Jan Leschly

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Jan Leschly
Singles
Country	Denmark
Born	(1940-09-11) September 11, 1940 Jutland, Denmark
Plays	Left-handed
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
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.

Leschly has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Care Capital LLC, a private equity firm, since May 2000. He was a tour tennis professional in the 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1959 and 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, partnering with his countryman Jorgen Ulrich, the quartefinals of the doubles event.^[2]

He was ranked World No. 10 for 1967 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.^[1]

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.

Career finals

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	March 1967	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Manuel Santana	6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	8 February 1968	Philadelphia, USA	Carpet (i)	Manuel Santana	6–8, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	5 July 1971	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Ilie Năstase	7–6, 2–6, 1–6, 4–6

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 428.
↑ "Wimbledon player archive – Jan Leschly". AELTC.

External links

ATP World Tour: Jan Leschly
Kubulus Alumni – Jan Leschly at Københavns Universitet
ITF – Player profile
Tennis Archives

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Payment products	Charge cards Credit cards ExpressPay Traveler's cheques Centurion Card Red Card Plum Card

Spun-off companies	Ameriprise Financial First Data Corp. Lehman Brothers Merchants Despatch Railway Express Agency Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment

Notable current and former executives	Henry Wells William Fargo J. C. Fargo Howard L. Clark, Sr. Ralph Reed James D. Robinson III Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Sanford I. Weill Harvey Golub Kenneth Chenault Gary Crittenden

Corporate directors	Kenneth Chenault (Chairman) Daniel Akerson Charlene Barshefsky Ursula Burns Peter Chernin Vernon Jordan, Jr. Jan Leschly Rick Levin Edward D. Miller Frank Popoff Robert D. Walter Ron Williams

Other	The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman American Express Incentive Services Salad Oil Scandal World Monuments Watch 65 Broadway Falmer Stadium (The American Express Community Stadium) Three World Financial Center

Persondata
Name	Leschly, Jan
Alternative names
Short description	Danish businessman and tennis player
Date of birth	1940
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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