Dilip Bose, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian tennis player (1922-1998)
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Place of Birth: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
About Dilip Bose
- 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.
- The All India Tennis Association instituted a lifetime achievement award in his name in 2002.Bose won the single's event in the inaugural Asian championships in 1949 at his club, the Calcutta South Club in Calcutta.
- As a result, he was seeded 15 at the Wimbledon in 1950.
- 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.
- He had only recovered from a heavy attack of malaria a few days prior and was advised by doctors against playing.
- In the same year, he won the double's event at the Berlin championships with Australia's Bill Sidwell.
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