Dennis Ralston

Dennis Ralston

Born: July 27, 1942
Age: 82
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Richard Dennis Ralston (born July 27, 1942) is an American former professional tennis player whose active career spanned the 1960s and 1970s..

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 their coach, George Toley. He and partner Bill Bond captured the NCAA doubles title in 1964. 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 also ranked World No. 3 by the magazine Reading Eagle in 1963).

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. At the end of that year he turned professional.

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

Ralston was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Grand Slam finals, 13 (5 titles, 8 runners-up)

Singles, 1 final (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-Up 1966 Wimbledon Championships Grass Manuel Santana 4-6, 9-11, 4-6

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

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1960 Wimbledon Championships Grass Rafael Osuna Mike Davies
Bobby Wilson
7-5, 6-3, 10-8
Winner 1961 US Championships Grass Chuck McKinley Rafael Osuna
Antonio Palafox
6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 13-11
Runner-Up 1962 US Championships Grass Chuck McKinley Rafael Osuna
Antonio Palafox
4-6, 12-10, 6-1, 7-9, 3-6
Winner 1963 US Championships Grass Chuck McKinley Rafael Osuna
Antonio Palafox
9-7, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
Winner 1964 US Championships Grass Chuck McKinley Mike Sangster
Graham Stilwell
6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Winner 1966 French Championships Clay Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase
Ion Ţiriac
6-3, 6-3, 6-0
Runner-Up 1966 US Championships Grass Clark Graebner Roy Emerson
Fred Stolle
4-6, 4-6, 4-6
Runner-Up 1969 US Open Grass Charlie Pasarell Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle
6-2, 5-7, 11-13, 3-6
Runner-Up 1971 Wimbledon Championships Grass Arthur Ashe Roy Emerson
Rod Laver
6-4, 7-9, 8-6, 4-6, 4-6

Mixed Doubles, 3 finals (3 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-Up 1962 Wimbledon Championships Grass Ann Haydon-Jones Margaret Osborne duPont
Neale Fraser
6-2, 3-6, 11-13
Runner-Up 1966 Wimbledon Championships Grass Billie Jean King Margaret Court
Ken Fletcher
6-4, 3-6, 3-6
Runner-Up 1969 US Open Grass Françoise Dürr Margaret Court
Marty Riessen
4-6, 5-7

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