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Rick Leach
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| Country |  United States |
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| Residence | Laguna Beach, California, USA | |
| Date of birth | December 28, 1964 (age 42) | |
| Place of birth | Arcadia, California, USA | |
| Height | 6'2 (187 cm) | |
| Weight | 185 lbs (84 kg) | |
| Turned Pro | 1987 | |
| Plays | Left-handed | |
| Career Prize Money | US$4,293,689 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 21-58 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | 110 (28-Sep-87) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | - | |
| French Open | - | |
| Wimbledon | - | |
| U.S. Open | - | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 648-390 | |
| Career titles: | 46 | |
| Highest ranking: | 1 (26-Mar-90) | |
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Infobox last updated on: January 27, 2007. |
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Rick Leach (b. December 28, 1964, in Arcadia, California) is a professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he has won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (3 Australian Open, 1 Wimbledon, 1 US Open), and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (2 Australian Open, 1 Wimbledon, 1 US Open). Leach reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.
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.
- ATP Tour profile for Rick Leach
- Davis Cup record