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((Short description|Australian tennis player))
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((Infobox tennis biography
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 | fullname = Colin Foster Long
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 | birth_date = 3 March 1918
 | birth_place = [[Melbourne]], Australia
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'''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 Australian Championships (tennis)|1947]], [[1948 Australian Championships (tennis)|1948]], [[1949 Australian Championships (tennis)|1949]] and [[1950 Australian Championships (tennis)|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.<ref name=SP>((cite web |last1=Phillips |first1=Stephen |title=Doubles ace and media smash |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/doubles-ace-and-media-smash-20091110-i7ok.html |website=Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 November 2009 |accessdate=26 January 2019))</ref> He was a [[lieutenant]] in the [[Second Australian Imperial Force|AIF]] in [[World War II]], serving in the [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II|Middle East]].<ref name=SP/>

He worked for [[Dunlop Sport]] before joining [[Spalding (company)|Spalding]], where he became deputy chief executive. He appeared as a commentator on [[Seven Network]] tennis telecasts in the 1960s and 1970s<ref name=SP/> and also commentated on golf up until the late 1980s alongside [[Peter Alliss]].<ref>((cite news|work=The Age|date=17 February 1983|title=Saturday tv|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122172631|page=14|via=Newspapers.com))</ref>

In 1943 he married Florence Pelling. She survived him, along with their son and daughter.<ref name=SP/>

==Grand Slam finals==

===Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)===
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|- style="background:#ffc;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1939 || [[1939 Australian Championships|Australian Championships]] || Grass || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Don Turnbull (tennis)|Don Turnbull]] || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[John Bromwich]] <br /> ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Adrian Quist]] || 4–6, 5–7, 2–6
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1948 || [[1948 Australian Championships|Australian Championships]] || Grass || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Frank Sedgman]] || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[John Bromwich]] <br /> ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Adrian Quist]] || 6–1, 8–6, 7–9, 3–6, 6–8
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===Mixed doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)===
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|- style="background:#ffc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1938 || [[1938 Australian Championships|Australian Championships]] || Grass || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Nancye Wynne Bolton]] || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Margaret Wilson (tennis)|Margaret Wilson]] <br /> ((flagicon|AUS)) [[John Bromwich]] || 3–6, 2–6
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1940 || [[1940 Australian Championships|Australian Championships]] || Grass || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Nancye Wynne Bolton]] || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Nell Hall Hopman]] <br /> ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Harry Hopman]] || 7–5, 2–6, 6–4
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1946 || [[1946 Australian Championships|Australian Championships]] || Grass || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Nancye Wynne Bolton]] || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Joyce Fitch]] <br /> ((flagicon|AUS)) [[John Bromwich]] || 6–0, 6–4
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1947 || [[1947 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships]] || Grass || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Nancye Wynne Bolton]] || ((flagicon|USA)) [[Louise Brough]] <br /> ((flagicon|AUS)) [[John Bromwich]] || 6–1, 4–6, 2–6
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1947 || [[1947 Australian Championships|Australian Championships]] || Grass || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Nancye Wynne Bolton]] || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Joyce Fitch]] <br /> ((flagicon|AUS)) [[John Bromwich]] || 6–3, 6–3
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1948 || [[1948 Australian Championships|Australian Championships]] || Grass || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Nancye Wynne Bolton]] || ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Thelma Coyne Long]] <br /> ((flagicon|AUS)) [[Bill Sidwell]] || 7–5, 4–6, 8–6
|}

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* ((ATP))
* ((ITF))
* ((Davis Cup player))

((Australian Championships mixed doubles champions))

((DEFAULTSORT:Long, Colin))
[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian Championships (tennis) champions]]
[[Category:Australian male tennis players]]
[[Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles]]
[[Category:Tennis players from Melbourne]]
[[Category:People educated at Melbourne Grammar School]]
[[Category:Australian tennis commentators]]
[[Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Australian Army officers]]
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