Education
Shiras attended high school at Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin.
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Leif Shiras
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Career
Prior to his professional career, Shiras played tennis at Princeton University, where he was an National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 (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 Number.
31 in singles (in 1984) and World Number. 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.
