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Andrea Leand
Country (sports)	United States
Born	January 18, 1964 (age 60); Baltimore, USA
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed
College	Princeton University ; Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School
Singles
Career record	142–151
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 12 (May, 1982), holds the WTA record for best first time appearance on the WTA rankings at No.18
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1982, 1984)
French Open	4R (1982)
Wimbledon	3R (1983, 1990)
US Open	4R (1981, 1982, 1983)
Doubles
Career record	57–89
Career titles	1
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1990)
French Open	3R (1985)
Wimbledon	QF (1983)
US Open	2R (1981, 1983, 1984)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	3R (1985)
Wimbledon	2R (1983)
Medal record
Maccabiah Games

Andrea Leand (born January 18, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the U.S. Leand was the No. 1 ranked junior in the United States and the No. 2 ranked junior in the World in 1981. She won a gold medal in singles at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Leand rose to a career high ranking of No. 12. Leand was ranked in the top 10 of the world doubles rankings reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1983. Leand represented the United States at the Federation Cup in 1982 and the Olympics in 1984.

Early life

Leand is the first child of Paul Leand, a chest and throat surgeon who in college played tennis for Yale University, and Barbara Goldberg Leand, who once had a tennis ranking in the Middle Atlantic region.^[1]

Education

In 1988, Leand graduated from Princeton University, where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. She also earned an MBA degree from Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School in 2002.

Career in sports

Andrea Leand was the No. 1 ranked junior in the United States and the No. 2 ranked junior in the World in 1981. She won a gold medal in women's singles at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel.^[2]

She turned pro in 1982 and appeared on the WTA pro rankings for the first time at No.18, a record for the highest first-time appearance in the pro tennis rankings that she still holds today. Leand rose to a career high No. 12. Leand was ranked in the top 10 of the world doubles rankings reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1983.^[3]

Leand represented the United States at the Federation Cup in 1982 and the Olympics in 1984. She competed on the WTA tour from 1981 to 1994. She won a singles title at the Pittsburgh Open in 1984 after a three-sets victory in the final against Pascale Paradis. Leand reached the fourth round of the US Open on three occasions, at Wimbledon once, and the French Open once. She upset second-seeded Andrea Jaeger at the 1981 U.S. Open.^[4]

Later career

After 15 years on the pro tour, Leand pursued careers in journalism and broadcasting, as contributor to multiple publications including USA Today, The New York Times, and The Baltimore Sun and TennisMatch Magazine.^[5] She also was a lead commentator for ESPN/STAR television for 10 years. She later became certified as an investment advisor for Morgan Stanley. Leand was named publisher of Tennis Week Magazine in 2007.

WTA career finals

Doubles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (0–0)
Tier V (0–0)
Virginia Slims (1–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1984	Boston, Massachusetts, US	Carpet (i)	Mary Lou Piatek	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–7, 0–6
Loss	0–2	May 1984	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Sandy Collins	Rosalyn Fairbank Beverly Mould	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1984	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Andrea Temesvári	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–3

References

^ Vecsey, George (September 7, 1981). "Andrea Leand Is Suddenly a Celebrity". The New York Times.
^ "Olympedia – Andrea Leand". www.olympedia.org.
^ "Wimbledon players archive – Andrea Land". AELTC.
^ David Emery, ed. (1983). Who's Who in International Tennis. London: Sphere. p. 67. ISBN 978-0722133200.
^ TennisMatch Magazine, Sept/Oct 1993, pages 39-41, "How the US Open Changed My Career" by Andrea Leand, Contributing Editor