Cary_Leeds

Cary Leeds

Cary Leeds

American tennis player

Laurence C. "Cary" Leeds III (April 16, 1957 – January 30, 2003) was an American professional tennis player.

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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]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 3 (0–3)

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References

  1. [1]
    "Dalia Leeds Obituary (2016)". Legacy.com. New York Times. April 28, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Head coach post endowed in honor of late Yale tennis star". Yale Bulletin & Calendar. June 10, 2005.
  3. [3]
    "Wimbledon 1981 Tennis Tournament". itftennis.com.
  4. [4]
    Wilson, Colleen (October 29, 2014). "Tennis Center to Serve New York's Youth". Wall Street Journal.
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