Laurence C. "Cary" Leeds III (April 16, 1957 – January 30, 2003) was an American professional tennis player.

[1] A varsity tennis player while at Yale University, Leeds won a national indoor doubles title with Matt Doyle in 1977 and graduated in 1979 with a B.A.

[2] Active on the professional tour in the 1980s, Leeds featured most prominently in doubles and made three Grand Prix finals.

He was a mixed doubles semi-finalist at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Sherry Acker.

[3] The Cary Leeds Center in the South Bronx, New York is named in his honor, set up by his family as a way to memorialize him after his death in 2003.