John Colin
Gregory
Male
England
1903-07-28
Beverley, England
1959-01-10
All England Club, Wimbledon, England
Colin was an amateur British tennis player who 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. Colin Gregory was a highly respected and popular player who emerged onto the scene in the 1920s. Gregory had already been a Wimbledon quarter finalist in 1926, the same year that he became a regular in the British Davis Cup team. In the 1920s he played doubles with Ian Collins and they were runners up at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships. Touring Australia in 1929, Gregory eased his way into the semis of the Australian Open, where he faced Gar Moon. Gregory was the more aggressive and won in straight sets. In the final he faced Bob Schlesinger and after 4 tough sets, Gregory claimed victory on his third match point to take his first and only Grand Slam title. The following year, 1930, Gregory beat Jack Crawford in the French Open and made it to the quarters. At Wimbledon he beat Fred Perry before going out to Bill Tilden in the quarters. After retiring in the mid 1930s, Gregory became non-playing captain of the British Davis Cup team.
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 made a comeback and 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.
1924 - 1939
11
80
55
1933 - North of England Hardcourts (Open)
1933 - County Dublin Championships (Amateur)
1931 - Kent Championships (Open)
1930 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
1930 - County Dublin Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Australian Open (Grandslam)
1929 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
1927 - North of England Championships (Open)
1924 - North of England Hardcourts (Open)
1924 - Hull (Amateur)
1924 - Sheffield (Amateur)
Semifinals
Raymund Francis Egan 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-4
7-5
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Colin Ritchie
10-8
7-5
7-9
3-6
6-1
Round 2
Roderich Menzel 1 *
John Colin Gregory
9-7
6-3
6-4
Final
Harry Lee 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-4
6-4
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Raymond Victor Fontes
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
John Strother (Jack) Harrison
8-10
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Gerald Leslie (Gerry) France
6-3
6-2
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Donald MacPhail
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Dr Alfred Eustace Fannin
6-3
7-5
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
George McVeagh
6-3
6-4
6-1
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Vladimir Landau
6-3
8-6
7-5
Round 2
Jack Crawford 1 *
John Colin Gregory
2-6
6-2
8-6
6-4
Round 1
Alberto (Tito) Del Bono 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-3
6-3
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Frank Wilde
6-3
6-3
2-6
6-2
Round 2
Pat Hughes 1 *
John Colin Gregory
3-6
1-6
6-2
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Louis Raymond
9-7
6-4
Semifinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Vernon Kirby
13-11
4-6
6-1
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
John Olliff
3-6
6-3
7-9
6-3
6-0
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Harry Samuel Lewis Barclay
6-0
6-2
7-5
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Vladimir Landau
6-1
6-3
10-8
Round 3
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Takeichi Harada
6-3
6-2
7-5
Round 4
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Fred Perry
3-6
9-7
6-1
3-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Bill Tilden 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Hyotare Satoh
2-6
6-1
6-3
6-4
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Jack Crawford
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 3
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Vladimir Landau
w.o.
Round 4
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Prenn
1-6
6-0
4-6
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jean Borotra 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Ludwig Lorenz 1 *
John Colin Gregory
3-6
6-4
4-6
6-4
8-6
Final
Eskel Andrews 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-0
9-7
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Jack Crawford
w.o.
Semifinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Edward McGuire
4-6
6-1
6-3
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Rowley Fielding Scovell
6-3
10-8
6-2
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Raymond Keith (Keith) Manthorpe
6-3
6-2
6-1
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Peter Dovell Hooper
6-1
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Ernest Rowe
6-4
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Edgar Moon
6-4
7-5
6-2
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Richard Schlesinger
6-2
6-2
5-7
6-4
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Horace Keats Lester
4-6
6-3
6-3
7-5
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Francis Riou Leighton-Crawford
1-6
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 3
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Raymond Rodel
2-6
6-2
6-4
6-0
Round 4
Pierre Henri Landry 1 *
John Colin Gregory
8-6
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Mr. Landauer
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 3
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Charles Aeschlimann
4-6
6-0
6-0
7-5
Round 4
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-2
5-7
6-4
6-3
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Ian Collins
6-2
6-3
9-7
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Feodor (Feo) Hartz
6-2
5-7
6-3
6-4
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Carlos Juan Morea
6-3
3-6
8-6
4-6
6-1
Round 3
Jack Crawford 1 *
John Colin Gregory
9-7
6-4
6-3
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-3
6-1
8-6
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-4
6-3
0-6
6-3
Round 1
Herbert L. Bowman 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-3
1-6
6-3
2-6
6-2
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Leonard Melville (Leo) Guiney
6-3
6-4
6-0
Round 3
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Charles Joseph Donohoe
11-9
1-6
7-9
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Jim Willard
6-4
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Jack Crawford 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-2
4-6
6-3
8-6
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Maurice Summerson
10-8
6-0
6-3
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Francis Riou Leighton-Crawford
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 3
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Gordon Crole-Rees
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 4
Frank Hunter 1 *
John Colin Gregory
4-6
7-5
6-2
4-6
6-3
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Randolph Lycett
6-8
12-10
9-7
ret.
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Roy Douglas Poland
6-3
6-4
6-8
6-3
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Brame Hillyard
8-6
6-2
6-2
Round 3
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Gerald Sherwell
6-0
4-6
3-6
6-4
7-5
Round 4
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Patrick Wheatley
6-4
4-6
6-2
5-7
6-1
Quarterfinals
Henri Cochet 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-4
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 1
John Colin Gregory 1 *
A. Renard
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Charles Kingsley 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-4
6-3
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Sergei Rodzianko
6-2
4-6
6-1
4-6
6-4
Round 3
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Enrique Obarrio
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 4
Vincent (Vinnie) Richards 1 *
John Colin Gregory
7-5
6-3
6-2
Final
Nigel G. Sharpe 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-8
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Henri Cochet 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-4
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Round 2
George Cholmondeley 1 *
John Colin Gregory
w.o.
Final
Maurice Summerson 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Manuel Alonso 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-1
6-3
6-4
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Ernest Lamb
4-6
6-3
6-3
6-3
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Mark Hick
6-4
8-10
6-4
Final
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Claude Whitehouse
1-6
5-7
6-2
6-2
6-2