competition | Partner | Final opponents | Result |
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1. | 1936 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
May look Katherine Le Mesurier |
6: 2, 6: 4 |
2. | 1937 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
Nell Hall Hopman Emily Hood Westacott |
6: 2, 6: 2 |
3. | 1938 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
Dorothy Bundy Dorothy Workman |
9: 7, 6: 4 |
4th | 1939 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
May Hardcastle Emily Hood Westacott |
7: 5, 6: 4 |
5. | 1940 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
Joan Hartigan Emily Niemeyer |
7: 5, 6: 2 |
6th | 1947 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
Mary Bevis Hawton Joyce Fitch |
6: 3, 6: 3 |
7th | 1948 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
Mary Bevis Hawton Pat Jones |
6: 3, 6: 3 |
8th. | 1949 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
Doris Hart Marie Toomey |
6-0, 6-1 |
9. | 1951 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
Joyce Fitch Mary Bevis Hawton |
6: 2, 6: 1 |
10. | 1952 | Australian championships | Thelma Coyne Long |
Alison Burton Baker Mary Bevis Hawton |
6: 1, 6: 1 |
literature
- Bud Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 . P. 549
Web links
- Nancye Wynne in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
- Profile of Nancye Wynne on "tennis.com.au" (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Married in Melbourne. In: National Library of Australia. July 8, 1940, accessed November 30, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wynne, Nancye |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bolton, Nancye; Bolton, Nancye Hazel Meredith |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1916 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne |
DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 2001 |
Place of death | Melbourne |