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General First nameOliver B. Simon
LastnamePrenn
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1937-09-26
Place of birthLondon, England


About

Oliver Prenn is the son of the Russian-born German lawn tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s, Daniel Prenn, who, being Jewish, was forced to leave Nazi Germany in the early 1930s. Oliver Prenn was a promising junior tennis player and notably won the boys’ singles title at the Junior Championships of Great Britain in September 1957, beating Roy Dixon 6-0, 6-2 in the final, which was played on a hard court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon.

Oliver Prenn subsequently attended Oxford University, where he captained the tennis team. Although he took part in some tennis tournaments, mainly in Great Britain, in the early 1960s, he was unable to build on his early promise and soon joined his father, who had become a successful businessman. In later life Oliver Prenn and his wife Nyda (née Machin), a former model, became patrons of the arts, notably helping to establish the prestigious Turner Prize in 1984, and sponsoring it for the first three years of its existence.

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Archive statistics Career1954 - 1963
Tournament wins0
Matches79
Match wins31


Tournaments London Hard Courts - 1963 British Covered Court Championships - 1961 British Hard Court Championships - 1960 Kent Championships - 1960 Surrey Championships - 1960 Surrey Hard Court Championships - 1960 Cumberland Hard Courts - 1960 London Hard Courts - 1960 Guildford Hardcourts - 1960 Sutton Hard Courts - 1960 Wimbledon - 1959 British Covered Court Championships - 1959 Surrey - 1959 Wimbledon - 1958 British Hard Court Championships - 1958 Kent Championships - 1958 Surrey Championships - 1958 Essex Championships - 1958 British Covered Court Championships - 1958 Cumberland Hard Courts - 1958 Wimbledon - 1957 St. Moritz - 1957 Queens Club Tournament - 1957 British Hard Court Championships - 1957 Essex Championships - 1957 Roehampton Grass Courts - 1957 Kulm Carlton - 1957 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1957 Cumberland Hard Courts - 1957 Sutton Hard Courts - 1957 Wimbledon - 1956 Beaulieu - 1956 Cannes Carlton - 1956 Queens Club Tournament - 1956 British Hard Court Championships - 1956 Kent Championships - 1956 North of England Championships - 1956 Surrey Championships - 1956 British Covered Court Championships - 1956 Roehampton Grass Courts - 1956 Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament - 1956 Surrey Hard Court Championships - 1956 Cumberland Hard Courts - 1956 London Hard Courts - 1956 Cranleigh - 1956 Shirley Park - 1956 North of England Championships - 1955 British Covered Court Championships - 1954