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'''David Lewis''' (born 3 September 1964) is a former professional [[tennis]] player from [[New Zealand]].<ref>[http://beta.itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10000800 ITF Tennis Profile]</ref> He is a younger brother of [[Wimbledon Championships|1983 Wimbledon]] finalist [[Chris Lewis (tennis)|Chris Lewis]].
'''David Lewis''' (born 3 September 1964) is a former professional [[tennis]] player from [[New Zealand]].<ref>[http://beta.itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10000800 ITF Tennis Profile]</ref> He is a younger brother of [[Wimbledon Championships|1983 Wimbledon]] finalist [[Chris Lewis (tennis)|Chris Lewis]]. He spent his childhood in Auckland and was educated at [[St Peter's College, Auckland|St Peter's College]]<ref>Rick Maxwell, ''St Peter's College, Auckland'', Simerlocy Press, 2008. p. 23.</ref>


==Career==
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David Lewis
Country (sports)New Zealand New Zealand
ResidenceWellington
Born (1964-09-03) September 3, 1964 (age 59)
Lower Hutt,
New Zealand
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Turned pro1983
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$86,158
Singles
Career record8-21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 152 (14 Mar 1988)
Doubles
Career record15-35
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 133 (8 Apr 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1988)
French Open1R (1988)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (1988)
French Open2R (1988)

David Lewis (born 3 September 1964) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.[1] He is a younger brother of 1983 Wimbledon finalist Chris Lewis. He spent his childhood in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College[2]

Career

Lewis and partner Tony Withers won the boys' doubles title in the 1981 Australian Open.[3] He was a singles quarter-finalist in the boy's singles at the 1982 Australian Open and also won the New Zealand National Championships for the 18s age group that year.[3]

Most successful as a doubles player, Lewis was a runner-up in the 1990 Geneva Open with Neil Borwick.[3] He appeared in four Grand Slam tournaments and had his best showing at the 1988 Australian Open, where he and Ivo Werner made the round of 16.[3]

He reached his only singles quarter-final in 1986, at the Auckland ATP event.[3] The following year he had a win over the world Number 30, Jonas Svensson, in Wellington.[3]

Lewis took part in seven Davis Cup ties for his country. Of his seven doubles rubbers, six of which were with Kelly Evernden, three were won. He won his only singles rubber against Chang-Rung Wu of Chinese Taipei.[4]

Lewis is now coaching director of the South Carolina based Ivan Lendl International Junior Tennis Academy.[5]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1990 Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland Clay Australia Neil Borwick Argentina Pablo Albano
Sweden David Engel
3-6, 6-7

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1989 Hong Kong Hong Kong Hard New Zealand Steve Guy Australia Russell Barlow
Australia Gavin Pfitzner
6-4, 6-2
2. 1990 Japan Nagoya, Japan Hard Sweden Johan Carlsson Japan Shuzo Matsuoka
Japan Shigeru Ota
7-5, 6-2
3. 1990 Italy Turin, Italy Clay Australia Neil Borwick Sweden Christer Allgardh
Germany Martin Sinner
6-2, 3-6, 6-2
4. 1990 Spain Salou, Spain Clay Australia Neil Borwick United States Jimmy Arias
United States Steve DeVries
6-3, 5-7, 6-3

References

  1. ^ ITF Tennis Profile
  2. ^ Rick Maxwell, St Peter's College, Auckland, Simerlocy Press, 2008. p. 23.
  3. ^ a b c d e f ATP World Tour Profile
  4. ^ Davis Cup Profile
  5. ^ NZ Herald, "Tennis: Lewis the ace in Lendl's American academy", 21 August 2011, Michael Burgess

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