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{{short description|Indian tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Dilip Bose
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| country_represented = India
| birth_date = 1921
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{nobreak|30 {{death year and age|1996|1921|12}}}}
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| plays = Right-handed
| Wimbledonresult = 4R ([[1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|1948]])
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'''Dilip Bose''' (1921 – 30 December 1996) was an Indian professional [[tennis]] player. He was a winner of the Asian championship and a member of the [[India Davis Cup team]]. After retirement, he served as a coach and administrator.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dilip Bose dead |url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19961231/36650732.html |accessdate=25 October 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=31 December 1996 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970423013009/http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19961231/36650732.html |archivedate=23 April 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sabanayakan |first1=S. |title=The man who serves |url=https://www.sportstarlive.com/tss2918/stories/20060506014204500.htm |website=[[Sportstar]] |publisher=sportstarlive.com |accessdate=25 October 2018 |date=6 May 2006}}</ref> The [[All India Tennis Association]] instituted a lifetime achievement award in his name in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kawaljeet, Rama Rao get Dilip Bose award |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/kawaljeet-rama-rao-get-dilip-bose-award/article2510580.ece |accessdate=25 October 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=4 October 2011 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Bose won the single's event in the inaugural Asian championships in 1949 at his club, the [[Calcutta South Club]] in [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Majumdar |first1=Boria |last2=Mangan |first2=J. A. |authorlink1=Boria Majumdar |title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present |date=2013 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781317998938 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rT7dAAAAQBAJ |accessdate=25 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mellow |first1=Melville De |authorlink1=Melville de Mellow |title=Reaching for Excellence: The Glory and Decay of Sport in India |date=1979 |publisher=Kalyani Publishers |page=102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izEFAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=25 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> As a result, he was [[Seed (sports)#Tennis|seeded]] 15 at the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in [[1950 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|1950]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Menon |first1=Mohandas |title=Indians at Wimbledon |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2001/jun/23wimb.htm |website=Rediff |accessdate=25 October 2018 |date=23 June 2001}}</ref> He conceded the second round match, upon retiring, to [[Hans van Swol]] of the Netherlands with the score 6–4, 5–4 in the latter's favour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bose Concedes Singles Match |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TwRFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aLcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3908%2C1454815 |work=The Indian Express |date=28 June 1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Road to Wimbledon: An introduction to the Calcutta South Club |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2016-04-05/road_to_wimbledon_an_introduction_to_the_calcutta_south_club.html |website=Wimbledon |publisher=wimbledon.com |accessdate=25 October 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025175015/https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2016-04-05/road_to_wimbledon_an_introduction_to_the_calcutta_south_club.html |archivedate=25 October 2018 |date=5 April 2016}}</ref> He had only recovered from a heavy attack of [[malaria]] a few days prior and was advised by doctors against playing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dilip Bose Not At His Best |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TgRFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aLcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6782%2C1345796 |work=The Indian Express |date=27 June 1950 |page=8}}</ref> In the same year, he won the double's event at the Berlin championships with Australia's [[Bill Sidwell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Australians' Successes |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/42687810 |newspaper=[[The Cairns Post]] |accessdate=25 October 2018 |date=5 September 1950}}</ref>

== Career ==
Bose won the single's event in the inaugural edition of the First International Lawn Tennis Championships of Asia held in 1949 in [[Calcutta]]. India number one ranked player at the time, he defeated compatriot and India's number two ranked [[Sumant Misra]] 6–1, 6–2, 8–6 in the final on 1 January 1950.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dilip Bose Wins First Asian Single Crown |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BMc-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=lUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5828%2C298369 |work=The Indian Express |date=3 January 1950 |page=7}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{ITF}}
* {{ATP}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}

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[[Category:Bengali Hindus]]
[[Category:People from Bihar]]
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[[Category:Indian male tennis players]]

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