Marie Toomey (3 October 1923 – 29 March 2014) was a
tennis
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player from
Australia
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who reached the women's singles final of the 1948
Australian Championships
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, losing to
Nancye Wynne Bolton
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 t ...
6–3, 6–1. Toomey teamed with
Doris Hart
Doris Hart (June 20, 1925 – May 29, 2015) was an American tennis player who was active in the 1940s and first half of the 1950s. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1951. She was the fourth player, and second woman, to win a Career Grand Slam in sing ...
to reach the women's doubles final of the 1949 Australian Championships,
losing to Bolton and
Thelma Coyne Long
Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long (née Coyne; 14 October 1918 – 13 April 2015) was an Australian tennis player and one of the female players who dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s to the 1950s. During her career, she won 19 Grand S ...
6–0, 6–1.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
Doubles (1 runner-up)
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.
See also
*
Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References
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Australian female tennis players
1923 births
2014 deaths
Place of birth missing
20th-century Australian sportswomen