Mike Leach

Michael E. Leach (born March 9, 1960) is a former collegiate and ATP Tour professional tennis player who won the NCAA singles championship in 1982 while attending the University of Michigan.

Early years Leach grew up in Weston, Massachusetts outside Boston. He was the third child in a family of six and began playing tennis after he received a racket for his 11th birthday. He earned the No. 1 singles and doubles rankings in New England's 14-and-under division, and upon moving to the 16-18 division, he was ranked No. 11 nationally. As a sophomore, he was Michigan's top player with a 24-4 singles record, leading to the Big Ten singles and doubles titles.

ATP Tour Leach played on the ATP Tour from 1982 to 1987 and had a career-high ranking of world No. 29 in singles and world No. 15 in doubles. He reached the final 16 at Wimbledon in 1983, and his career highlights include victories over Stefan Edberg, Pat Cash and Mats Wilander. After a hiatus from playing together, Leach and his father later returned to the tournament circuit and won the National Father/Son Grass Court Tournament in both 1990 and 1991. Leach's hobbies are weight-training, inline-skating, reading, and dining out. He is tall, weighs , and plays left-handed.

Awards and honors In 2001, Leach was inducted into the USTA New England chapter's Hall of Fame in Westborough, Massachusetts. At the time, Leach said: "I'm too darn young to be in any hall of fame, but obviously I'm thrilled and I know it's going to be something that with time I'm going to very much appreciate. I know my parents will [appreciate it], and I'm probably doing it more for them than anybody. They spent a lot of time driving me around various New England states, when I was a kid." In February 2008, Leach was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor along with Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard.

Leach is also a past president of the Northern Florida Professional Tennis Association and tournament chairman of the Gate Petroleum Pro Tennis Open.

Grand Prix career finals

Singles (1 runner-up) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Livingston, United States Hard Brad Gilbert 2–6, 2–6

Doubles (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)