Tom Leonard | |
Country: | United States |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1948 |
Birth Place: | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 34 (April 10, 1978) |
Wimbledonresult: | 4R (1978) |
Usopenresult: | 3R (1971) |
Doublestitles: | 1 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 67 (January 3, 1979) |
Tom Leonard (born July 15, 1948) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. (His mother Joanne Dunn played at Forrest Hills in 1943)
Leonard enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing as a Junior.Finalist - National Hardcourts Burlingame, Ca 1966 (Singles)Finalist - National Clay Courts Louisville, Kentucky 1966 (Singles)Finalist - US Nationals (Jr.)Kalamazoo, Michigan 1966 (Singles)Finalist - US National (Jr.) Kalamazoo, Michigan 1966 (Doubles)Winner - National Jaycees (Jr.)Tampa, Fl (Singles)Played on the National Junior Davis Cup Team 1966, 1967, 1968,& 1969.Started playing professionally with World Championship Tennis (Started by Lamar Hunt) from 1971 (as a substitute for Roy Emerson) until 1974. Hated traveling - so retired in 1974.
Started playing again professionally in 1977 on the minor circuits to get ranking high enough to play on the major circuit again. Played Wimbledon in 1978 - lost in the round of 16 to Tom Okker. Retired again in 1979 due to major ankle injury.
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score | |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 1971 | South Orange, U.S. | Hard | Bob Carmichael | Clark Graebner Erik van Dillen | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | |
Loss | 1–1 | Mar 1974 | Barcelona WCT, Spain | Carpet | Tom Edlefsen | Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 1–2 | Sep 1977 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | Mike Machette | Sandy Mayer Frew McMillan | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 1–3 | Apr 1978 | Houston WCT, U.S. | Clay | Mike Machette | Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker | 5–7, 5–7 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Win | 1. | Pasadena, U.S. | Hard | Warren Eber Glen Holroyd | 6–3, 7–6 | |||
Loss | 1. | Montgomery, U.S. | Hard | Jerry Van Linge | Eric Friedler Erik Van Dillen | 6–4, 3–6, 6–7 | ||
Loss | 2. | Green Bay, U.S. | Hard | Jerry Van Linge | Sashi Menon Robert Trogolo | 5–7, 4–6 |
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