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Dick Stockton (born February 18, 1951 in Charlottesville, Virginia)^[1], was a professional tennis player from the United States. He is currently the head coach of the men's tennis team at the University of Virginia^[2].

Stockton's highest world ranking was as no. 8.^[1] He reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1974, the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open in 1976 and '77 and the semifinals in the 1978 French Open. Stockton played on the U.S. Davis Cup Team five times (1973, '75, '76, '77, '79), including the U.S. Davis Cup Championship Team in 1979.^[2]

[edit] Family life

Dick has four children, Sarah Stockton, Cole Stockton, JR Edwards, and Spencer Stockton.

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[edit] Singles titles (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1974	Atlanta WCT, United States	Clay	Jiří Hřebec	6–2, 6–1
2.	1974	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Geoff Masters	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
3.	1975	San Antonio WCT, United States	Hard	Stan Smith	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
4.	1976	Lagos WCT, Nigeria	Clay	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–2
5.	1977	Philadelphia WCT, United States	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
6.	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	5–6, RET.
7.	1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
8.	1978	Little Rock, United States	Carpet	Hank Pfister	6–4, 3–5, RET.

[edit] Runner-ups (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1971	Merion, United States	Hard	Clark Graebner	6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 7–5
2.	1973	Miami WCT, United States	Hard	Rod Laver	7–6, 6–3, 7–5
3.	1974	Charlotte, United States	Clay	Jeff Borowiak	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
4.	1975	Fort Worth WCT, United States	Hard	John Alexander	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
5.	1975	Washington Indoor WCT, United States	Carpet	Mark Cox	6–2, 7–6
6.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Tony Roche	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
7.	1977	Dallas WCT, United States – WCT Finals	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
8.	1978	Birmingham WCT, United States	Carpet	Björn Borg	7–6, 7–5
9.	1978	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	John McEnroe	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
10.	1981	South Orange, United States	Clay	Shlomo Glickstein	6–3, 5–7, 6–4

[edit] Doubles titles (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1973	Philadelphia WCT, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	1973	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
3.	1973	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	7–6, 6–4
4.	1974	Maui, United States	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–3, 7–6
5.	1975	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Erik Van Dillen	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–4, 7–5, 6–1
6.	1975	Memphis, United States	Carpet	Erik Van Dillen	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	1–6, 7–5, 6–4
7.	1976	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	Brian Gottfried Bob Hewitt	6–3, 6–4
8.	1976	Perth, Australia	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Bob Carmichael Ismail El Shafei	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
9.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Cliff Letcher	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
10.	1977	Masters Doubles WCT, New York	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Vitas Gerulaitis Adriano Panatta	7–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3
11.	1977	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Marty Riessen	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
12.	1978	New Orleans, United States	Carpet	Erik Van Dillen	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	7–6, 6–3
13.	1978	Cleveland, United States	Hard	Erik Van Dillen	Rick Fisher Bruce Manson	6–1, 6–4
14.	1979	Birmingham, United States	Carpet	Stan Smith	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	6–2, 6–3
15.	1980	Tulsa, United States	Hard (i)	Robert Lutz	Francisco González Van Winitsky	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
16.	1982	Hartford WCT, United States	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Mike Cahill Tracy Delatte	7–6, 6–3