title: 1946 Australian Championships – Women's singles
text: # 1946 Australian Championships – Women's singles
  
  First-seeded Nancye Bolton defeated Joyce Fitch 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1946 Australian Championships.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The seeded players are listed below. Nancye Bolton is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  
  * Nancye Bolton (champion)
  * Nell Hopman (quarterfinals)
  * Thelma Long (quarterfinals)
  * Joan Hartigan (quarterfinals)
  * Constance Wilson (semifinals)
  * Alison Hattersley (second round)
  * Dulcie Whittaker (quarterfinals)
  * Joyce Fitch (finalist)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * r = Retired
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Constance Wilson | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | Joan Hartigan | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | Joan Hartigan | 2 | 6 | | 5 | Constance Wilson | 2 | 1 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 1 | Nancye Bolton | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 7 | Dulcie Whittaker | 2 | 2 | | 1 | Nancye Bolton | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 1 | Nancye Bolton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 1 | Nancye Bolton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | Nancye Bolton | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Joyce Fitch | 4 | 4 |
  | 8 | Joyce Fitch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Joyce Fitch | 4 | 4 |
  | 3 | Thelma Long | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Thelma Long | 2 | 4 | | 8 | Joyce Fitch | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Marie Toomey | 5 | 4 | | | | |
  | | Marie Toomey | 6 | 4 | 6 | | Marie Toomey | 5 | 4 | | | | |
  | 2 | Nell Hopman | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Earlier rounds
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | Thiele | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 5 | Wilson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Wilson | 6 | 8 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Hartigan | 2 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | McGill | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 4 | Hartigan | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Wilson | 2 | 1 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Bolton | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | Jones | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Cane | 0 | 1 | 7 | Whittaker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Whittaker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | Whittaker | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | | Pellew | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Bolton | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Proctor | 6 | 6 | | Proctor | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Cock | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bolton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 1 | Bolton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 2**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Moran | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Traeger | 6 | 6 | | Traeger | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Stevens | 2 | 2 | 8 | Fitch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Fitch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | Fitch | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Spehr-Jones | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | Long | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | Niemeyer | 6 | 6 | | Niemeyer | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Sheidow | 2 | 1 | 3 | Long | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Long | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Fitch | 7 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Toomey | 5 | 4 |
  | | | | | | Toomey | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 6 | Hattersley | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | Toomey | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Hopman | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | | | | | | Beavis | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 2 | Hopman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  