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Full name | Colin Foster Long |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Born | 3 March 1918 Melbourne, Australia |
Died | 8 November 2009 | (aged 91)
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1947) |
US Open | 4R (1947) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1939, 1948) |
Wimbledon | SF (1947) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1940, 1946, 1947, 1948) |
Wimbledon | 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.