John Boucher (tennis)

John Boucher
Full nameJohn Mycroft Boucher
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1870-05-16)16 May 1870
Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Died7 May 1948(1948-05-07) (aged 77)
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Turned pro1896 (amateur)
Retired1923
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles22
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1898)

John Mycroft Boucher[1] born (16 May 1870 – 7 May 1948) was an English tennis player. In 1898 he was a semi-finalist at Irish Championships and competed at Wimbledon Championships,[2] then considered two of the most important major tennis events.[3][4][5] He active from 1896 until 1923 and won 22 career singles titles.

  1. ^ "Club History". bctc.org.uk. Bristol Central Tennis Club. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: John Boucher". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ^ Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 266, 267. ISBN 9780047960420.
  4. ^ Meyers, A. Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons. p. 55.
  5. ^ Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 9781134445578.