Rick Leach

For the former baseball player and college quarterback, see Rick Leach (baseball).

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 doubles titles (three at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open), and four mixed doubles titles (two at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open). He reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.

Rick Leach

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Laguna Beach, California
Born	(1964-12-28) December 28, 1964 Arcadia, California, U.S.
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	2011
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,293,554
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)

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 OC Breakers. His brother, Jon Leach, is married to tennis player Lindsay Davenport.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1988	Australian Open	Hard	Jim Pugh	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	1988	US Open	Hard	Jim Pugh	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	w/o
Win	1989	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Jim Pugh	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1989	Wimbledon	Grass	Jim Pugh	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Jim Pugh	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	1991	French Open	Clay	Jim Pugh	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	0–6, 5–7
Loss	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Kelly Jones	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	1992	U.S. Open	Hard	Kelly Jones	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 3–6, 3–6
Win	1993	US Open	Hard	Ken Flach	Martin Damm Karel Nováček	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Scott Melville	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 6–7(8–10), 6–7(5–7)
Win	2000	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Wayne Black Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 18–16
Loss	2000	U.S. Open	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Lleyton Hewitt Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–5, 6–7(5–7)

Mixed doubles (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1989	US Open	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Shelby Cannon Robin White	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Zina Garrison	Jim Pugh Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Zina Garrison Jackson	John Fitzgerald Elizabeth Smylie	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1993	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Zina Garrison-Jackson	Todd Woodbridge Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 4–6
Win	1995	Australian Open	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Gigi Fernández Cyril Suk	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	1996	U.S. Open (2)	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond	6–7, 6–7
Win	1997	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	John-Laffnie de Jager Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–3, 6–7, 7–5
Win	1997	US Open	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Mercedes Paz Pablo Albano	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	1999	French Open (2)	Clay	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Piet Norval Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Career finals

Doubles (46 wins, 36 losses)

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)

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

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
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
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

External links

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