Jan Leschly

Jan Leschly

Country (sports)	Denmark
Born	(1940-09-11) 11 September 1940 (age 84) Jutland, Denmark
Turned pro	1957 (amateur)
Retired	1973
Plays	Left-handed
Singles
Career record	219–112
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 10 (1967, Lance Tingay ) [1]
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1971)
Wimbledon	4R (1966)
US Open	SF (1967)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	4R (1971)
Wimbledon	QF (1966)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1959, 1960, 1967)

Jan Leschly (born 11 September 1940) is a Danish businessman and former professional tennis player. He was a semifinalist in the men's singles at the 1967 U.S. National Championships and a quarterfinalist in doubles at the 1966 Wimbledon Championships. From 1957 to 1973, he won 18 career titles in singles.

Tennis career

He was a tour tennis professional from the late the 1950s to the early 1970s. In July 1957, he won his first title the East of England Championships on grass at Felixstowe. From 1959 to 1971, he participated in nine Wimbledon Championships and achieved his best result in 1966 when he reached the fourth round of the singles event, and with his countryman Jørgen Ulrich (uncle of Lars Ulrich whose father is Torben Ulrich), he reached the quarterfinals of the doubles event. ^[2] Jan Leschly was in the semifinals of the US Championship at Forest Hills in 1967, losing to Clark Graebner in five sets.

He was ranked World No. 10 for 1967 in Lance Tingay's amateur rankings for The Daily Telegraph. ^[1] In 1972, he won his last title at the Scandinavian Indoor Championships, played on carpet courts at Copenhagen. In 1973, played his final tournament at the Coast Championship at Rungsted, losing in the semifinals to Lars Elvstrom.

Career finals

Singles 33 (18-15)

Category + (Titles)
Grand Slam (0)
National (8)
International (4)
Provincial/Regional/State (2)
County 0)
Regular (4)

Titles by Surface
Clay – Outdoor (9)
Grass – Outdoor (3)
Hard – Outdoor (0)
Carpet – Indoor (7)
Wood – Indoor (8)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	July 1957	East of England Championships	Grass	Gordon Talbot	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	2.	July 1958	East of England Championships	Grass	Claus Storm Pallesen	6–0, 6–0
Loss	3.	August 1959	Danish National Championships	Clay	Kurt Nielsen	6–0, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	4.	January 1961	Danish Covered Court Championships	Wood (i)	Jørgen Ulrich	6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	5.	November 1961	King's Cup	Wood (i)	Ulf Schmidt	6–4, 6–2
Win	6.	December 1961	Copenhagen Indoor	Wood (i)	Torsten Johansson	6–2, 5–7, 6–3, 10–8
Loss	7.	January 1962	Danish Covered Court Championships	Wood (i)	Jørgen Ulrich	6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	8.	March 1962	Danish International Championships	?	Torsten Johansson	6–3, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Win	9.	December 1962	Copenhagen Indoor	Wood (i)	Jørgen Ulrich	12–10, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	10.	January 1963	Danish Covered Court Championships	Wood (i)	Jørgen Ulrich	4–6, 9–11, 8–6, 8–6, 6–4
Loss	11.	March 1963	Moscow International Championships	?	Toomas Leius	6–0, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	12.	August 1963	Danish National Championships	Clay	Jørgen Ulrich	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Win	13.	August 1964	Danish National Championships	Clay	Torben Ulrich	3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 8–6, 6–0
Loss	14.	November 1965	King's Cup Final (London)	Wood (i)	Bobby Wilson	3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 12–10
Win	15.	January 1966	Danish Covered Court Championships	Wood (i)	Carl-Edvard Hedelund	6–0, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win	16.	August 1966	Danish National Championships	Clay	Carl-Edvard Hedelund	6–0, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	17.	March 1967	South African Championships	Hard	Manuel Santana	6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	18.	July 1967	Travemünde International	Clay	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	19.	August 1967	Danish National Championships	Clay	Jorgen Ulrich	3–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–1
Loss	20.	November 1967	Queensland Hard Court Championships	Hard	Roy Emerson	6–4, 12–10
Win	21.	February 1968	Scandinavian Indoor Championships	Carpet (i)	Alex Metreveli	4–6, 12–10, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	22.	February 1968	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships	Carpet (i)	Manuel Santana	6–8, 3–6
Win	23.	February 1968 [3]	Macon Indoor	Carpet (i)	Mike Sangster	6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Loss	24.	March 1968	Concord International Indoor	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 13–15
Win	25.	August 1968	Copenhagen Tournament	?	Martin Mulligan	3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	26.	January 1969	Danish Covered Court Championships	Carpet (i)	Carl-Edvard Hedelund	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Win	27.	February 1969	Rothmans Trophy Crystal Palace, [4]	Carpet (i)	Manuel Orantes	9–7, 7–5
Win	28.	August 1969	Danish National Championships	Clay	Jørgen Ulrich	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	29 .	August 1969	Copenhagen Tournament	?	Martin Mulligan	4-6, 6-4, 7-9, 14-12, 1-6
Win	20.	August 1970	Danish National Championships	Clay	Jorgen Ulrich	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	31.	June 1971	Chichester International	Grass	Gerald Battrick	2-6, 8-9
Loss	32.	July 1971	Swedish Open Bastaad	Clay	Ilie Năstase	7–6, 2–6, 1–6, 4–6
Win	33.	February 1972	Scandinavian Indoor Championships	Carpet (i)	Ray Moore	6–1, 11–9, 6–3

Work career

Leschly has been the chairman and chief executive officer of Care Capital LLC, a private equity firm, since May 2000. Other positions:

• Chief Executive and Director, SmithKline Beecham, a company that develops and markets pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medicines, 1994 to May 2000.
• Director, American Express, Viacom, Maersk, and Dynavax Technologies Corporation.
• Member, Advisory Board of Daimler Chrysler and the Emory University Business School Dean's Advisory Council.

See also

• List of Denmark Davis Cup team representatives

References

1. United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 428.
2. "Wimbledon player archive – Jan Leschly". AELTC.
3. "ATP Tour: Results Archive". ATP Tour. ATP. 1968. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
4. "Mulligan for Cystal Palace: Australian born Martin Mulligan, a former Wimbledon finalist, and Nicola PletrangeU will represent Italy in the new Rothman's Trophy tennis tournament, Crystal Palace in February". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 10 January 1969. p. 12.

External links

• Jan Leschly at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jan Leschly at the International Tennis Federation
• Jan Leschly at the Davis Cup
• Kubulus Alumni – Jan Leschly at Københavns Universitet
• Jan Leschly at the Tennis Archives

Business positions
Preceded by Robert Bauman	Chief Executive of SmithKline Beecham April 1994 - April 2000	Succeeded by Jean-Pierre Garnier