“Stan Smith” definition

(born December 14, 1946 in Pasadena, California) Is an American tennis player who, with his partner Bob Lutz, was one of the best doubles players of all time. Together they won many major titles all over the world. Smith was also an excellent singles player who won many titles including the Wimbledon championship once and the United States Open championship once. In 1972 he was the World No. 1 player for the year. 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. Following his playing career, Smith became active as a coach for the United States Tennis Association. Today Stan Smith lives on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, with his wife and 4 children, all of whom went on to compete in collegiate tennis. In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranks Smith as one of the 21 best players of all time.[1] In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put him in 35th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era. Smith was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1987. He still plays in exhibition matches and was recently noted by an observer to "still have it."