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Lewis Deane
Full nameLewis Seymour Deane
Country (sports) British India
Born(1882-03-12)12 March 1882
Died18 December 1934(1934-12-18) (aged 52)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1911, 1921, 1923)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonSF (1921, 1923)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonF (1923)

Lewis Seymour Deane (12 March 1882 – 18 December 1934) was an Anglo-Indian tennis player.[1]

Born in Meerut, Deane was the second son of British Indian Army captain George Deane of the Bengal Lancers.[2]

Deane, a champion of Bengal and Punjab, played in India's first ever Davis Cup team in 1921, with the side going through to the semi-finals.[3] He twice reached the Wimbledon men's doubles semi-finals (with Sydney Jacob in 1921 & Hassan Ali Fyzee in 1923) and was a mixed doubles finalist at the 1923 Wimbledon Championships.[4]

Grand Slam finals

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Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1923 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd-Barron United States Elizabeth Ryan
United Kingdom Randolph Lycett
4–6, 5–7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Victory Of F.G. Lowe". The Daily Telegraph. 2 June 1921.
  2. ^ "Henry Selby Deane". Ipswich War Memorial. 10 October 2019.
  3. ^ Muralidharan, Ashwin (16 September 2016). "India's long history at the Davis Cup". Sportskeeda.
  4. ^ "Norton's Shrewd Tactics". The Daily Telegraph. 1 July 1921.
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