Full name | Laurence C. Leeds III |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | New York City, United States | April 16, 1957
Died | January 30, 2003 | (aged 45)
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | 1–9 |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | 2R ( 1982) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 27–37 |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 2R ( 1981) |
Wimbledon | 2R ( 1982) |
US Open | 2R ( 1981, 1982) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 1R ( 1981) |
Wimbledon | SF ( 1981) |
US Open | 2R ( 1980) |
Laurence C. "Cary" Leeds III (April 16, 1957 – January 30, 2003) was an American professional tennis player.
Leeds was the son of New York City banker Larry Leeds and Tel Aviv-born Dalia Benary. [1] A varsity tennis player while at Yale University, Leeds won a national indoor doubles title with Matt Doyle in 1977 and graduated in 1979 with a B.A. [2]
Active on the professional tour in the 1980s, Leeds featured most prominently in doubles and made three Grand Prix finals. He was a mixed doubles semi-finalist at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Sherry Acker. [3]
The Cary Leeds Center in the South Bronx, New York is named in his honor, set up by his family as a way to memorialize him after his death in 2003. It was opened in 2015. [4]
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1980 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay | Eric Fromm |
Steve Krulevitz Thierry Stevaux |
3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 1980 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | Eric Fromm |
Per Hjertquist Steve Krulevitz |
6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Feb 1982 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Eric Fromm |
Steve Meister Craig Wittus |
7–6, 6–7, 4–6 |