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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Anglo-Indian tennis player (1882–1934)}}<br />
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| name = Lewis Deane<br />
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| fullname = Lewis Seymour Deane<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|03|12|df=yes}}<br />
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|12|18|1882|03|12|df=yes}}<br />
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| Wimbledonresult = 1R ([[1911 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1911]], [[1921 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1921]], [[1923 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1923]])<br />
| doublesrecord = <br />
| doublestitles = <br />
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| WimbledonDoublesresult = SF ([[1921 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1921]], [[1923 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1923]])<br />
| WimbledonMixedresult = F ([[1923 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|1923]])<br />
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'''Lewis Seymour Deane''' (12 March 1882 – 18 December 1934) was an Anglo-Indian tennis player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Victory Of F.G. Lowe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/820654247 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2 June 1921}}</ref><br />
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Born in [[Meerut]], Deane was the second son of [[British Indian Army]] captain George Deane of the [[Bengal Lancers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Selby Deane |url=https://www.ipswichwarmemorial.co.uk/henry-selby-deane/ |website=Ipswich War Memorial |date=10 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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Deane, a champion of [[Bengal Championships|Bengal]] and [[Punjab Lawn Tennis Championships|Punjab]], played in India's first ever [[Davis Cup]] team in 1921, with the side going through to the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Muralidharan |first1=Ashwin |title=India's long history at the Davis Cup |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/indias-history-in-the-davis-cup |work=Sportskeeda |date=16 September 2016 |language=en-us}}</ref> He twice reached the [[Wimbledon Championships|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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Norton's Shrewd Tactics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/820658532 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=1 July 1921}}</ref><br />
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==Grand Slam finals==<br />
===Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)===<br />
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!Result<br />
!Year<br />
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1923 || style="background:#cfc;"|[[1923 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Dorothy Shepherd-Barron]]}} || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Elizabeth Ryan]] <br /> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Randolph Lycett]] || 4–6, 5–7<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of India Davis Cup team representatives]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{ATP}}<br />
* {{Davis Cup player}}<br />
* {{ITF}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deane, Lewis}}<br />
[[Category:1882 births]]<br />
[[Category:1934 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male tennis players]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Meerut]]<br />
[[Category:British people in British India]]</div>
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