Dick Stockton

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Dick Stockton Tennis player
Dick Stockton
Dick Stockton at Wimbledon around 1990
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: February 18, 1951
Size: 188 cm
Weight: 82 kg
1st professional season: 1971
Resignation: 1986
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 1,063,385
singles
Career record: 363: 244
Career title: 8th
Highest ranking: 8 (November 1, 1977)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 3R (Jan. 1977)
French Open HF (1978)
Wimbledon HF (1977)
US Open VF (1976, 1977)
Double
Career record: 325: 203
Career title: 16
Highest ranking: 13 (August 30 1977)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1977)
French Open HF (1979)
Wimbledon HF (1981)
US Open HF (1975)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  2
Australian Open -
French Open S (1984)
Wimbledon F (1976)
US Open S (1975)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Richard LaClede "Dick" Stockton (born February 18, 1951 in New York ) is a retired American tennis player .

Life

Stockton graduating in 1972 at Trinity University in San Antonio , a sociology degree from.

He then focused on his tennis career and won a total of eight titles in singles and 16 in doubles between 1971 and 1986. In addition, he was twice successful in Grand Slam tournaments in mixed, 1975 at the side of Rosie Casals at the US Open and 1984 with Anne Smith at the French Open . From 1973 to 1979 he played ten games in the Davis Cup , five of which he won. In 1979 he won the team competition with the Davis Cup team of the United States .

Stockton now works as a tennis coach. He and his wife Liz run a tennis center in West Palm Beach , Florida .

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personal data
SURNAME Stockton, Dick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stockton, Richard LaClede (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , United States