Clarence Medlycott "Jimmy" Jones (10 July 1912 – 22 March 1986) was a British tennis player and author. In major tournaments his best result came at the 1936 Wimbledon Championships where he reached the fourth round. Jones was a successful player winning events on multiple surfaces including clay, cement, grass and wood (indoors). Between 1931 and 1950 he contested 36 career finals and won 22 titles.
Jones was born in Norwood, London. In 1931 played his first event at the Blackheath tournament where he reached the final and won his first title. In 1933 he was a quarter finalist at the South of France Championships and semi finalist at the French-Switzerland Championships and the Nice LTC Cup. In 1935 he won the London Championships but had to share the title with Wilmer Allison. At the 1936 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles he reached the fourth round, where he lost against Wilmer Allison.
In 1949 he won his final title at the West Sussex Championships at Bognor Regis against George Bayley. In 1950 he played his final tournament at the Wimbledon Championships where he lost in the first round to French player Jean-Claude Molinari.
His career singles highlights include winning the Essex Championships at Westcliff-on-Sea three times (1933, 1935, 1937), West Sussex Championships two times (1933, 1949), the Reigate Grass Courts two times (1935, 1939), the Sutton Hard Courts on clay two times (1926, 1938), the Lowther LTC tournament London two times (1948–48).
He also won single titles at the following events Blackheath (1936), Alassio Clay Courts at Alassio, Italy (1933), the Derbyshire Championships at Buxton (1935), Carlisle Clay Courts (1935), West Twickenham (1935), the Middlesex Championships at Chiswick (1937), the Surrey Covered Courts at Dulwich (1938), the Cromer Covered Courts at Cromer (1938), Hull (1938), Montrose Grass Courts at Montrose (1948), and the London Hard Courts at Hurlingham (1949).
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