| R64 | L | Scott Davis | 6-4 6-2 | H2H |
🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 193 cm · b. 1946-12-14
Stan Smith
Active 1968–1985 · best rank seen: 5
779–305
48
2
0
74
37,745
Career summary
Stan Smith of the United States is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1968 to 1985. He won 48 tour-level singles titles, including 2 Grand Slam titles, from a career match record of 779–305 (71.9%). His strongest surface by win rate was grass, where he went 143–46 (76%). His best three-year stretch came in 1970–1972, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 2330. His most frequent opponent was Cliff Richey, whom he faced 23 times with a record of 19–4.
Hard
275–110 (71.4%)
Clay
156–67 (70.0%)
Grass
143–46 (75.7%)
Carpet
205–82 (71.4%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Cliff Richey | 19–4 | 23 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe | 10–13 | 23 | Full H2H |
| 🇷🇴 Ilie Nastase | 11–10 | 21 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Tom Gorman | 16–2 | 18 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Charlie Pasarell | 13–5 | 18 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried | 11–7 | 18 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Jimmy Connors | 4–14 | 18 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Robert Lutz | 12–5 | 17 | Full H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Rod Laver | 7–10 | 17 | Full H2H |
| 🇳🇿 Onny Parun | 14–2 | 16 | Full H2H |
| 🇨🇱 Jaime Fillol Sr. | 12–3 | 15 | Full H2H |
| 🇨🇿 Jan Kodes | 8–6 | 14 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '68 | '69 | '70 | '71 | '72 | '73 | '74 | '75 | '76 | '77 | '78 | '79 | '80 | '81 | '82 | '83 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 4R | 4R | 4R | |||||||||||||
| Roland Garros | 4R | 1R | QF | QF | 4R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 3R | ||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R | 4R | 4R | F | W | SF | 1R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 1R | |
| US Open | 2R | 2R | QF | W | QF | SF | QF | 1R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1970–1972).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2330.
Career titles (48)
- 1980 Frankfurt WCT Carpet
- 1979 Vienna Hard
- 1979 Cleveland Hard
- 1978 Vienna Hard
- 1978 Atlanta Hard
- 1977 Los Angeles-1 Carpet
- 1975 Sydney-1 Hard
- 1974 Chicago Carpet
- 1974 Nottingham Grass
- 1974 St. Louis WCT Carpet
- 1974 Long Island WCT Carpet
- 1973 Bastad Clay
- 1973 WCT Finals Carpet
- 1973 Gothenburg WCT Carpet
- 1973 Brussels WCT Carpet
- 1973 Munich WCT Carpet
- 1973 St. Louis WCT Carpet
- 1973 Atlanta WCT Carpet
- 1973 Philadelphia WCT Carpet
- 1972 Stockholm Hard
- 1972 Paris Hard
- 1972 Los Angeles-2 Hard
- 1972 Sacramento Hard
- 1972 Wimbledon Grass Slam
- 1972 Washington-1 Carpet
- 1972 Hampton Carpet
- 1972 New York-1 Carpet
- 1972 Salisbury Carpet
- 1971 US Open Grass Slam
- 1971 Cincinnati Clay
- 1971 Queen's Club Grass
- 1971 Beckenham Grass
- 1971 Paris Clay
- 1971 San Juan Hard
- 1970 Masters Carpet
- 1970 Stockholm Hard
- 1970 Phoenix Hard
- 1970 Hampton Carpet
- 1970 Omaha Hard
- 1969 Berkeley Hard
- 1969 Boston-2 Grass
- 1969 South Orange Grass
- 1969 Dallas Carpet
- 1969 Salisbury Hard
- 1969 Melbourne Grass
- 1968 London-3 Hard
- 1968 La Jolla Hard
- 1968 Berkeley Hard
Match results
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.