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Richard Dennis Ralston (July 27, 1942 – December 6, 2020) was an American professional tennis player whose active career spanned the 1960s and 1970s.[3]

Dennis Ralston
Full nameRichard Dennis Ralston
Country (sports) United States
BornJuly 27, 1942
Bakersfield, California, US
DiedDecember 6, 2020(2020-12-06) (aged 78)
Austin, Texas, US
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Turned pro1967 (amateur from 1958)
Retired1977
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1987 (member page)
Singles
Career record576–251 (69.6%) [1]
Career titles41 [2]
Highest rankingNo. 5 (1966, Lance Tingay)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1970)
French Open4R (1966)
WimbledonF (1966)
US OpenSF (1960)
Professional majors
US ProSF (1968)
Wembley ProQF (1967, 1968)
French Pro2R (1968)
Doubles
Career record125–87
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1971)
French OpenW (1966)
WimbledonW (1960)
US OpenW (1961, 1962, 1963)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonF (1962, 1966)
US OpenF (1969)

As a young player, he was coached by tennis pro Pancho Gonzales. He attended the University of Southern California (USC) and won NCAA championships under its coach George Toley. He and partner Bill Bond captured the NCAA doubles title in 1964.[4] He was the highest-ranked American player at the end of three consecutive years in the 1960s; Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked him as high as world No. 5 in 1966 (Ralston was ranked world no. 3 by the magazine Reading Eagle in 1963).[5]

His best result at a Grand Slam singles event came in 1966 when he was seeded sixth and reached the final of the Wimbledon Championships, which he lost to fourth-seeded Manuel Santana in straight sets.[6][7] At the end of that year he turned professional.[8]

Ralston was a member of the Handsome Eight, the initial group of players signed to the professional World Championship Tennis tour.[9][10] He won 27 national doubles and singles titles, including five grand-slam doubles crowns.[11]

Ralston, a Davis Cup winner with the US Davis Cup team in 1963, continued to serve in the team as a coach from 1968 to 1971 and as a captain from 1972 to 1975, winning the title in 1972 over Romania.[12]

Ralston was the men's coach at Southern Methodist University between 1981–89 and 1991-93 (split when he helped Noah in 1989–90), being named the NCAA Coach of the Year in 1983, when SMU finished second nationally.[13]

Dennis Ralston, Wimbledon, circa 1987
Dennis Ralston, Wimbledon, circa 1987

Ralston was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.[14] In 2016, he was inducted into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.[15]


Grand Slam finals



Singles, 1 final (1 runner-up)


Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss1966Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Manuel Santana4–6, 9–11, 4–6

Doubles, 9 finals (5 titles, 4 runners-up)


Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1960Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Rafael Osuna Mike Davies
Bobby Wilson		7–5, 6–3, 10–8
Win1961US ChampionshipsGrass Chuck McKinley Rafael Osuna
Antonio Palafox		6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 13–11
Loss1962US ChampionshipsGrass Chuck McKinley Rafael Osuna
Antonio Palafox		4–6, 12–10, 6–1, 7–9, 3–6
Win1963US ChampionshipsGrass Chuck McKinley Rafael Osuna
Antonio Palafox		9–7, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9
Win1964US ChampionshipsGrass Chuck McKinley Mike Sangster
Graham Stilwell		6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Win1966French ChampionshipsClay Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase
Ion Ţiriac		6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Loss1966US ChampionshipsGrass Clark Graebner Roy Emerson
Fred Stolle		4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss1969US OpenGrass Charlie Pasarell Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle		6–2, 5–7, 11–13, 3–6
Loss1971Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Arthur Ashe Roy Emerson
Rod Laver		6–4, 7–9, 8–6, 4–6, 4–6

Mixed Doubles, 4 finals (4 runners-up)


Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1961US ChampionshipsGrass Darlene Hard Margaret Smith
Bob Mark		default
Loss1962Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Ann Haydon Margaret Osborne duPont
Neale Fraser		6–2, 3–6, 11–13
Loss1966Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Billie Jean King Margaret Smith Court
Ken Fletcher		6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss1969US OpenGrass Françoise Dürr Margaret Court
Marty Riessen		4–6, 5–7

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles


Tournament19581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977 SR
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A SF 3R A A A A A A A 0 / 2
French Open A A A A A A A A 4R A A 3R A A A A A A A A 0 / 2
Wimbledon A A 2R 3R 3R 2R 1R SF F A QF 4R 4R 3R A A 1R A A 2R 0 / 13
US Open 1R 1R SF A 1R QF QF QF 4R A QF 4R QF 2R A A A 1R A A 0 / 13
Strike rate 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 30

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.


References


  1. "Dennis Ralston: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  2. "Dennis Ralston: Career tournament results". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  3. "Dennis Ralston, 78, Doubles Champion in Tennis Hall of Fame, Dies". The New York Times. December 8, 2020.
  4. Norcross, Dan (August 22, 2013). "Famous La Jolla tennis player dies". U-T San Diego. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  5. "Emerson, Ralston Win Net Tests", Reading Eagle, 2 September 1963.
  6. Harman, Neil (June 23, 2008). "'I see Rafa playing tennis I do not believe'". The Times. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
  7. "Santana Defeats Dennis Ralston In Wimbledon Finals". Reading Eagle. AP. July 1, 1966.
  8. "Ralston Turns Tennis Pro". The Tuscaloosa News. AP. December 27, 1966.
  9. Atkin, Ronald (March 5, 2000). "Britain turn to passion of the handsome one". The Independent. Retrieved December 11, 2010.[dead link]
  10. Wind, Herbert Warren (1979). Game, Set, and Match : The Tennis Boom of the 1960s and 70s (1. ed.). New York: Dutton. pp. 65–70. ISBN 0525111409.
  11. Porter, Ross. "Dennis Ralston". Real Sport Heroes. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
  12. Dennis Ralston at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
  13. Harman, Neil (December 7, 2020). "'I see Rafa playing tennis I do not believe'". ATPTour. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  14. "Hall of Famers – Dennis Ralston". International Tennis Hall of Fame.
  15. "Texas Tennis Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2016". Texas Tennis Museum and Hall of Fame. August 22, 2016.



На других языках

- [en] Dennis Ralston

[es] Dennis Ralston

Richard Dennis Ralston (Bakersfield (California), 27 de julio de 1942-6 de diciembre de 2020)[1] fue un jugador de tenis estadounidense que se destacó en los años 1960. Fue entrenador del tenista serbio Dušan Vemić.

[ru] Ралстон, Деннис

Ричард Деннис Ралстон (англ. Richard Dennis Ralston; 27 июля 1942, Бейкерсфилд, Калифорния – 6 декабря 2020, Остин, Техас) — американский теннисист и теннисный тренер, пятая ракетка мира среди любителей в 1966 году и участник первого состава профессиональной лиги World Championship Tennis (WCT) в 1968 году. Пятикратный победитель турниров Большого шлема в мужском парном разряде, девятикратный финалист турниров Большого шлема во всех разрядах. обладатель Кубка Дэвиса в составе сборной США как игрок (1963) и как капитан (1972). Тренер года NCAA в 1983 году, член Международного зала теннисной славы с 1987 года.


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