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Stan Smith

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Stan Smith is an American retired professional tennis player who was ranked world number one and won two major singles titles, the 1971 US Open and the 1972 Wimbledon Championships. Born in Pasadena, California, in 1946, he attended the University of Southern California and won the 1968 NCAA singles title. With Bob Lutz he formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. He won the inaugural year-end championships in 1970 and finished 1972 as the year-end world number one. He later served as president of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and a line of Adidas tennis shoes bears his name.

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Birth Year
1946 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Connections

Competed In

Wimbledon, Competitions
Source Stan Smith (Wikipedia)

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Tennis, Sports
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Nationality

United States

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is an American retired professional tennis player
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1. Stan Smith (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth and death dates
    (born December 14, 1946)
  • Article text, pronoun
    He was the youngest of three sons. When he was 15 he was sponsored by the Pasadena Tennis Patrons, an organization that helped junior tennis players. At the
  • Lead, singles title
    two-time major singles champion (at the 1971 US Open and 1972 Wimbledon Championships)
  • Article text, titles won
    In 1970, Smith won the inaugural year-end championships title. In 1972, he was the year-end world No. 1 singles player. In 1973, he won his second and last year end championship title at the Dallas WCT Finals. In addition, he won four Grand Prix Championship Series titles.
  • Lead, nationality
    is an American retired professional tennis player
  • Plays: Tennis, Lead, sport
    is an American retired professional tennis player
  • Competed In: Wimbledon, Lead, Wimbledon title
    two-time major singles champion (at the 1971 US Open and 1972 Wimbledon Championships)
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