Sir John
Pennycuick
Male
England
1899-11-06
in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1982-01-14
London, England
Educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. Became a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards in 1919. Called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1925, where later he became a bencher in 1954 and was Treasurer in 1978. Married fellow lawn tennis player Lucy Johnstone in 1930. Became a Queen’s Counsel in 1947.
Appointed a High Court judge in 1960, in the Chancery Division, and was subsequently knighted. Became the first modern Vice-Chancellor in July 1970 when the office was revived to replace the title of ‘Senior Judge’ for the head of
the Chancery Division. Appointed a Privy Counsellor in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 1974, and retired as a full-time Chancery judge in September 1974, but continued to sit as a judge occasionally.
1923 - 1938
19
46
26
1938 - Hythe (Amateur)
1937 - Hythe (Amateur)
1936 - Birchington (Amateur)
1935 - Wiltshire Championships (Amateur)
1934 - South Herefordshire Championships (Amateur)
1934 - Wiltshire Championships (Amateur)
1933 - Birchington (Amateur)
1931 - South Herefordshire Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Cinque Ports Championships (Amateur)
1927 - Cinque Ports Championships (Amateur)
1927 - Hampshire Championships (Amateur)
1926 - Worcestershire Championships (Amateur)
1926 - Reigate (Amateur)
1926 - Cinque Ports Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Reigate (Amateur)
1925 - Winchester (Amateur)
1925 - Queen's Evening Tournament (Amateur)
1925 - Essex Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Berkshire Championships (Amateur)
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Chuni Lal Savara
6-4
2-6
6-3
Final
George Godsell 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-3
6-0
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Dr. Frederick John (Jack) Piercy
6-1
6-0
Final
George Godsell 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-2
6-3
Final
Nigel G. Sharpe 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-8
6-2
6-0
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Colin Ritchie
6-4
3-6
9-7
Final
George Godsell 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-2
4-6
11-9
Final
Guy Cooper 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-0
6-4
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Henry Billington
3-6
6-3
6-3
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Hildon Claude Sansoni
6-3
6-0
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Lawrence Shaffi
1-6
6-0
6-3
Final
Colin Ritchie 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-4
4-6
6-4
Final
Henry Billington 1 *
John Pennycuick
1-6
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
John Pennycuick 1 *
Eliot (Leonard) Crawshay-Williams
6-2
6-0
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Charles Tuckey
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Jean Lesueur 1 *
John Pennycuick
8-6
3-6
6-3
6-1
Final
Tatsuyoshi (Ryuki) Miki 1 *
John Pennycuick
9-7
6-3
Final
Tatsuyoshi (Ryuki) Miki 1 *
John Pennycuick
9-7
6-2
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
David Sumner Milford
6-4
6-2
Round 1
John Pennycuick 1 *
George R. (Jorge) Williams
6-4
6-2
3-6
9-7
Round 2
Donald Greig 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-3
6-4
6-2
Final
Henry Standring 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-0
6-4
6-3
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Henry Standring
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John Pennycuick 1 *
Norman Farquharson
8-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Jack Crawford 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-4
2-6
6-3
12-10
Final
Henry Standring 1 *
John Pennycuick
5-7
7-5
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-1
6-3
3-6
7-5
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Sydney Jacob
6-0
6-8
7-5
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Henry Standring
9-7
3-6
6-2
1-6
6-2
Round 1
John Pennycuick 1 *
Lionel William Alderson
w.o.
Round 2
John Pennycuick 1 *
Charles Roupell
6-3
9-7
4-6
6-2
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-1
6-1
6-3
Final
Pat Hughes 1 *
John Pennycuick
8-6
6-0
6-3
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Nigel G. Sharpe
6-2
6-4
6-4
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
R.G. Bernard
6-2
2-6
6-4
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Douglas Powell
6-3
6-2
Final
S.S. Stubbs 1 *
John Pennycuick
1-6
6-3
6-4
6-0
Round 1
John Pennycuick 1 *
Henry Hew Gordon Dacre Stoker
6-3
7-5
6-2
Round 2
John Pennycuick 1 *
William Alfred Ingram
2-6
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Jagat Mohan Lal 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-2
6-2
6-3
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Dr William Byass Prowse
6-1
6-4
6-3
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Francis Riou Leighton-Crawford
6-1
6-3
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Philip Glover
8-6
6-3
6-8
6-2
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
Douglas Powell
6-1
6-1
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-4
4-6
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Major David M. Evans 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-3
6-4