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Colin Long (tennis)

Australian tennis player (1918–2009)

Field	Value
name	Colin Long
fullname	Colin Foster Long
country
birth_date	3 March 1918
birth_place	Melbourne, Australia
death_date
AustralianOpenresult	QF (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950)
Wimbledonresult	4R (1947)
USOpenresult	4R (1947)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	F (1939, 1948)
WimbledonDoublesresult	SF (1947)
AustralianOpenMixedresult	W (1940, 1946, 1947, 1948)
WimbledonMixedresult	F (1947)

Colin Long (3 March 1918 – 8 November 2009) was an Australian tennis player. He had a notable mixed doubles partnership with fellow Australian Nancye Wynne Bolton. Together they won four Mixed Doubles (1940, 1946, 1947 and 1948) at the Australian Championships, which is an all-time record. In singles, he reached the quarterfinals of the Australian four times (1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950) and the fourth round of both Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals in 1947. He was a major commentator for Channel 7 for both golf and tennis until the late 1980s.

Life outside tennis

Long was born in Melbourne and attended Melbourne Grammar School, where he was school captain in 1937. He was a lieutenant in the AIF in World War II, serving in the Middle East.

He worked for Dunlop Sport before joining Spalding, where he became deputy chief executive. He appeared as a commentator on Seven Network tennis telecasts in the 1960s and 1970s

In 1943, he married Florence Pelling. She survived him, along with their son and daughter.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	1939	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Don Turnbull	AUS John Bromwich
AUS Adrian Quist	4–6, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	1948	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Frank Sedgman	AUS John Bromwich
AUS Adrian Quist	6–1, 8–6, 7–9, 3–6, 6–8

Mixed doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	1938	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Nancye Wynne Bolton	AUS Margaret Wilson
AUS John Bromwich	3–6, 2–6
Win	1940	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Nancye Wynne Bolton	AUS Nell Hall Hopman
AUS Harry Hopman	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	1946	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Nancye Wynne Bolton	AUS Joyce Fitch
AUS John Bromwich	6–0, 6–4
Loss	1947	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	AUS Nancye Wynne Bolton	USA Louise Brough
AUS John Bromwich	6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win	1947	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Nancye Wynne Bolton	AUS Joyce Fitch
AUS John Bromwich	6–3, 6–3
Win	1948	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Nancye Wynne Bolton	AUS Thelma Coyne Long
AUS Bill Sidwell	7–5, 4–6, 8–6

References

(10 November 2009). "Doubles ace and media smash".
(17 February 1983). "Saturday tv". The Age.

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