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]
cary, leeds, laurence, cary, leeds, april, 1957, january, 2003, american, professional, tennis, player, full, namelaurence, leeds, iiicountry, sports, united, statesborn, 1957, april, 1957new, york, city, united, statesdiedjanuary, 2003, 2003, aged, playsright. Laurence C Cary Leeds III April 16 1957 January 30 2003 was an American professional tennis player Cary LeedsFull nameLaurence C Leeds IIICountry sports United StatesBorn 1957 04 16 April 16 1957New York City United StatesDiedJanuary 30 2003 2003 01 30 aged 45 PlaysRight handedSinglesCareer record1 9Career titles0Grand Slam singles resultsUS Open2R 1982 DoublesCareer record27 37Career titles0Grand Slam doubles resultsFrench Open2R 1981 Wimbledon2R 1982 US Open2R 1981 1982 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsFrench Open1R 1981 WimbledonSF 1981 US Open2R 1980 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 Contents 1 Grand Prix career finals 1 1 Doubles 3 0 3 2 References 3 External linksGrand Prix career finals editDoubles 3 0 3 edit Result W L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0 1 Jun 1980 Brussels Belgium Clay nbsp Eric Fromm nbsp Steve Krulevitz nbsp Thierry Stevaux 3 6 5 7 Loss 0 2 Oct 1980 Tel Aviv Israel Hard nbsp Eric Fromm nbsp Per Hjertquist nbsp Steve Krulevitz 6 7 3 6 Loss 0 3 Feb 1982 Caracas Venezuela Hard nbsp Eric Fromm nbsp Steve Meister nbsp Craig Wittus 7 6 6 7 4 6References edit Dalia Leeds Obituary 2016 Legacy com New York Times April 28 2016 Head coach post endowed in honor of late Yale tennis star Yale Bulletin amp Calendar June 10 2005 Wimbledon 1981 Tennis Tournament itftennis com Wilson Colleen October 29 2014 Tennis Center to Serve New York s Youth Wall Street Journal External links editCary Leeds at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Cary Leeds at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cary Leeds amp oldid 1189268498, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
