Lewis White (tennis)

Lewis Nelson White (September 13, 1904 – July 18, 1981) was an American tennis player.[1]

Lewis White
Full nameLewis Nelson White
Country (sports) United States
Born(1904-09-13)September 13, 1904
Round Rock, Texas, U.S.
DiedJuly 18, 1981(1981-07-18) (aged 76)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open2R (1926)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US OpenF (1929)

Born on the outskirts of Austin in Round Rock, Texas, White attended Austin High School and studied law at the University of Texas. While at the University of Texas he won two Southwest Conference singles titles and was the intercollegiate doubles champion in both 1923 and 1924 (with Louis Thalheimer). Having been ranked as high as two nationally as a junior, White attained the best national ranking of sixth in men's tennis. He partnered with Berkeley Bell to make the doubles final of the 1929 U.S. National Championships.[2]

White, a lawyer by profession, was a 1981 inductee into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.[3]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1929U.S. National ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Berkeley BellUnited States George Lott
United States John Doeg
8–10, 6–1, 4–6, 1–6

References

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