Cary Leeds

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

Cary Leeds

Full name	Laurence C. Leeds III
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1957-04-16)April 16, 1957 New York City, United States
Died	January 30, 2003(2003-01-30) (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)

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)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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