Dick Stockton

Stockton atWimbledon circa 1990
Full name	Richard LaClede Stockton
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Charlottesville, Virginia, US
Born	(1951-02-18)February 18, 1951 (age 74) New York,NY, US
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1971
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,063,385
Singles
Career record	379–264
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 8 (October 31, 1977)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1977Jan)
French Open	SF (1978)
Wimbledon	SF (1974)
US Open	QF (1976,1977)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	F (1977)
Doubles
Career record	328–207
Career titles	16
Highest ranking	No. 13 (August 30, 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1977)
French Open	SF (1979)
Wimbledon	SF (1981)
US Open	SF (1979)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1984)
Wimbledon	F (1976)
US Open	W (1975)

Richard LaClede Stockton (born February 18, 1951)^[1] is an American former professionaltennis player. In addition to his playing career, he was the head coach of the men's tennis team at theUniversity of Virginia from 1998–2001.^[2] Stockton also served as the Head Men's Tennis Coach atPiedmont College in Demorest, Georgia from 2018–2021.

Stockton's highest world ranking was world No. 8.^[3] He reached the semifinals ofWimbledon in 1974, the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open in 1976 and 1977 and the semifinals in the 1978 French Open. Stockton played on the U.S.Davis Cup Team five times (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979), including the U.S. Davis Cup Championship Team in 1979.^[2]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1975	US Open	Clay	Rosie Casals	Fred Stolle Billie Jean King	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Rosie Casals	Françoise Dürr Tony Roche	3–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win	1984	French Open	Clay	Anne Smith	Anne Minter Laurie Warder	6–2, 6–4

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	1971	Merion, U.S.	Hard	Clark Graebner	2–6, 4–6, 7–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	1973	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	6–7, 3–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Mar 1974	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Jiří Hřebec	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–3	1974	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Jeff Borowiak	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Win	2–3	1974	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Geoff Masters	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–4	1975	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	3–4	1975	San Antonio WCT, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Loss	3–5	1975	Washington Indoor WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Mark Cox	2–6, 6–7
Win	4–5	1976	Lagos WCT,Nigeria[a]	Clay	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–6	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Tony Roche	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	5–6	1977	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	6–6	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	5–6, RET.
Win	7–6	1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	7–7	1977	Dallas WCT, U.S. –WCT Finals	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	7–6, 1–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	7–8	1978	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–7, 5–7
Win	8–8	1978	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet	Hank Pfister	6–4, 3–5, RET.
Loss	8–9	1978	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Loss	8–10	1981	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Shlomo Glickstein	3–6, 7–5, 4–6

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1971	Merion, U.S.	Hard	Chuck McKinley	Clark Graebner Jim Osborne	6–7, 3–6
Loss	2.	1972	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Chuck McKinley	Jimmy Connors Pancho Gonzales	3–6, 5–7
Win	1.	1973	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2.	1973	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	1973	Fort Worth, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	7–6, 6–4
Loss	3.	1974	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	4.	1974	Orlando WCT, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–7, 3–6
Win	4.	1974	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–3, 7–6
Loss	5.	1975	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Erik van Dillen	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win	5.	1975	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Erik van Dillen	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–4, 7–5, 6–1
Win	6.	1975	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Erik van Dillen	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	1–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	7.	1976	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	Brian Gottfried Bob Hewitt	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6.	1976	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Raymond Moore Allan Stone	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	8.	1976	Perth, Australia	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Bob Carmichael Ismail El Shafei	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	9.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Cliff Letcher	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	7.	1977	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Ilie Năstase Adriano Panatta	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	8.	1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Win	10.	1977	Masters Doubles, New York	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Vitas Gerulaitis Adriano Panatta	7–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win	11.	1977	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Marty Riessen	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	9.	1978	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer	6–3, 1–6, 6–7
Win	12.	1978	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Erik van Dillen	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	7–6, 6–3
Win	13.	1978	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Erik van Dillen	Rick Fisher Bruce Manson	6–1, 6–4
Win	14.	1979	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	6–2, 6–3
Loss	10.	1979	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Win	15.	1980	Tulsa, U.S.	Hard (i)	Robert Lutz	Francisco González Van Winitsky	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	11.	1980	Bangkok,Thailand	Carpet	Tom Okker	Ferdi Taygan Brian Teacher	6–7, 6–7
Loss	12.	1981	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Mel Purcell	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	3–6, 4–6
Loss	13.	1982	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	John Lloyd	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	14.	1982	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Erik van Dillen	Tracy Delatte Johan Kriek	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	16.	1982	Hartford WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Mike Cahill Tracy Delatte	7–6, 6–3
Loss	15.	1983	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	John Lloyd	Fritz Buehning Tom Cain	2–6, 5–7

• Dick Stockton at theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
• Dick Stockton at theInternational Tennis Federation
• Dick Stockton at theDavis Cup (archived)

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