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Colin Gregory
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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.
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Full name | John Colin Gregory |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | (1903-07-28)28 July 1903 Beverley, England |
Died | 10 January 1959(1959-01-10) (aged 55) All England Club, Wimbledon, England |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1929) |
French Open | QF (1930) |
Wimbledon | QF (1926, 1930) |
US Open | 1R (1928) |
Doubles | |
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) |
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]