Toomas Leius
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| Country (sports) |  Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 3R (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | QF (1965) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (1960, 1963) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1962) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | QF (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1963) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | F (1971) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (1967) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Davis Cup | FEu (1967, 1969, 1970) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toomas Leius (28 August 1941 – 7 February 2025) was an Estonian tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.[2]
Career
Leius was the boys' singles champion at the 1959 Wimbledon Championships. He won the Soviet Championships in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1968. He also won the Moscow International Indoor Championships five times from 1961 to 1963, 1965, 1969. Other good performances during his career include reaching the final of the 1964 Queen's Club Championships, which he lost to Roy Emerson, and taking Rod Laver to five sets at the 1969 Heineken Open. He was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles at the 1970 Summer Universiade in Turin, with Tiiu Parmas.
His best performance in the singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament came at the 1965 French Championships, where he made the quarter-finals.[3] He was due to face South African player Cliff Drysdale in the quarter-final but the Soviet delegation made him forfeit the match, in protest against apartheid. Leius and Winnie Shaw were mixed doubles runners-up at the 1971 French Open.
He was a regular fixture in the Soviet Davis Cup team during the 1960s and appeared in a total of 20 ties, from which he managed 23 wins, 17 of them in singles.[4]
Murder conviction and prison
On 13 May 1974, Toomas Leius strangled his wife Ene Leius (née Visnapuu) to death after finding her in bed with another man. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and was released after serving five years for good behavior.[5][6]
Later life and death
Leius worked as a tennis coach after leaving prison and spent some time as captain of the Estonia Fed Cup team.[7]
Leius died on 7 February 2025, at the age of 83.[8]
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1971 | French Open | Clay | Template:Flagicon Winnie Shaw | Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Barclay |
2–6, 4–6 |
Awards
- Estonian Sportspersonality of the year: 1961, 1963, 1965
References
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- ^ ATP World Tour: Toomas Leius
- ^ ITF Tennis: Toomas Leius
- ^ Tennis Archives: Toomas Karlovich Lejus
- ^ Davis Cup: Tomas Leius
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brown, Cameron (2005). Wimbledon Facts, Figures & Fun. AAPPL.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fyodorov, Gennady (23 September 1997). "Former Soviet Soccer Star Arrested for Killing Woman". The Moscow Times.
- ^ Fed Cup - Tie details - 2000 - Estonia v Madagascar
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Suri Eesti tenniselegend Toomas Leius". Delfi Sport. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
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- Toomas Leius at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
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