Dilip_Bose
Dilip Bose
Indian tennis player
Dilip Kumar 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.[1][2] The All India Tennis Association instituted a lifetime achievement award in his name in 2002.[3]
Bose won the single's event in the inaugural Asian Championships in 1949 at his club, the Calcutta South Club in Calcutta.[4][5] As a result, he was seeded 15 at the Wimbledon in 1950.[6] 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.[7][8] He had only recovered from a heavy attack of malaria a few days prior and was advised by doctors against playing.[9] In the same year, he won the double's event at the Berlin championships with Australia's Bill Sidwell.[10]