Oliver B. Simon
Prenn
Male
England
1937-09-26
London, England
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.
1954 - 1963
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Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
A.G. Chapman
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
R.E. Collings
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Michael Preston (Mike) Hann 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Eduardo Soriano 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-1
6-3
10-8
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Baldev Aggarwal
6-2
7-5
10-8
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
R.C. Palmer
3-6
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Mike Davies 1 *
Oliver Prenn
9-7
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
G.M. Ghalib
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Jon Aleander (Jack) Douglas 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-2
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Basil Wheeler
5-7
6-3
7-5
Round 2
David Samaai 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
6-2
4-6
6-2
Round 3
Mark Otway 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Jeffrey J.F. Robinson 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-4
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Francis J. Wallis
3-6
7-5
6-0
Round 2
Roger Becker 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
D.M. Hurst
9-7
6-2
Round 3
William L. (Pato) (Bill) Alvarez 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-1
6-1
Round 4
Richard N. Hawkes 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez
6-3
6-8
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Alan Mills 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
R. Freund
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Brian Squire
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Geoff Paish 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-0
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Charles R. (Charlie) Applewhaite 1 *
Oliver Prenn
5-7
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Joseph Dominik (Joe) Hackett
6-4
6-2
9-7
Round 2
Ronald Winston (Ronnie) Barnes 1 *
Oliver Prenn
7-5
9-7
2-6
6-4
Round 1
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo 1 *
Oliver Prenn
5-7
8-6
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Neale Fraser 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-1
4-6
6-1
Round 3
Mike Davies 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Ivor James Warwick 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Edwin J. Faulkner
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Billy Knight 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-1
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Michael Sangster 1 *
Oliver Prenn
3-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
John M. Ward 1 *
Oliver Prenn
4-6
6-1
9-7
6-3
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
M. Borghini
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Mr. Mercier
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Fernando Olozaga
6-2
1-6
6-4
Semifinals
Carletto (Carlos) Sada 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
6
-4
Round 1
Ashley Cooper 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Jack Arkinstall 1 *
Oliver Prenn
0-6
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 4
Peter G. Nicholls 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Tony Pickard 1 *
Oliver Prenn
7-9
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Gaby Mercier-Odier
6-3
ret.
Quarterfinals
Jacques Peten 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Mario Llamas 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-2
1-6
6-1
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Roy W. Dixon
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Howard Francis Walton
8-10
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Tony Pickard 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Peter G. Nicholls
6-8
?-?
6-4
Semifinals
Robert Bedard 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Peter Moys
7-5
8-6
5-7
6-2
Round 2
Donald Black 1 *
Oliver Prenn
4-6
6-4
6-0
7-9
6-1
Round 1
Andres Gimeno 1 *
Oliver Prenn
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Percy Rosberg
4-6
8-6
6-4
Round 3
Antonio Maggi 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Ham Richardson 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
William W.H. (Bill) Threlfall
6-2
6-2
6-?
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Jeffrey Michelmore
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Roger Becker 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Brian E. McHugo
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 3
Ken Rosewall 1 *
Oliver Prenn
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Michael Preston (Mike) Hann
6-4
1-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ivor James Warwick 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Ian Vermaak 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Eric Filby
6-4
4-6
10-8
6-2
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Derek Robert Collins
6-2
6-2
3-6
6-4
Round 3
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Jacques Mey
6-4
3-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Geoff Paish 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 4
Ivor James Warwick 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Ramanathan Krishnan 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-0
7-5
Round 3
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Colin William Hannam
6-4
?-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Gerald Davies (Gerry) Oakley 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Bruce Gulley
6-2
4-1
ret.
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
John Barrett
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Billy Knight 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-4
6-2
Round 1
John F. O'Brien 1 *
Oliver Prenn
8-6
6-2
Final
Donald Black 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Julian C. (Julie) Mayers 1 *
Oliver Prenn
9-7
6-0
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Bruce S. Francis
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Sven Davidson 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Billy Knight 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Oliver Prenn 1 *
B.G. Keeble
6-0
6-2
Round 3
S. Akhtar Ali 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-2
4-2
ret.
Round 1
Mike Davies 1 *
Oliver Prenn
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Oliver Prenn 1 *
Jacques Thomas
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Bernard Easterbrook Crouch 1 *
Oliver Prenn
6-3
6-0