Rick Leach

Rick Leach

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Laguna Beach, California
Born	December 28, 1964 Arcadia, California
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	2011
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 4,294,454
Singles
Career record	21–58
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 56 (September 28, 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1988)
Wimbledon	1R (1990, 1992)
US Open	2R (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
Doubles
Career record	648–390
Career titles	46
Highest ranking	No. 1 (March 26, 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1988, 1989, 2000)
French Open	F (1991)
Wimbledon	W (1990)
US Open	W (1993)
Last updated on: April 5, 2013.

Rick Leach (born December 28, 1964) is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won five Grand Slam men's doubles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, one US Open), and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (two Australian Open, one Wimbledon, one US Open). Leach reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.

Leach was a member of the US team which won the Davis Cup in 1990. Partnering Jim Pugh, he won the doubles rubbers in all four of the rounds which the US played in that year, and clinched the team's victory in the final with a win over Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald of Australia.

Prior to turning professional, Leach became the first four-time Division 1 All-American in singles and doubles at the University of Southern California (where he played for his father Dick), and won the NCAA doubles title in 1986 and 1987. He is currently the coach of the St. Louis Aces. His brother, Jon Leach, is married to tennis player Lindsay Davenport.

Grand Slam men's doubles finals (12)

Wins (5)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1988	Australian Open	Jim Pugh	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1989	Australian Open (2)	Jim Pugh	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1990	Wimbledon[1]	Jim Pugh	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
1993	US Open[2]	Ken Flach	Martin Damm Karel Nováček	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
2000	Australian Open (3)	Ellis Ferreira	Wayne Black Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 18–16

Runners-up (7)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1988	US Open	Jim Pugh	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	W/O
1989	Wimbledon	Jim Pugh	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
1991	French Open	Jim Pugh	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	0–6, 5–7
1992	Australian Open	Kelly Jones	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
1992	U.S. Open (2)	Kelly Jones	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 3–6, 3–6
1995	Wimbledon (2)	Scott Melville	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 6–7^(8–10), 6–7^(5–7)
2000	U.S. Open (3)	Ellis Ferreira	Lleyton Hewitt Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–5, 6–7^(5–7)

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals (9)

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1990	Wimbledon	Zina Garrison Jackson	John Fitzgerald Elizabeth Smylie	7–5, 6–2
1995	Australian Open	Natasha Zvereva	Gigi Fernández Cyril Suk	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1997	Australian Open (2)	Manon Bollegraf	John-Laffnie de Jager Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–3, 6–7, 7–5
1997	US Open[3]	Manon Bollegraf	Mercedes Paz Pablo Albano	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Runners-up (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1990	Australian Open	Zina Garrison	Jim Pugh Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
1989	US Open[3]	Meredith McGrath	Shelby Cannon Robin White	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
1996	U.S. Open (2)	Manon Bollegraf	Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond	6–7, 6–7
1999	French Open (2)	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Piet Norval Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles titles (46)

Legend Grand Slam (5) Tennis Masters Cup (3) ATP Masters Series (4) ATP Championship Series (8) ATP Tour (28)

Titles by Surface Hard (28) Clay (6) Grass (4) Carpet (8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	June 15, 1987	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Tim Pawsat	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	July 20, 1987	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Tim Pawsat	Mikael Pernfors Magnus Tideman	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	October 12, 1987	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Jim Pugh	Dan Goldie Mel Purcell	6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	January 4, 1988	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Dan Goldie	Broderick Dyke Glenn Michibata	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	January 25, 1988	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Jim Pugh	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	May 2, 1988	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jim Pugh	Darren Cahill Laurie Warder	4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	May 9, 1988	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jim Pugh	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	7–6, 6–1
Winner	6.	July 25, 1988	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Hard	Jim Pugh	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Winner	7.	August 8, 1988	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Jim Pugh	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–3
Winner	8.	August 22, 1988	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Jim Pugh	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	September 12, 1988	US Open, New York	Hard	Jim Pugh	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	W/O
Runner-up	4.	October 10, 1988	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Jim Pugh	Scott Davis Tim Wilkison	4–6, 6–7
Winner	9.	November 21, 1988	Detroit, U.S.	Carpet	Jim Pugh	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–1
Winner	10.	December 11, 1988	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Jim Pugh	Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Winner	11.	January 30, 1989	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Jim Pugh	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	February 27, 1989	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Jim Pugh	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 5–7
Winner	12.	March 13, 1989	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Jim Pugh	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	13.	May 1, 1989	Singapore	Hard	Jim Pugh	Paul Chamberlin Paul Wekesa	6–3, 6–4
Winner	14.	May 8, 1989	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Jim Pugh	Jim Courier Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	July 10, 1989	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jim Pugh	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	7.	November 13, 1989	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Jim Pugh	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Winner	15.	November 27, 1989	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Jim Pugh	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–2, 7–6
Winner	16.	February 26, 1990	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Jim Pugh	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	17.	March 26, 1990	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jim Pugh	Boris Becker Cássio Motta	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	18.	July 9, 1990	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jim Pugh	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	8.	November 12, 1990	Wembley, England	Carpet	Jim Pugh	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	19.	February 18, 1991	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Jim Pugh	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	6–4, 6–4
Winner	20.	May 13, 1991	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Jim Pugh	Bret Garnett Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	June 10, 1991	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jim Pugh	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	0–6, 6–7
Runner-up	10.	November 4, 1991	Paris, France	Carpet	Kelly Jones	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	January 27, 1992	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Kelly Jones	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	21.	April 13, 1992	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Kelly Jones	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	22.	August 24, 1992	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Kelly Jones	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	September 14, 1992	US Open, New York	Hard	Kelly Jones	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	23.	April 12, 1993	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Ken Flach	Glenn Michibata David Pate	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	24.	June 21, 1993	Manchester, England	Grass	Ken Flach	Stefan Kruger Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–1
Winner	25.	July 26, 1993	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Hard	Byron Black	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	13.	August 23, 1993	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis Todd Martin	4–6, 4–6
Winner	26.	September 13, 1993	US Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	Martin Damm Karel Nováček	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	27.	February 7, 1994	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	28.	June 20, 1994	Manchester, England	Grass	Danie Visser	Scott Davis Trevor Kronemann	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Runner-up	14.	July 10, 1995	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Scott Melville	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	29.	August 21, 1995	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Scott Melville	Leander Paes Nicolás Pereira	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	August 28, 1995	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Scott Melville	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	30.	January 15, 1996	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Scott Melville	Kent Kinnear Dave Randall	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	31.	March 11, 1996	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Richey Reneberg Brett Steven	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	16.	April 22, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mark Knowles	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 3–6
Winner	32.	April 29, 1996	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Kent Kinnear Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–4
Winner	33.	November 11, 1996	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Jiří Novák David Rikl	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	17.	January 13, 1997	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up	18.	February 24, 1997	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	19.	March 10, 1997	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	20.	July 28, 1997	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	21.	October 13, 1997	Singapore	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	22.	October 27, 1997	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	23.	November 3, 1997	Paris, France	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	2–6, 6–7
Winner	34.	November 23, 1997	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	24.	January 12, 1998	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner	35.	March 30, 1998	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	25.	April 20, 1998	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ellis Ferreira	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	26.	May 18, 1998	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ellis Ferreira	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	36.	June 15, 1998	Halle, Germany	Grass	Ellis Ferreira	John-Laffnie de Jager Marc-Kevin Goellner	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	27.	August 10, 1998	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Martin Damm Jim Grabb	7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	28.	March 15, 1999	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Wayne Black Sandon Stolle	6–7, 3–6
Winner	37.	May 17, 1999	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ellis Ferreira	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	38.	January 17, 2000	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango	7–5, 6–4
Winner	39.	January 31, 2000	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Wayne Black Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 18–16
Winner	40.	April 17, 2000	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Ellis Ferreira	Justin Gimelstob Mark Knowles	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	29.	June 26, 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Ellis Ferreira	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	30.	August 14, 2000	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	31.	September 11, 2000	US Open, New York	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Lleyton Hewitt Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Runner-up	32.	April 30, 2001	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	David Macpherson	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	3–6, 6–7
Winner	41.	October 8, 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	David Macpherson	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	42.	October 29, 2001	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Ellis Ferreira	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6, 6–4
Winner	43.	November 5, 2001	Paris, France	Carpet	Ellis Ferreira	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	44.	February 2, 2002	ATP Doubles Challenge Cup, Bangalore	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–7(6), 7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	33.	February 16, 2004	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Brian MacPhie	James Blake Mardy Fish	2–6, 5–7
Winner	45.	March 8, 2004	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Brian MacPhie	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	34.	April 19, 2004	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Brian MacPhie	James Blake Mardy Fish	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	35.	June 21, 2004	Nottingham, England	Grass	Brian MacPhie	Paul Hanley Todd Woodbridge	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	36.	October 4, 2004	Shanghai, China	Hard	Brian MacPhie	Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner	6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	46.	August 1, 2005	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Brian MacPhie	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–3, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Ratio	Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	NH	A	W	W	SF	3R	F	2R	QF	QF	QF	SF	QF	SF	W	A	QF	A	2R	2R	A	3 / 16	55–13
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	3R	F	1R	2R	1R	3R	QF	QF	1R	QF	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 18	27–18
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	F	W	1R	3R	2R	2R	F	1R	3R	QF	2R	QF	QF	2R	2R	3R	2R	A	1 / 20	40–19
US Open	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	F	QF	1R	2R	F	W	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R	2R	F	QF	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	1 / 21	37–19
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 2	1 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 0	5 / 75	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	16–2	14–3	12–3	8–4	12–4	9–3	5–4	13–4	6–4	9–4	6–4	9–4	14–3	8–3	7–4	3–3	4–4	2–4	0–0	N/A	159–69
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990								SF	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	QF	2R	F	QF	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 14	9–14
Miami									W	3R	2R	2R	3R	3R	3R	QF	W	3R	3R	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	A	2 / 15	22–13
Monte Carlo									A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	2R	QF	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	3–4
Rome									1R	A	1R	A	A	QF	A	SF	F	W	2R	A	QF	A	A	A	A	1 / 8	17–7
Hamburg									A	A	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	SF	SF	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	5–6
Canada									A	A	SF	2R	A	1R	A	2R	F	SF	QF	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 9	13–9
Cincinnati									SF	QF	2R	2R	1R	1R	SF	1R	2R	2R	F	2R	1R	A	A	2R	A	0 / 14	15–14
Madrid (Stuttgart)									A	QF	QF	2R	A	2R	1R	F	2R	2R	QF	A	QF	A	A	A	A	0 / 10	9–10
Paris									2R	F	2R	2R	A	2R	1R	F	2R	SF	2R	W	QF	A	A	A	A	1 / 12	16–11
Masters Series SR	N/A								1 / 5	0 / 5	0 / 8	0 / 6	0 / 3	0 / 9	0 / 5	0 / 7	1 / 9	1 / 9	0 / 9	1 / 5	0 / 9	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 0	4 / 93	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A								8–4	9–5	3–8	1–6	1–3	5–9	4–5	14–7	15–7	18–8	13–9	10–4	6–9	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	N/A	109–89
Year End Ranking	791	–	616	313	102	45	7	4	5	14	6	15	52	19	20	8	13	15	6	20	36	95	48	77	640	N/A

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

References

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External links

• Rick Leach at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Rick Leach at the International Tennis Federation
• Rick Leach at the Davis Cup