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Stan Smith
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Turned pro	1968
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$1,774,811
Singles
Career record	641–262
Career titles	36
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1972)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1970, 1975)
French Open	QF (1971, 1972)
Wimbledon	W (1972)
US Open	W (1971)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1970)
Doubles
Career record	558–201
Career titles	54
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1970)
French Open	F (1971, 1974)
Wimbledon	F (1972, 1974, 1980, 1981)
US Open	W (1968, 1974, 1978, 1980)

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Stanley Roger Smith (born December 14, 1946 in Pasadena, California) is a former American tennis player who, with his partner Bob Lutz, was one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world. Smith also won many singles titles, including the Wimbledon championship once and the US Open championship once. In 1972, he was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player.

Career

Smith played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California, where he was a three-time All-American and won the 1968 NCAA singles championship and the 1967 and 1968 doubles titles.

In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranked Smith as one of the 21 best players of all time.^[1]

Adidas approached Smith in 1971 to endorse the Adidas Stan Smith tennis shoe.

In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Smith in 35th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era.

Smith was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.

Following his playing career, Smith became active as a coach for the United States Tennis Association. He now has his own academy with Billy Stearns called Smith Stearns Tennis Academy, which is in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Today, Smith lives in Hilton Head with his wife and four children, all of whom competed in collegiate tennis.

Grand Slam singles finals (3)

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1971	US Open	Jan Kodeš	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–6
1972	Wimbledon	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1971	Wimbledon	John Newcombe	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Singles finals (54)

Wins (35)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1970	Phoenix, U.S.	Hard	Jim Osborne	6–3, 6–7, 6–1
2.	1970	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
3.	1970	Masters, Tokyo	Carpet	Rod Laver	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
4.	1971	Paris, France	Clay	François Jauffret	6–2, 6–4, 7–5
5.	1971	London/Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grass	John Newcombe	8–6, 6–3
6.	1971	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	7–6, 6–3
7.	1971	US Open, New York City	Grass	Jan Kodeš	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–6
8.	1972	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
9.	1972	New York City, U.S.	Indoor	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–1
10.	1972	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
11.	1972	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
12.	1972	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
13.	1972	Sacramento, U.S.	Outdoor	Colin Dibley	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
14.	1972	Los Angeles WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–4
15.	1972	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Andrés Gimeno	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
16.	1972	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	6–4, 6–3
17.	1973	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	7–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
18.	1973	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Rod Laver	6–3, 6–4
19.	1973	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Rod Laver	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
20.	1973	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet	Cliff Richey	6–1, 7–5
21.	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet	Rod Laver	6–2, 6–4, 6–1
22.	1973	Gothenberg WCT, Sweden	Carpet	John Alexander	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
23.	1973	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
24.	1973	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–2, 7–6
25.	1974	Hempstead WCT, U.S.	Hard	John Newcombe	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
26.	1974	St. Louis, U.S.	Clay	Alex Metreveli	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
27.	1974	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Alex Metreveli	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
28.	1974	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Marty Riessen	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
29.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Robert Lutz	7–6, 6–2
30.	1977	Pacific Southwest Open, Los Angeles, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
31.	1978	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	4–6, 6–1, 2–1, ret.
32.	1978	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–3
33.	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Ilie Năstase	7–6, 7–5
34.	1979	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
35.	1980	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Johan Kriek	2–6, 7–6, 6–2

Runner-ups (19)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1970	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Cliff Richey	6–2, 10–8, 3–6, 6–1
2.	1971	Charlotte, U.S.	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–3
3.	1971	Wimbledon, London	Grass	John Newcombe	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.	1971	Masters, Paris	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
5.	1972	Masters, Barcelona	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
6.	1973	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Colin Dibley	6–3, 7–6
7.	1973	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
8.	1974	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	John Newcombe	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
9.	1975	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Harold Solomon	6–4, 6–1
10.	1975	San Antonio WCT, U.S.	Hard	Dick Stockton	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
11.	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Robert Lutz	6–4, 6–4
12.	1976	Memphis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	6–2, 0–6, 6–0
13.	1976	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 7–6
14.	1977	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
15.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
16.	1978	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 7–6
17.	1979	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Brian Teacher	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
18.	1980	Palm Harbor, U.S.	Hard	Paul McNamee	6–4, 6–3
19.	1980	Manchester, United Kingdom	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 6–4

Doubles finals (81)

Wins (54)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1968	US Open, New York City	Grass	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe Andrés Gimeno	11–9, 6–1, 7–5
2.	1969	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 6–4
3.	1970	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 8–6, 6–3
4.	1970	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Roy Barth Tom Gorman	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
5.	1970	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	Bob Carmichael Owen Davidson	6–0, 5–7, 7–5
6.	1971	Paris, France	Clay	Tom Gorman	Pierre Barthès François Jauffret	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
7.	1971	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Erik Van Dillen	Sandy Mayer Roscoe Tanner	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
8.	1971	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Gorman	Arthur Ashe Robert Lutz	6–3, 6–4
9.	1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–2
10.	1972	Nice, France	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase
11.	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 7–6
12.	1973	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Robert Lutz	Frew McMillan Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
13.	1973	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6, 6–0
14.	1973	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nikola Pilić	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6–2, 6–2
15.	1973	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Ove Nils Bengtson Jim McManus	6–2, 6–1
16.	1974	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
17.	1974	New Orleans WCT, U.S.	Other	Robert Lutz	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
18.	1974	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Marty Riessen	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
19.	1974	US Open, New York City	Grass	Robert Lutz	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–3
20.	1974	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Syd Ball	6–4, 7–6
21.	1975	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
22.	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
23.	1975	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Mike Estep Russell Simpson	7–5, 7–6
24.	1975	Washington, D.C.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
25.	1975	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
26.	1976	Indianapolis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Vitas Gerulaitis Tom Gorman	6–2, 6–4
27.	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Clay	Robert Lutz	Dick Crealy Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
28.	1976	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Erik Van Dillen	Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon	6–1, 6–1
29.	1976	Los Angeles, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
30.	1976	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	Wojtek Fibak Brian Gottfried	7–6, 6–3
31.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–3
32.	1977	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–5
33.	1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
34.	1977	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming Gene Mayer	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
35.	1977	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–4
36.	1977	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming Raymond Moore	6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 7–6
37.	1978	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Jan Kodeš Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–3
38.	1978	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe John McEnroe	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
39.	1978	US Open, New York City	Hard	Robert Lutz	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
40.	1979	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Dick Stockton	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	6–2, 6–3
41.	1979	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	7–6, 6–3
42.	1979	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6
43.	1979	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Robert Lutz	John James Chris Kachel	6–4, 7–6
44.	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Francisco González Fred McNair	6–3, 6–4
45.	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	6–3, 6–4
46.	1980	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Bill Scanlon Brian Teacher	6–4, 6–3
47.	1980	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	6–7, 6–2, 6–2
48.	1980	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Wojtek Fibak Gene Mayer	6–2, 7–5
49.	1980	US Open, New York City	Hard	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
50.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Robert Lutz	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–2
51.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Robert Lutz	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
52.	1983	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Jaime Fillol	Andrés Gómez Ilie Năstase	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
53.	1983	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Mel Purcell	Marcos Hocevar Cassio Motta	6–3, 6–4
54.	1984	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Charles Bud Cox Terry Moor	6–4, 6–7, 7–5

Runner-ups (27)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	1970	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–2
2.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Tom Gorman	Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 11–9
3.	1971	London/Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grass	Erik Van Dillen	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	8–6, 4–6, 10–8
4.	1971	US Open, New York City	Grass	Erik Van Dillen	John Newcombe Roger Taylor	6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6
5.	1972	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Erik Van Dillen	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–2, 6–2, 9–7
6.	1974	French Open, Paris	Clay	Robert Lutz	Dick Crealy Onny Parun	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1
7.	1974	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Robert Lutz	Charlie Pasarell Erik Van Dillen	6–4, 9–7
8.	1974	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Robert Lutz	John Newcombe Tony Roche	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
9.	1976	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 6–2
10.	1976	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Erik Van Dillen	Byron Bertram Pat Cramer	6–3, 6–4
11.	1976	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Brian Gottfried Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–6
12.	1977	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
13.	1977	Los Angeles PSW, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–4
14.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–3
15.	1978	World Doubles WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
16.	1978	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
17.	1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Robert Lutz	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–3, 6–2
18.	1979	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–1, 6–3
19.	1979	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Ilie Năstase	1–6, 6–3, 7–6
20.	1979	US Open, New York City	Hard	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
21.	1979	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–2, 6–3
22.	1980	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Robert Lutz	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
23.	1980	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6
24.	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
25.	1981	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
26.	1981	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	John McEnroe Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–3
27.	1981	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4

References

^ Kramer considered the best player ever to have been either Don Budge (for consistent play) or Ellsworth Vines (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, Bill Tilden, Fred Perry, Bobby Riggs, and Pancho Gonzales. After these six came the "second echelon" of Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Gottfried von Cramm, Ted Schroeder, Jack Crawford, Pancho Segura, Frank Sedgman, Tony Trabert, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Björn Borg, and Jimmy Connors. He felt unable to rank Henri Cochet and René Lacoste accurately but felt they were among the very best.

External links

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International Tennis Hall of Fame profile

Preceded by R. Malcolm Graham Robert A. Griese Floyd Little James R. Lynch Alan C. Page Ricardo M. Urbina	Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) Class of 1993 Dick Anderson Bob Johnson Donna A. Lopiano Donald A. Schollander Stan Smith Wyomia Tyus	Succeeded by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Lee Evans Calvin Hill William C. Hurd Leroy Keyes Jim Ryun

[1] Kramer considered the best player ever to have been either Don Budge (for consistent play) or Ellsworth Vines (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, Bill Tilden, Fred Perry, Bobby Riggs, and Pancho Gonzales. After these six came the "second echelon" of Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Gottfried von Cramm, Ted Schroeder, Jack Crawford, Pancho Segura, Frank Sedgman, Tony Trabert, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Björn Borg, and Jimmy Connors. He felt unable to rank Henri Cochet and René Lacoste accurately but felt they were among the very best.

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v t e Tennis world No. 1 men's singles players
Current ATP world No. 1 in bold, as of week of 4 November 2024^[update] ATP rankings was introduced on August 23, 1973
1–5	Ilie Năstase (1973/74 – 40 w) John Newcombe (1974 – 8 w) Jimmy Connors (1974/83 – 268 w) Björn Borg (1977/81 – 109 w) John McEnroe (1980/85 – 170 w)
6–10	Ivan Lendl (1983/90 – 270 w) Mats Wilander (1988/89 – 20 w) Stefan Edberg (1990/92 – 72 w) Boris Becker (1991 – 12 w) Jim Courier (1992/93 – 58 w)
11–15	Pete Sampras (1993/00 – 286 w) Andre Agassi (1995/03 – 101 w) Thomas Muster (1996 – 6 w) Marcelo Ríos (1998 – 6 w) Carlos Moyá (1999 – 2 w)
16–20	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1999 – 6 w) Pat Rafter (1999 – 1 w) Marat Safin (2000/01 – 9 w) Gustavo Kuerten (2000/01 – 43 w) Lleyton Hewitt (2001/03 – 80 w)
21–25	Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003 – 8 w) Andy Roddick (2003/04 – 13 w) Roger Federer (2004/18 – 310 w) Rafael Nadal (2008/20 – 209 w) Novak Djokovic (2011/24 – 428 w)
26–30	Andy Murray (2016/17 – 41 w) Daniil Medvedev (2022 – 16 w) Carlos Alcaraz (2022/23 – 36 w) Jannik Sinner (2024 – 22 w)
(year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) weeks record underlined.