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Leif Shiras

USA Age 67 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1980–1990

Leif Shiras represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 31. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 71–102 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

31 (Jul 30, 1984)

Elo peak

1687 (51st percentile)

Singles record

71–102 (41.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$467,156

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Leif Shiras's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Richey Reneberg #42	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 1990*	R32	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
Robbie Weiss #121	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 15, 1990*	R64	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
David Wheaton #47	4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 8, 1990*	R64	Cincinnati Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Jay Berger #15	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 26, 1990*	R32	Canadian Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Paul Annacone #96	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 1990*	R64	Canadian Open	Masters 1000	Hard

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Leif Shiras's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Richey Reneberg	0	3	3	Aug 16, 1990	H2H
Paul Annacone	1	2	3	Jul 25, 1990	H2H
David Pate	1	2	3	Jun 14, 1990	H2H
Joey Rive	3	0	3	Jun 13, 1990	H2H
Thomas Hogstedt	3	0	3	Apr 19, 1990	H2H

Career Results

Leif Shiras career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	20	0	2	2	0.0%	482	482
1982	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1983	23	2	2	4	50.0%	408	408
1984	24	15	16	31	48.4%	181	61
1985	25	17	19	36	47.2%	61	123
1986	26	2	5	7	28.6%	119	176
1987	27	4	11	15	26.7%	176	157
1988	28	9	12	21	42.9%	157	110
1989	29	14	16	30	46.7%	112	85
1990	30	8	18	26	30.8%	93	181
Career		71	102	173	41.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Leif Shiras career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1980	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1982	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1983	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1984	24	3	7	10	30.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	11	6	17	64.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	15	16	31	48.4%
1985	25	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—	—	—	8	8	16	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	17	19	36	47.2%
1986	26	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
1987	27	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	11	15	26.7%
1988	28	5	8	13	38.5%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	9	12	21	42.9%
1989	29	7	10	17	41.2%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	14	16	30	46.7%
1990	30	4	11	15	26.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	8	18	26	30.8%
Career	—	22	48	70	31.4%	3	8	11	27.3%	27	27	54	50.0%	19	19	38	50.0%	71	102	173	41.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Leif Shiras career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1980	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1983	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1984	24	1	2	3	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	11	15	26	42.3%
1985	25	0	5	5	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	8	5	13	61.5%	8	5	13	61.5%	16	19	35	45.7%
1986	26	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
1987	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	4	11	15	26.7%
1988	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	8	9	17	47.1%
1989	29	0	2	2	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	9	3	12	75.0%	14	15	29	48.3%
1990	30	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	11	15	26.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	7	18	25	28.0%
Career		1	14	15	6.7%	4	16	20	20.0%	27	40	67	40.3%	31	24	55	56.4%	63	94	157	40.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 157/173 (90.8%) of Leif Shiras's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Leif Shiras advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1980	20	1475	97.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.60	—	—	—	-0.03
1982	22	1455	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.33	—	—	—	+0.19
1983	23	1485	108.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	+87	45.5%	-0.45	1–0	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.08
1984	24	1556	124.7	—	—	—	—	-88	—	+124	48.1%	-0.20	6–5 (55%)	10–10 (50%)	102.7	+0.82
1985	25	1646	126.8	—	—	—	—	-74	—	+37	48.4%	-0.40	7–8 (47%)	11–8 (58%)	104.1	+0.46
1986	26	1592	109.4	—	—	—	—	-37	—	—	42.1%	-0.37	1–4 (20%)	3–2 (60%)	98.0	+0.95
1987	27	1525	112.0	—	—	—	—	-4	-16	+97	35.0%	-1.00	0–2	3–4 (43%)	—	+0.97
1988	28	1587	128.4	—	—	—	—	+10	—	—	45.3%	-0.21	3–5 (38%)	1–3 (25%)	97.5	-0.08
1989	29	1638	124.3	—	—	—	—	-38	—	+26	45.8%	-0.18	8–5 (62%)	6–5 (55%)	105.6	+0.78
1990	30	1553	112.8	—	—	—	—	+19	-37	+91	28.3%	-1.65	3–1 (75%)	2–4 (33%)	102.2	+0.18
Career		1687	126.2	—	—	—	—	-30	-24	+79	42.4%	-0.59	29–30 (49%)	38–37 (51%)	104.6	+2.50

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Leif Shiras Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1980	20	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1982	22	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1983	23	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	24	R64	—	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1985	25	R32	—	R64	—	3–2 (60%)
1987	27	R128	R128	R32	—	2–3 (40%)
1988	28	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1989	29	R128	—	R16	R64	4–3 (57%)
1990	30	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		2–6 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	7–6 (54%)	1–5 (17%)	11–19 (37%)

Masters 1000

Leif Shiras Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	MIA	W-L Win %
1990	30	R32	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)

ATP 500

Leif Shiras ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	U.S	TKY	MIA	MIA	CAN	TOR	W-L Win %
1984	24	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
1985	25	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1986	26	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1989	29	—	—	—	—	—	R128	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
1990	30	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	4–3 (57%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	2–1 (67%)	8–11 (42%)

ATP 250

Leif Shiras ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	ASB	BRI	HKG	HOU	MTP	MEL	U.S	NWP	QUE	SEL	TKY	BRI	CHI	DET	FOR	FOR	FOR	HON	KIA	LIV	MEM	ORL	PHI	RYE	SAN	SIN	SOU	STR	SYD	SYD	TOR	U.S	WEM	W-L Win %
1980	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	23	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1984	24	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	F	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	13–11 (54%)
1985	25	QF	R16	R16	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	13–16 (45%)
1986	26	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1987	27	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	2–7 (22%)
1988	28	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	8–9 (47%)
1989	29	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	9–10 (47%)
1990	30	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–9 (18%)
W-L		4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	7–5 (58%)	2–3 (40%)	2–4 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	51–68 (43%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 30, 1984

First Top 100

May 21, 1984

First Top 50

Jun 18, 1984

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Leif Shiras ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1979	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	454
1980	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	482
1983	23	408	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	24	181	—	—	—	87	44	31	39	40	55	57	61
1985	25	56	59	60	63	69	128	155	158	142	132	130	123
1986	26	119	129	153	157	150	175	212	238	242	246	121	176
1987	27	174	181	176	169	172	166	143	165	161	163	165	157
1988	28	149	150	135	125	112	117	128	124	136	151	105	110
1989	29	128	107	113	133	137	140	93	88	70	63	87	85
1990	30	98	100	107	106	110	106	130	134	145	176	187	181
1991	31	173	200	197	230	230	282	362	445	505	504	507	624
1992	32	1099	1096	1089	1118	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Leif Shiras's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Leach	USA	#29	1,787	175	73	102	41.7%	$378,336	0	1980–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Marcos Hocevar	BRA	#30	1,819	174	80	94	46.0%	$330,047	0	1979–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Larry Stefanki	USA	#35	1,729	140	53	87	37.9%	$290,073	1	1979–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Sergio Casal	ESP	#31	1,794	250	112	138	44.8%	$2,100,495	1	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Schwaier	GER	#38	1,749	141	57	84	40.4%	$295,886	0	1981–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Fernando Luna	ESP	#33	1,779	327	167	160	51.1%	$561,404	0	1977–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Kelly Evernden	NZL	#31	1,853	252	122	130	48.4%	$914,750	3	1980–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Bob Green	USA	#39	1,729	98	43	55	43.9%	$173,900	0	1984–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Mark Dickson	USA	#32	1,818	246	128	118	52.0%	$686,138	2	1981–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Jay Lapidus	USA	#34	1,780	182	76	106	41.8%	$245,642	1	1978–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Bauer	USA	#29	1,786	166	75	91	45.2%	$611,891	3	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Broderick Dyke	AUS	#35	1,715	199	78	121	39.2%	$826,293	0	1982–1993	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Leif Shiras?: Leif Shiras is 67 years old, born on August 21, 1959.
Which country does Leif Shiras represent?: Leif Shiras represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Leif Shiras?: Leif Shiras is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Leif Shiras left-handed or right-handed?: Leif Shiras plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Leif Shiras won?: Leif Shiras has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Leif Shiras won?: TennisDB does not group any of Leif Shiras's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Leif Shiras' highest ATP ranking?: Leif Shiras' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 31, first achieved on July 30, 1984.
What is Leif Shiras' career win-loss record?: Leif Shiras has a career ATP singles record of 71 wins and 102 losses (41.0%).
How much career prize money has Leif Shiras earned?: Leif Shiras has earned at least $467,156 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Leif Shiras's career appear in TennisDB?: Leif Shiras appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1980 through 1990.
On which surface does Leif Shiras have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Leif Shiras's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on carpet: 50.0% (19–19).
Who has Leif Shiras faced most often?: Leif Shiras' most frequent opponent is Richey Reneberg, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.