Chris Lewis

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Chris Lewis Tennis player
Chris Lewis
Nation: New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
Birthday: March 9, 1957
Size: 180 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 647,550
singles
Career record: 242: 204
Career title: 3
Highest ranking: 19 (April 16 1984)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1981)
French Open 3R (1977)
Wimbledon F (1983)
US Open 3R (1982)
Double
Career record: 183: 161
Career title: 8th
Highest ranking: 46 (January 14 1985)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (1980)
French Open VF (1982)
Wimbledon VF (1981)
US Open 2R (1981)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open VF (1978)
Wimbledon AF (1983)
US Open VF (1978)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Chris Lewis (born March 9, 1957 in Auckland ) is a retired New Zealand tennis player .

Life

In 1975 he was the number 1 junior. He won a total of three singles tournaments and reached 19th place as the highest position on the tennis world rankings . He also won twelve tournaments in doubles in his career.

By reaching the final of the men's singles in 1983 at Wimbledon , Lewis was only the seventh unseeded player, and after Anthony Wilding, the second New Zealand player to do so. In the final he was defeated by John McEnroe in three sets.

Chris Lewis suffered from fear of flying, also due to the fact that he was sitting in three planes that had to make an emergency landing. So he always tried to avoid air travel as much as possible, which was often not possible due to the tournaments spread around the globe and his distant home.

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (11)

singles

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Bottom line
1. July 30, 1978 AustriaAustria Kitzbühel sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník 6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 0
2. May 18, 1981 GermanyGermany Munich sand FranceFrance Christophe Roger-Vasselin 4: 6, 6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
3. 7th January 1985 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court AustraliaAustralia Wally Masur 7: 5, 6: 0, 2: 6, 6: 4

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. January 10, 1977 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland race New ZealandNew Zealand Russell Simpson AustraliaAustralia Peter Langsford Jonathan Smith
United KingdomUnited Kingdom  		7: 6, 6: 4
2. April 18, 1977 ItalyItaly Florence sand New ZealandNew Zealand Russell Simpson ColombiaColombia Iván Molina Jairo Velasco
ColombiaColombia  		2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2
3. July 24, 1978 AustriaAustria Kitzbühel sand United StatesUnited States Mike Fishbach CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Pavel Huťka Pavel Složil
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia  		6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
4th 27-11-1978 ArgentinaArgentina Buenos Aires sand United StatesUnited States Van Winitsky ArgentinaArgentina José Luis Clerc Belus Prajoux
ChileChile  		6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 0
5. 5th October 1981 AustraliaAustralia Brisbane race AustraliaAustralia Rod Frawley AustraliaAustralia Mark Edmondson Mike Estep
United StatesUnited States  		7: 5, 4: 6, 7: 6
6th January 10, 1983 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court New ZealandNew Zealand Russell Simpson AustraliaAustralia David Graham Laurie Warder
AustraliaAustralia  		7: 6, 6: 3
7th May 16, 1983 GermanyGermany Munich sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Pavel Složil SwedenSweden Järryd Tomáš Šmíd is different
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia  		6: 4, 6: 2
8th. 7th January 1985 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court AustraliaAustralia John Fitzgerald AustraliaAustralia Broderick Dyke Wally Masur
AustraliaAustralia		 7: 6, 6: 2

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personal data
SURNAME Lewis, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Auckland , New Zealand