Career

Smith played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California, under Coach George Toley, where he was a three-time All-American and won the 1968 NCAA singles championship and the 1967 and 1968 doubles titles. At USC, Smith was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

As a kid, he went to get a job as a ballboy at the Davis Cup but was turned down because the organizers thought he was too clumsy.

In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranked Smith as one of the 21 best players of all time.

In 2005, TENNIS magazine ranked Smith as 35th in its "40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era".

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

Following his playing career, Smith became active as a coach for the United States Tennis Association. He now has his own academy with Billy Stearns called Smith Stearns Tennis Academy, which is in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

In 1974 Smith married Princeton University tennis player Marjory Gengler. They later mentored South African tennis player Mark Mathabane, helping increase pressure on the South African government to end Apartheid. Today, Smith lives in Hilton Head with his wife and four children, all of whom competed in collegiate tennis. In Hilton Head he also is a co-owner of the tennis academy Smith Stearns. He is currently the President of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Tennis shoes

To non-tennis players, Stan Smith is probably best known for his line of Adidas tennis shoes. Although the Adidas Stan Smith shoe is not recommended for modern tennis players, the shoes continue to be an iconic and stylish brand for retro tennis shoe fans.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles - 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1971	Wimbledon	John Newcombe	3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6
Winner	1971	US Open	Jan Kodeš	3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(5-3)
Winner	1972	Wimbledon	Ilie Năstase	4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

Doubles: 13 (5 titles - 8 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1968	US Open	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe Andrés Gimeno	11-9, 6-1, 7-5
Winner	1970	Australian Open	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Phil Dent	6-3, 8-6, 6-3
Runner-up	1971	French Open	Tom Gorman	Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen	6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 9-11
Runner-up	1971	US Open	Erik Van Dillen	John Newcombe Roger Taylor	7-6, 3-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-7
Runner-up	1972	Wimbledon	Erik Van Dillen	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2-6, 2-6, 7-9
Runner-up	1974	French Open	Robert Lutz	Dick Crealy Onny Parun	3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6
Runner-up	1974	Wimbledon	Robert Lutz	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6-8, 4-6, 4-6
Winner	1974	US Open	Robert Lutz	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6-3, 6-3
Winner	1978	US Open	Robert Lutz	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	1-6, 7-5, 6-3
Runner-up	1979	US Open	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2-6, 4-6
Runner-up	1980	Wimbledon	Robert Lutz	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6
Winner	1980	US Open	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7-6, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Runner-up	1981	Wimbledon	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4-6, 4-6, 4-6

Singles finals (57)

Wins (37)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	1969	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Arthur Ashe	14-12, 6-8, 6-3, 8-6
Winner	2.	1970	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Thomaz Koch	6-3, 6-2, 7-5
Runner-up	1.	1970	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Cliff Richey	2-6, 8-10, 6-3, 1-6
Winner	3.	1970	Phoenix, U.S.	Hard	Jim Osborne	6-3, 6-7, 6-1
Winner	4.	1970	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Winner	5.	1970	Masters, Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Rod Laver	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	2.	1971	Charlotte, U.S.	Hard	Arthur Ashe	3-6, 3-6
Winner	6.	1971	Paris, France	Clay	François Jauffret	6-2, 6-4, 7-5
Winner	7.	1971	London/Queen's Club, U.K.	Grass	John Newcombe	8-6, 6-3
Runner-up	3.	1971	Wimbledon, London	Grass	John Newcombe	3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6
Winner	8.	1971	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	7-6, 6-3
Winner	9.	1971	US Open, New York City	Grass	Jan Kodeš	3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6
Runner-up	4.	1971	Masters, Paris	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	7-5, 6-7, 3-6
Winner	10.	1972	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Winner	11.	1972	New York City, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1
Winner	12.	1972	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4
Winner	13.	1972	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Winner	14.	1972	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ilie Năstase	4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Winner	15.	1972	Sacramento, U.S.	Hard	Colin Dibley	6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Winner	16.	1972	Los Angeles WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6-4, 6-4
Winner	17.	1972	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Andrés Gimeno	6-2, 6-2, 7-5
Winner	18.	1972	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	5.	1972	Masters, Barcelona	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6
Runner-up	6.	1973	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Colin Dibley	3-6, 6-7
Winner	19.	1973	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Robert Lutz	7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4
Winner	20.	1973	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Rod Laver	6-3, 6-4
Winner	21.	1973	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Rod Laver	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Winner	22.	1973	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet (i)	Cliff Richey	6-1, 7-5
Winner	23.	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Rod Laver	6-2, 6-4, 6-1
Winner	24.	1973	Gothenburg WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	John Alexander	5-7, 6-4, 6-2
Winner	25.	1973	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Winner	26.	1973	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6-4, 6-2, 7-6
Runner-up	7.	1973	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 0-6, 2-6
Winner	27.	1974	Hempstead WCT, U.S.	Hard	John Newcombe	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Runner-up	8.	1974	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	John Newcombe	2-6, 6-4, 4-6
Winner	28.	1974	St. Louis, U.S.	Clay	Alex Metreveli	6-2, 3-6, 6-2
Winner	29.	1974	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	Alex Metreveli	6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Winner	30.	1974	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Runner-up	9.	1975	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Harold Solomon	4-6, 1-6
Runner-up	10.	1975	San Antonio WCT, U.S.	Hard	Dick Stockton	5-7, 6-2, 6-7
Runner-up	11.	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Robert Lutz	4-6, 4-6
Winner	31.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Robert Lutz	7-6, 6-2
Runner-up	12.	1976	Memphis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vijay Amritraj	2-6, 6-0, 0-6
Runner-up	13.	1976	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	4-6, 6-7
Runner-up	14.	1977	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Guillermo Vilas	6-3, 0-6, 3-6, 2-6
Runner-up	15.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Sandy Mayer	6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 3-6
Winner	32.	1977	Los Angeles PSW, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Brian Gottfried	6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Runner-up	16.	1978	Denver, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	2-6, 6-7
Winner	33.	1978	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	4-6, 6-1, 2-1, ret.
Winner	34.	1978	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Balázs Taróczy	4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3
Runner-up	17.	1979	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Brian Teacher	6-1, 3-6, 4-6
Winner	35.	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Ilie Năstase	7-6, 7-5
Winner	36.	1979	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	6-4, 6-0, 6-2
Winner	37.	1980	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Johan Kriek	2-6, 7-6, 6-2
Runner-up	18.	1980	Palm Harbor, U.S.	Hard	Paul McNamee	4-6, 3-6
Runner-up	19.	1980	Manchester, U.K.	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	3-6, 4-6

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	Career SR
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	4R	1R	QF	QF	4R	1R	4R	A	4R	3R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 10
Wimbledon	A	2R	4R	3R	2R	4R	4R	F	W	A	SF	1R	4R	4R	1R	3R	3R	4R	2R	1R	A	A	1 / 18
US Open	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	2R	QF	W	QF	SF	QF	1R	4R	2R	3R	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	1 / 20
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	2 / 51
Year End Ranking	N/A									5	8	21	16	24	25	22	28	N/A			745	794	N/A

A=did not participate in the tournament

Doubles finals (81)

Wins (54)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1968	US Open, New York City	Grass	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe Andrés Gimeno	11-9, 6-1, 7-5
Winner	2.	1969	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6-3, 6-4
Winner	3.	1970	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Phil Dent	6-3, 8-6, 6-3
Runner-up	1.	1970	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6-7, 2-6
Winner	4.	1970	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Roy Barth Tom Gorman	6-2, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
Winner	5.	1970	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	Bob Carmichael Owen Davidson	6-0, 5-7, 7-5
Winner	6.	1971	Paris, France	Clay	Tom Gorman	Pierre Barthès François Jauffret	3-6, 7-5, 6-2
Runner-up	2.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Tom Gorman	Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen	6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 9-11
Runner-up	3.	1971	London/Queen's Club, U.K.	Grass	Erik Van Dillen	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6-8, 6-4, 8-10
Winner	7.	1971	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Erik Van Dillen	Sandy Mayer Roscoe Tanner	6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Runner-up	4.	1971	US Open, New York City	Grass	Erik Van Dillen	John Newcombe Roger Taylor	7-6, 3-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-7
Winner	8.	1971	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Gorman	Arthur Ashe Robert Lutz	6-3, 6-4
Winner	9.	1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6-2, 6-2
Winner	10.	1972	Nice, France	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase	6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Runner-up	5.	1972	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Erik Van Dillen	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2-6, 2-6, 7-9
Winner	11.	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Phil Dent	6-4, 7-6
Winner	12.	1973	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Robert Lutz	Frew McMillan Allan Stone	6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Winner	13.	1973	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6-2, 7-6, 6-0
Winner	14.	1973	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nikola Pilić	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Winner	15.	1973	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Ove Nils Bengtson Jim McManus	6-2, 6-1
Winner	16.	1974	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	6-3, 3-6, 7-6
Winner	17.	1974	New Orleans WCT, U.S.	Other	Robert Lutz	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	4-6, 6-4, 7-6
Runner-up	6.	1974	French Open, Paris	Clay	Robert Lutz	Dick Crealy Onny Parun	3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6
Runner-up	7.	1974	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	Robert Lutz	Charlie Pasarell Erik Van Dillen	4-6, 7-9
Runner-up	8.	1974	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Robert Lutz	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6-8, 4-6, 4-6
Winner	18.	1974	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Marty Riessen	3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Winner	19.	1974	US Open, New York City	Grass	Robert Lutz	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6-3, 6-3
Winner	20.	1974	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Syd Ball	6-4, 7-6
Winner	21.	1975	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Phil Dent	6-7, 7-6, 6-3
Winner	22.	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Robert Lutz	John Alexander Phil Dent	6-4, 6-7, 6-2
Winner	23.	1975	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Mike Estep Russell Simpson	7-5, 7-6
Winner	24.	1975	Washington, D.C.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7-5, 2-6, 6-1
Winner	25.	1975	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6-2, 6-7, 6-3
Winner	26.	1976	Indianapolis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Vitas Gerulaitis Tom Gorman	6-2, 6-4
Winner	27.	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Dick Crealy Frew McMillan	6-7, 6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	9.	1976	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	4-6, 2-6
Winner	28.	1976	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Erik Van Dillen	Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon	6-1, 6-1
Runner-up	10.	1976	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Erik Van Dillen	Byron Bertram Pat Cramer	3-6, 4-6
Winner	29.	1976	Los Angeles, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Winner	30.	1976	Wembley, U.K.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	Wojtek Fibak Brian Gottfried	7-6, 6-3
Runner-up	11.	1976	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Brian Gottfried Sherwood Stewart	6-1, 1-6, 2-6, 6-7
Runner-up	12.	1977	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6-4, 6-7, 6-7
Winner	31.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6-4, 6-3
Winner	32.	1977	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6-3, 7-5
Runner-up	13.	1977	Los Angeles PSW, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3-6, 4-6
Winner	33.	1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez	6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Winner	34.	1977	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming Gene Mayer	4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Winner	35.	1977	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7-6, 6-4
Winner	36.	1977	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming Raymond Moore	6-3, 7-5, 6-7, 7-6
Winner	37.	1978	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Jan Kodeš Marty Riessen	6-3, 6-3
Winner	38.	1978	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Arthur Ashe John McEnroe	6-7, 7-5, 6-1
Runner-up	14.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	2-6, 3-6
Runner-up	15.	1978	World Doubles WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	7-6, 4-6, 0-6, 3-6
Winner	39.	1978	US Open, New York City	Hard	Robert Lutz	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	1-6, 7-5, 6-3
Runner-up	16.	1978	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7-5, 4-6, 4-6
Runner-up	17.	1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Robert Lutz	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	3-6, 2-6
Winner	40.	1979	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Dick Stockton	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	6-2, 6-3
Winner	41.	1979	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	7-6, 6-3
Winner	42.	1979	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6
Runner-up	18.	1979	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1-6, 3-6
Winner	43.	1979	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Robert Lutz	John James Chris Kachel	6-4, 7-6
Winner	44.	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Francisco González Fred McNair	6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	19.	1979	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Ilie Năstase	6-1, 3-6, 6-7
Runner-up	20.	1979	US Open, New York City	Hard	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2-6, 4-6
Winner	45.	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	21.	1979	Wembley, U.K.	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2-6, 3-6
Winner	46.	1980	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Bill Scanlon Brian Teacher	6-4, 6-3
Winner	47.	1980	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	6-7, 6-2, 6-2
Winner	48.	1980	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Wojtek Fibak Gene Mayer	6-2, 7-5
Runner-up	22.	1980	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Robert Lutz	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6
Winner	49.	1980	US Open, New York City	Hard	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7-6, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Runner-up	23.	1980	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-7
Winner	50.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Robert Lutz	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	6-1, 6-2
Runner-up	24.	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Robert Lutz	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	7-6, 3-6, 2-6
Winner	51.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Robert Lutz	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	6-7, 6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	25.	1981	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Robert Lutz	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4-6, 4-6, 4-6
Runner-up	26.	1981	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	John McEnroe Ferdi Taygan	6-7, 3-6
Runner-up	27.	1981	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 4-6
Winner	52.	1983	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Jaime Fillol	Andrés Gómez Ilie Năstase	6-7, 6-4, 6-3
Winner	53.	1983	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Mel Purcell	Marcos Hocevar Cássio Motta	6-3, 6-4
Winner	54.	1984	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Charles Bud Cox Terry Moor	6-4, 6-7, 7-5

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