Nancye Wynne Bolton

Nancye Wynne Bolton
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1916-12-02)2 December 1916
Melbourne, Australia
Died9 November 2001(2001-11-09) (aged 84)
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Int. Tennis HoF2006 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951)
French Open3R (1938)
WimbledonQF (1947)
US OpenF (1938)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1940, 1946, 1947, 1948)
French OpenF (1938)
WimbledonF (1947, 1951)

Nancye Wynne Bolton (née Wynne; 2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was an Australian tennis player. 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 (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 2004.