Donald Arthur Thomas
Leahong
Male
Jamaica
1912-12-07
Kingston, Jamaica
2007-02-15
Miami, Fl., United States of America
Donald Leahong was the brother of fellow tennis player Bertrand Leahong.
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From the internet:
Donald Leahong attended Wolmer’s Boys’ School in Kingston, Jamaica, and was on the school’s cricket team and also a member of the Manning Cup soccer team. He later became a solicitor.
Donald Leahong was men’s singles champion of Jamaica seven times in the 1930s. He also played at Wimbledon and won the Central America and Caribbean Games in Panama in 1938. Furthermore, he was captain of the West Indies Davis Cup team. Later he became a golf enthusiast.
He practiced law for many years in Jamaica, having been admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature Jamaica. In later life he lived in Miami, Florida. Donald Leahong was the devoted husband of Mavis, beloved father of Donna Chung (Patrick), Nancy (Ken Krich), Donald (Martha) and granddaughter Kristina Leahong.
1929 - 1940
11
50
36
1939 - Jamaica (Amateur)
1938 - Central American Championships (Amateur)
1938 - Central American and Caribbean Games (Amateur)
1938 - Jamaica (Amateur)
1937 - Jamaica (Amateur)
1937 - Jamaican International Championships (Amateur)
1935 - Jamaica (Amateur)
1934 - Jamaica (Amateur)
1933 - Jamaica (Amateur)
1931 - Jamaica (Amateur)
1930 - East Grinstead (Amateur)
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
William Francis Coke
4-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Horace Clinton Nunes 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
?
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
William Francis Coke
6-3
6-4
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Harry Dayes
6-4
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
H.N. Brown
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
William B. Reese 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
7-5
8-6
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Harry Dayes
6-3
3-6
6-3
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Horace Clinton Nunes
6-3
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Daniel Hernandez
5-7
6-3
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Esteban M. Reyes Sr.
6-4
6-3
6-4
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Horace Clinton Nunes
5-7
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Tomas Ortuno
6-2
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Daniel Hernandez
5-7
6-3
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Esteban M. Reyes Sr.
6-4
6-3
6-4
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Horace Clinton Nunes
?
Round 1
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
R.C. Humphries
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Ross Alfred Wilson
13-11
6-2
5-7
8-6
Final
Arthur Hendrix 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-2
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
William Francis Coke
6-2
6-4
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Harry Dayes
6-0
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Lorenzo Nodarse
1-6
4-6
6-3
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Gustavo Vollmer Ravelo 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-3
6-1
6-8
6-2
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Ricardo Morales
12-10
6-2
2-6
3-6
6-4
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Horace Clinton Nunes
6-1
6-1
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Harry Dayes
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 4
Ross Alfred Wilson 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-2
3-6
6-4
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Harry Dayes
7-5
6-1
Round 3
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Ross Alfred Wilson
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Robert Dudley Murray 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-3
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
George Goodwin
6-1
9-7
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Harry Dayes
6-2
9-7
6-2
Final
Marcel Rainville 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-2
2-6
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Laird Watt 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-4
6-1
4-6
7-5
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Marcel Rainville
6-3
6-4
6-3
Final
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
D.P. Beckford
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Marcel Rainville
2-6
2-6
6-1
6-0
8-6
Final
George Lott 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-2
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
D.P. Beckford
6-3
6-3
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Bertrand Milbourne Clark
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-1
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
John Frederick (Jack) Philpotts
6-4
6-2
Final
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Harry Dayes
6-2
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Harry Hopman 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
6-1
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
Guillermo Toriello
6-2
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Manuel Llano 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
7-5
3-6
4-6
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong 1 *
George Ignatius Desnoes
6-2
6-2
Final
Bertrand Milbourne Clark 1 *
Donald Arthur Thomas Leahong
3-6
4-6
6-3
6-4
7-5