Chris Lewis

Tennis career Juniors Lewis reached the No. 1 junior world ranking in 1975, winning the Wimbledon boys' singles title (def. Ricardo Ycaza) and reaching the final of the US Open boys' singles (lost to Howard Schoenfield).

Pro tour In reaching the 1983 Wimbledon final, after a five-set win over Kevin Curren in the semifinals, Lewis became the seventh unseeded man and only the second New Zealander after Anthony Wilding (who won four times between 1910 and 1913) to reach a Wimbledon singles final. He lost the final to John McEnroe in three sets.

He also reached the final at the Cincinnati Masters in 1981, again losing to John McEnroe in straight sets.

Grand Slam finals ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1983 Wimbledon Grass John McEnroe 2–6, 2–6, 2–6

ATP Masters Series finals ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1981 Cincinnati Masters Hard John McEnroe 3–6, 4–6

Career finals Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups) Winner – Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–4) Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–4) Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

After tennis In the 1999 New Zealand general election, Lewis unsuccessfully stood for parliament as a list candidate for the Libertarianz party.

Now a resident in Irvine, California, Lewis is the co-founder of the Brymer Lewis Tennis Academy, based at the Orange County Great Park Sports Complex in Irvine.

Recognition

In the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours, Lewis was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to tennis.

Personal life Lewis is married with 3 children. His daughter Geneva Lewis, born 1998, is a violinist.