Dickson studied at Clemson University and was appointed three times in a row as a single player in the top selection All-American between 1980 and 1982 ; there was also another All-American award in doubles in 1981. In 1982 he became a tennis professional and in the same year was able to win his first double title on the ATP Tour alongside Jan Gunnarsson in Stockholm . In the course of his career he won a total of four double titles; In addition, he was able to celebrate two individual tournament victories in 1984, in April in Houston and in November in Toulouse . He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1985 with position 32 in singles and 1983 with position 23 in doubles.
His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarter-finals at the US Open 1983, when he prevailed against Mel Purcell and John Lloyd , among others , and was defeated by Bill Scanlon in the tiebreaker after five contested sets. In the doubles competition he reached the quarter-finals of the US Open in 1983 on the side of Sherwood Stewart and in 1985 with Tim Wilkison the quarter-finals of the Australian Open .
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Stockholm
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