| Biography | George Livingston "Leif" Shiras (born August 21, 1959, in Norwalk, Connecticut) is a former professional tennis player from the United States and now a tennis journalist.
Prior to his professional career, Shiras played tennis at Princeton University, where he was an NCAA All-American in 1979 and 1980.
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 16, 63, 26 (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.
In 1995, Shiras won the Wimbledon over-35 men's doubles title (partnering Paul McNamee). |