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Stan Smith
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American tennis player
Key facts
- Full name
- Stanley Roger Smith
- Country sports
- United States
- Residence
- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina , U.S.
- Born
- ( 1946-12-14 ) December 14, 1946 (age 79) , Pasadena, California , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Turned pro
- 1969 (amateur from 1964)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- $1,420,869
- Int tennis hof
- 1987 ( member page )
- Career record
- 950–383 in pre-Open-Era & Open Era
- Career titles
- 64 (48 open era titles listed by ATP)
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (1971 , Judith Elian )
- Australian open
- 3R ( 1970 , 1975 , 1977 )
- French open
- QF ( 1971 , 1972 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1972 )
- Us open
- W ( 1971 )
- Tour finals
- W ( 1970 )
- Wct finals
- W ( 1973 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roger
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pasadena
- Sport
- tennis
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- Stan Smith 2009 US Open 01.jpg
- Height
- 193
- Residence
- Hilton Head Island
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1946-12-14
- doubles record
- 576–205
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- singles record
- 672–276
- Commons category
- Stan Smith
- name in native language
- Stan Smith
- prize money
- 1774811
- end of work period
- 1985-00-00
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Stanley Roger Smith (born December 14, 1946) is an American former professional tennis player. A world No. 1 player and two-time major singles champion (at the 1971 US Open and 1972 Wimbledon Championships), Smith also paired with Bob Lutz to create one of the most successful doubles teams of all-time.
In 1970, Smith won the inaugural year-end championships title. In 1972, he was the year-end world No. 1 singles player. In 1973, he won his second and last year end championship title at the Dallas WCT Finals. In addition, he won four Grand Prix Championship Series titles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stan Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.