Phil Dent
Phil Dent 
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 Australia
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| Birthday: | February 14, 1950 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 183 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 78 kg | ||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 1,214,079 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 354: 308 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 17 (August 23 1977) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 409: 254 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 25th | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 9 (August 23 1977) | ||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Phil Dent (born February 14, 1950 in Sydney ) is a former Australian tennis player .
He won three tournaments in singles and 25 in doubles and played for Australia in the Davis Cup .
He celebrated his greatest successes with his long-time doubles partner John Alexander , with whom he won the Australian Open in 1975 and 22 other tournaments and reached the finals of the French Open and Wimbledon .
He won his second Grand Slam title in 1976 in the US Open mixed competition alongside Billie Jean King .
He is the father of Taylor Dent , who was also a professional tennis player.
Tournament victories
Single (3)
Double (25)
- With Kim Warwick (1)
- 1982: Guarujá
- With Bob Giltinan (1)
- 1979: Hobart
- With John Alexander (23)
- 1978: Brisbane
- 1978: Los Angeles
- 1978: Forest Hills
- 1977: Sydney Outdoor
- 1977: Louisville
- 1977: Washington
- 1977: Cincinnati
- 1976: Denver
- 1976: Atlanta
- 1975: Chicago
- 1975: Las Vegas
- 1975: San Antonio
- 1975: Australian Open
- 1974: Monte Carlo
- 1974: Miami
- 1973: Cincinnati
- 1973: Toronto
- 1972: Louisville
- 1972: Bretton Woods
- 1971: Los Angeles
- 1971: Gstaad
- 1971: Hamburg
- 1971: Sydney Outdoor
- 1970: Kitzbühel
Mixed (1)
- 1976: US Open alongside Billie Jean King
Davis Cup
Between 1969 and 1982 Dent played eight singles and eleven doubles. He won six out of eight and seven out of eleven games.
Web links
- ATP profile of Phil Dent (English)
- ITF Profile of Phil Dent (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Phil Dent (English)
- Profile on Grand Slam History Reference Book
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| SURNAME | Dent, Phil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , Australia |