Leif Shiras

Leif Shiras
Full name	George Livingston Shiras
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Laguna Hills, California
Born	21 August 1959 (age 62); Norwalk, Connecticut
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro	1981
Retired	1991
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$467,156
Singles
Career record	71–102
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 31 (30 July 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (1985)
French Open	2R (1990)
Wimbledon	4R (1989)
US Open	2R (1989)
Doubles
Career record	49–90
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 57 (17 October 1988)

George Livingston "Leif" Shiras (born August 21, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player, and now a tennis journalist.

Personal life[]

Shiras attended high school at Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin.^[1]

Prior to his professional career, Shiras played tennis at Princeton University, where he was an NCAA All-American in 1979 and 1980.

Tennis career[]

During his career as a player, Shiras reached one top-level final – at the Queen's Club Championships in 1984, where he lost to John McEnroe 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 (having beaten Ivan Lendl in the first round). His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1989, where he reached the fourth round. His career-high ranking was World No. 31 in singles (in 1984) and World No. 57 in doubles in (in 1988).

Shiras retired from the professional tour in 1990. Since then, he has worked as a tennis journalist, primarily as a commentator for the Tennis Channel, British Sky Sports and Fox Sports. In 1993, he moved from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to where he currently resides, in Laguna Hills, California, with his two sons, Emmett and Austin, and his wife Maria. Leif broke into broadcasting tennis with Barry MacKay as his partner.

In 1995, Shiras won the Wimbledon over-35 men's doubles title (partnering Paul McNamee).

Career finals[]

Singles (1 loss)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1984	Queen's Club, London, UK	Grass	John McEnroe	1–6, 6–3, 2–6

References[]

^ Doyle, Candace. "Serving up fund-raiser"^{[permanent dead link]}, Greater Milwaukee Today, May 26, 2004. Accessed September 17, 2007. "He attended Shorewood High School, Shorewood Intermediate School and Lake Bluff Elementary School."

External links[]

Leif Shiras at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Leif Shiras at the International Tennis Federation

[1] Doyle, Candace. "Serving up fund-raiser"^{[permanent dead link]}, Greater Milwaukee Today, May 26, 2004. Accessed September 17, 2007. "He attended Shorewood High School, Shorewood Intermediate School and Lake Bluff Elementary School."

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