Colin Gregory
| File:Colin Gregory 1932.jpg Colin Gregory in 1932 | |
| Full name | John Colin Gregory |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
| Born | 28 July 1903 |
| Died | 10 January 1959 (aged 55) All England Club, Wimbledon, England |
| Singles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1929) |
| French Open | QF (1930) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1926, 1930) |
| US Open | 1R (1928) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | HF (1929) |
| Wimbledon | F (1929) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1929) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1929) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | FEu (1926, 1929) |
Doctor John Colin Gregory (28 July 1903 – 10 January 1959) was an amateur British tennis player, best remembered for winning the Australian Open in 1929.
Gregory was born in 1903 in Beverley, Yorkshire, the son of Dr William Herbert and Constance Gregory. Like his father, he became a medical doctor but was also a successful amateur lawn tennis player in both doubles and singles.[1] Gregory also played cricket, golf, rugby and squash.[2] In the 1920s he played doubles with Ian Collins and they were runners up at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships.[1] In 1929 he won the Australian singles championship.[1]
Following the Second World War, Gregory was captain of the British Davis Cup team.[1] Due to an accident Geoffrey Paish was unable to play in a 1952 match against Yugoslavia and the 49-year-old Gregory stepped in to win the doubles match with Tony Mottram.[1] Gregory became chairman of the All-England Club at Wimbledon in 1955, where he died in 1959 in the changing rooms following a match.[1]
Grand Slam finals
[edit | edit source]Singles: 1 title
[edit | edit source]| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1929 | Australian Championships | Grass | Australia Richard Schlesinger | 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5 |
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Doubles : 1 runners-up
[edit | edit source]| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1929 | Wimbledon | Grass | United Kingdom Ian Collins | United States Wilmer Allison United States John Van Ryn |
4–6, 7–5, 3–6, 12–10, 4–6 |
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References
[edit | edit source]Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Bud Collins (2003) Total Tennis - The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
External links
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- Colin Gregory at the International Tennis FederationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Colin Gregory at the Davis CupLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Australian Championships (tennis) champions
- English male tennis players
- British male tennis players
- 20th-century English medical doctors
- Sportspeople from Beverley
- 1903 births
- 1959 deaths
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles
- Tennis players from the East Riding of Yorkshire
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English tennis biography stubs