David Lewis (tennis)

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David Lewis
Country (sports)New Zealand
Residence Wellington, New Zealand
Born (1964-09-03) 3 September 1964 (age 58)
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 March 1988)
Doubles
Career record15–35
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 133 (8 April 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1988)
French Open 1R (1988)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1988)
French Open 2R (1988)
Personal details
Relatives

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 and of Mark Lewis. He spent his childhood in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College.

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Career

Lewis and partner Tony Withers won the boys' doubles title in the 1981 Australian Open. [2] He was a singles quarter-finalist in the boys' singles at the 1982 Australian Open and also won the New Zealand National Championships for the 18s age group that year. [2]

Most successful as a doubles player, Lewis was a runner-up in the 1990 Geneva Open with Neil Borwick. [2] 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. [2]

He reached his only singles quarterfinal in 1986, at the Auckland ATP event. [2] The following year, he had a win over the world No. 30, Jonas Svensson, in Wellington. [2]

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 Wu Chang-rung of Taiwan. [3]

Lewis is now coaching director of the South Carolina based Ivan Lendl International Junior Tennis Academy. [4]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
LossSep 1990 Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Borwick Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Albano
Flag of Sweden.svg David Engel
3–6, 6–7

Challenger titles

Doubles: 4

No.YearLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1989Hong KongHard Flag of New Zealand.svg Steve Guy Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Barlow
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gavin Pfitzner
6–4, 6–2
2.1990Nagoya, JapanHard Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Carlsson Flag of Japan.svg Shuzo Matsuoka
Flag of Japan.svg Shigeru Ota
7–5, 6–2
3.1990Turin, ItalyClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Borwick Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Allgårdh
Flag of Germany.svg Martin Sinner
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
4.1990Salou, SpainClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Borwick Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Arias
Flag of the United States.svg Steve DeVries
6–3, 5–7, 6–3

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References

  1. ITF Tennis Profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ATP World Tour Profile
  3. Davis Cup Profile
  4. The New Zealand Herald , "Tennis: Lewis the ace in Lendl's American academy", 21 August 2011, Michael Burgess