John Boucher

John Mycroft Boucher 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, then considered two of the most important major tennis events. He active from 1896 until 1923 and won 22 career singles titles. Career John played his first tournament in 1896 at the Bristol and Clifton Open Lawn Tennis Championships featuring the West of England Championships in Bristol where he reached the quarter finals, but was beaten by the three time U.S. National Championships finalist William Larned. His career singles highlights included winning the Welsh Championships five times (1903, 1906–1908, 1923), the Warwickshire Championships eight times (1897, 1900–1904, 1906–1907), the Midland Counties Championships three times (1906–1908) and the Northumberland Championships two times (1907–1908. In 1897 he won the Exmouth Open and Trefriw Challenge Cup, and again in 1900. In 1898 he reached the semi-finals of the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships in Dublin, but was beaten by Harold Mahony. In 1899 he took part in the Scottish Championships, but was defeated in the quarter finals by the American player Clarence Hobart. 1900 he won the Gloucestershire Championships. In 1923 played his final tournament at the Welsh Championships held at Newport, Wales which he won.