Marie Toomey (3 October 1923 – 29 March 2014) was a
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from
Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1948
Australian Championships, losing to
Nancye Wynne Bolton
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, third only to Margaret Court's and Serena Williams' 11 and 7 ...
6–3, 6–1. Toomey teamed with
Doris Hart 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 Sl ...
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