Tim Lewis (tennis)
Norman Rollinson "Tim" Lewis (1925 – 26 February 2017) was a British tennis player. Biography
Born and raised in Hampshire, Lewis was one of seven siblings and had an early introduction to the sport by playing on the tennis court at their family home. He was a pupil at Homefield School in Dorset and studied medicine at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, as well as Westminster Hospital. A Cambridge blue for tennis, he also played with the RAF during his war service. He was a medical officer stationed at RAF Halton. Lewis was active on tour post war he won the Lyme Regis Open in 1947. He made regular Wimbledon appearances, which included making the mixed doubles fourth round in 1948. He earned a Davis Cup call up in 1949 and played a reverse singles rubber in Great Britain 5–0 sweep over Portugal in Lisbon. Later in 1949 he travelled to the United States and played in the U.S. National Championships, losing his first round match in five sets to Frank Shields. During the 1950s he moved with wife Lorna to Leatherhead, Surrey and began working as a general practitioner. See also
List of Great Britain Davis Cup team representatives

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1925 births
2017 deaths
British male tennis players
English male tennis players
Tennis people from Hampshire
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
People from Lymington