John Boucher (tennis)
John Mycroft Boucher (16 May 1870 – 7 May 1948) was an English tennis player from Bristol. He played as an amateur from 1896 to 1923, and was right-handed with a one-handed backhand. He won 22 career singles titles.
Career highlights include five Welsh Championships titles (1903, 1906–1908, 1923), eight Warwickshire Championships titles (1897, 1900–1904, 1906–1907), three Midland Counties Championships titles (1906–1908), two Northumberland Championships titles (1907–1908), and the Gloucestershire Championships in 1900. He also won the Exmouth Open and the Trefriw Challenge Cup (1897 and 1900). In 1923 he won the Welsh Championships at Newport, his final tournament.
Grand Slam and other events: He played at Wimbledon in 1898, reaching the first round. He was a semi-finalist at the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships in 1898, losing to Harold Mahony. In 1899 he reached the Scottish Championships quarterfinals, losing to Clarence Hobart.
Life after tennis: After retiring, he became a company director at Ferris & Co, his father’s firm. In April 1932 he donated funds to build three hard tennis courts and other facilities for the Bristol Central Conservative Association; the club is known as the Bristol Central Tennis Club.
Family: He was the son of John and Julia Boucher; his father was a pharmaceutical chemist and a director at Ferris & Co. His younger sister Edith Margaret Boucher (born 28 November 1878) was also a tennis player.
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