Dick Stockton (tennis)

Dick Stockton

Stockton at Wimbledon circa 1990
Full name	Richard LaClede Stockton
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Charlottesville, Virginia, US
Born	(1951-02-18) February 18, 1951 New York, NY, US
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1971 (1967 ILTF amateur)
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,063,385
Singles
Career record	481–302
Career titles	24, inc (8) ATP
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)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1984)
Wimbledon	F (1976)
US Open	W (1975)

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

Stockton's highest world ranking was world No. 8. He reached the semifinals of Wimbledon 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.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

Career finals

Singles: 18 (8 titles / 10 runners-up)

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

Doubles: 31 (16 titles / 15 runners-up)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1971	Merion, U.S.	Hard	Chuck McKinley	Clark Graebner Jim Osborne	6–7, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 1972	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Chuck McKinley	Jimmy Connors Pancho Gonzales	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Feb 1973	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–2	May 1973	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3–2	Oct 1973	Fort Worth, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	7–6, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Mar 1974	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	3–4	Apr 1974	Orlando WCT, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–7, 3–6
Win	4–4	Oct 1974	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–3, 7–6
Loss	4–5	Jan 1975	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Erik van Dillen	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	5–5	Feb 1975	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Erik van Dillen	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–4, 7–5, 6–1
Win	6–5	Mar 1975	Memphis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Erik van Dillen	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	1–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	7–5	Oct 1976	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	Brian Gottfried Bob Hewitt	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–6	Oct 1976	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Raymond Moore Allan Stone	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	8–6	Oct 1976	Perth, Australia	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Bob Carmichael Ismail El Shafei	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	9–6	Jan 1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Cliff Letcher	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	9–7	Mar 1977	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Ilie Năstase Adriano Panatta	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	9–8	Mar 1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Win	10–8	May 1977	Masters Doubles, New York	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Vitas Gerulaitis Adriano Panatta	7–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win	11–8	Oct 1977	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Marty Riessen	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	11–9	Jan 1978	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer	6–3, 1–6, 6–7
Win	12–9	Aug 1978	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Erik van Dillen	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	7–6, 6–3
Win	13–9	Aug 1978	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Erik van Dillen	Rick Fisher Bruce Manson	6–1, 6–4
Win	14–9	Jan 1979	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	6–2, 6–3
Loss	14–10	Mar 1979	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Win	15–10	Apr 1980	Tulsa, U.S.	Hard (i)	Robert Lutz	Francisco González Van Winitsky	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	15–11	Nov 1980	Bangkok, Thailand	Carpet	Tom Okker	Ferdi Taygan Brian Teacher	6–7, 6–7
Loss	15–12	Mar 1981	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Mel Purcell	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	3–6, 4–6
Loss	15–13	Feb 1982	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	John Lloyd	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	15–14	May 1982	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Erik van Dillen	Tracy Delatte Johan Kriek	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	16–14	Dec 1982	Hartford WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Mike Cahill Tracy Delatte	7–6, 6–3
Loss	16–15	Jul 1983	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	John Lloyd	Fritz Buehning Tom Cain	2–6, 5–7

External links

• Dick Stockton at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Dick Stockton at World Tennis
• Dick Stockton at the Davis Cup (archived)