George Livingston Shiras was born in August 21, 1959 in
Norwalk, Connecticut and raised in
Rowayton, Connecticut until his family moved to
Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1963 for his father's job in public relations. He attended
Shorewood High School, where he played tennis, basketball, and volleyball. But he was most drawn to tennis after growing up watching his parents play the sport recreationally and he became the State High School champion in his junior and senior years, leading him to earn the No. 1-ranked under-18 player in Wisconsin. Shiras attended his father's alma-mater of
Princeton University to pursue a
bachelor's degree in
English, where he graduated in 1981. There, he was also a collegiate tennis
NCAA All-American in 1979 and 1980, and had also reached the NCAA semifinals. In 1993, Shiras moved from
Toronto and now resides in
Laguna Hills, California with his wife, Maria, and his two sons, Emmett and Austin. ==Tennis career==