| 词条 | Toomas Leius | ||||||||||||||
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| name = Toomas Leius | image = Tenniswedstrijden om de Coupe de Galea , Musacjon links Willem Maris , rechts To, Bestanddeelnr 910-5341.jpg | caption = Willem Maris and Toomas Leius (r.) (1959) | country = {{flag|Soviet Union}} | residence = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1941|8|28}} | birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia[1] | death_date = | death_place = | plays = | AustralianOpenresult = 3R (1969) | FrenchOpenresult = QF (1965) | Wimbledonresult = 3R (1960, 1963) | USOpenresult = 2R (1962) | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1969) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = QF (1963) | USOpenDoublesresult = | Mixed = yes | AustralianOpenMixedresult = 1R (1969) | FrenchOpenMixedresult = F (1971) | WimbledonMixedresult = 3R (1967) | Team = yes | DavisCupresult = FEu (1967, 1969, 1970) | medaltemplates-expand = yes | medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}}{{MedalSport|Men's Tennis}}{{medalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}{{MedalGold|1970 Turin|Mixed Doubles}}{{MedalSilver|1965 Budapest|Men's Singles}}{{MedalSilver|1965 Budapest|Men's Doubles}}{{MedalSilver|1965 Budapest|Mixed Doubles}}{{MedalSilver|1970 Turin|Men's Singles}}{{MedalSilver|1970 Turin|Men's Doubles}} }}Toomas Leius (born 28 August 1941, also written Lejus) is a former tennis player from Estonia who competed for the Soviet Union.[2] CareerLeius was the boys' singles champion at the 1959 Wimbledon Championships. He won the Soviet Championships in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1968. 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 prisonOn 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][7] CoachingLeius worked as a tennis coach after leaving prison and spent some time as captain of the Estonia Fed Cup team.[8] Grand Slam finalsMixed doubles: 1 (0–1)
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References1. ^ATP World Tour: Thomas Lejus 2. ^ITF Tennis: Tom Leius 3. ^[https://archive.is/20130203173843/http://www.tennisarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3714 Tennis Archives: Toomas Karlovich Lejus] 4. ^Davis Cup: Tomas Leius 5. ^{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Cameron|title=Wimbledon Facts, Figures & Fun|year=2005|publisher=AAPPL}} 6. ^{{cite web|author1=Gennady Fyodorov|title=Former Soviet Soccer Star Arrested for Killing Woman|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/former-soviet-soccer-star-arrested-for-killing-woman/300235.html|publisher=The Moscow Times|date=23 September 1997}} 7. ^Taki's Magazine - "Choose Pushkin" - May 30, 2007 8. ^Fed Cup - Tie details - 2000 - Estonia v Madagascar External links
12 : 1941 births|Living people|Estonian male tennis players|Sportspeople from Tallinn|Soviet male tennis players|Universiade medalists in tennis|Estonian people convicted of murder|Murder in Estonia|Soviet people convicted of murder|People convicted of murder by the Soviet Union|Uxoricides|Tallinn University alumni |
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