Rick Leach (born December 28, 1964) is a former professional

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player and coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won five

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doubles titles (three at the

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, one at

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, and one at the

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), 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. Leach was a member of the US team which won the

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in 1990. Partnering

Jim Pugh Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He grew up in Palos Verdes, California and at age 10 began taking tennis lessons from John Hillebrand. He played tennis at UCLA. He became a doub ...

, 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

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and John Fitzgerald of Australia. Prior to turning professional, Leach became the first four-time Division 1

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n in singles and doubles at the

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(where he played for his father Dick), and won the

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doubles title in 1986 and 1987. He is currently the coach of the OC Breakers. His brother,

Jon Leach Jonathan Leach (born April 18, 1973) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is the husband of Lindsay Davenport. Professional career Leach, an All-American player at USC, made his Grand Slam debut at the 1991 US Open ...

, is married to tennis player

Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 98 weeks (including as the year-end No. 1 four ...

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Grand Slam finals

Doubles (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Career finals

Doubles (46 wins, 36 losses)

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

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