Colin Gregory
English tennis player

Colin Gregory

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English tennis player
A.K.A.
John Colin Gregory
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28 July 1903(Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber)
Death:
10 September 1959(Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, Greater London, England)
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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. In the 1920s he played doubles with Ian Collins and they were runners up at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships. In 1929 he won the Australian singles championship.

Following the Second World War, Gregory was captain of the British Davis Cup team. 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. Gregory became chairman of the All-England Club at Wimbledon in 1955, where he died in 1959 in the changing rooms following a match.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 title

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent in final Score in final
Winner 1929 Australian Championships Grass Australia Richard Schlesinger 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5

Doubles : 2 runners-up

Result Year Championship Partner Opponents in final Score in final
Runner-up 1929 Australian Championships United Kingdom Ian Collins Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Harry Hopman
1–6, 8–6, 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 1929 Wimbledon United Kingdom Ian Collins United States Wilmer Allison
United States John Van Ryn
4–6, 7–5, 3–6, 12–10, 4–6