Stan Smith

Stan Smith
Stan Smith at the 2009 US Open
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	December 14, 1946
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	84 kg
1st professional season:	1968
Resignation:	1985
Playing hand:	Right, one-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 1,774,811
singles
Career record:	642: 264
Career title:	37
Highest ranking:	3 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	558: 201
Career title:	54
Highest ranking:	5 (April 9 1979)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

The Adidas Stan Smith tennis shoe named after Stan Smith

The Adidas watch named after Stan Smith

Stan Smith (born December 14, 1946 in Pasadena ) is a retired American tennis player .

As a single player, Smith won 37 tournaments, including the first Masters in 1970, the US Open in 1971 and Wimbledon in 1972 .

In doubles, he celebrated 36 tournament victories with Bob Lutz , with whom he had formed a doubles team since 1967. Among them were four US Open wins, one Australian Open win and winning the first double Masters in 1973. Smith won a total of 54 doubles titles.

He also won the Davis Cup seven times with the USA .

In 1971, together with Smith, Adidas developed the tennis shoe model Adidas Stan Smith named after him and dedicated a limited watch model to it in 2013.

After his career he worked as a tennis coach for the American tennis association USTA. In Hilton Head Island in the state of South Carolina he founded the Smith Stearns Tennis Academy with Billy Stearns . In 2002 he published a book called Stan Smith's Winning Doubles .

In 2007 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

Web links

Commons : Stan Smith  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Stan Smith (English)
• ITF profile Stan Smith (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Stan Smith (English)
• Stan Smith in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)