Background
Lewis, Mark James was born on May 27, 1961 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of James and Marcia Gabrielle (Hart) Lewis.
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Mark James Lewis
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He spent his childhood in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College.
Career
Playing Lewis played in 3 Grand Slams: Roland Garros, US Open and Australian Open. Coaching After Lewis had stopped playing he became a coach. This programme developed many top juniors in Auckland, the most notable being Marina Erakovic.
Although he does not coach anymore he is still involved with tennis and is the Club/Schools manager at Tennis Auckland.
Achievements
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Lewis was New Zealand Men's Tennis Singles Champion 1979-80 and New Zealand Men's Tennis Doubles Champion (with B Derlin) 1980–1981 and (with P Smith) 1983–1984. In singles his win/loss record was 3-6 and for doubles 11-18. He won a total of $709 during his playing career.
Lewis coached Michael Stich through his win at Wimbledon over Boris Becker in 1991.
Membership
He was a member of the New Zealand Davis Cup team in 1980 and 1981.On the world tour ATP he reached a career high of 403 in singles on 22 December 1980 and a doubles high of 92 on 27 September 1984.
Connections
Married Ann Maree Chambers. Children: Tyler Jordan, Amber Montana.
