Stan Smith (born December 14, 1946 in Pasadena, California) is a former American tennis player who, with his partner Bob Lutz, was one of the best doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world. Smith also won many singles titles, including the Wimbledon championship once and the US Open championship once. In 1972, he was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player. Career Smith played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California, where he was a three-time All-American and won the 1968 NCAA singles championship and the 1967 and 1968 doubles titles. In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranked Stan Smith as one of the 21 best players of all time. In 2005, Tennis Magazine put Smith in 35th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era.
Following his playing career, Smith became active as a coach for the United States Tennis Association. He now has his own academy with Billy Stearns called Smith Stearns Tennis Academy, located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Today, Stan Smith lives in Hilton Head with his wife and four children, all of whom competed in collegiate tennis. Grand Slam singles finals Wins (2) Runner-up (1)
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