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Phil Dent

Full name	Philip Clive Dent
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Born	(1950-02-14) 14 February 1950 (age 74) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1968 (amateur from 1967)
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	411–348
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 17 (23 August 1977)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (1974)
French Open	SF (1977)
Wimbledon	QF (1977)
US Open	3R (1973)
Doubles
Career record	409–253
Career titles	25
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1975)
French Open	F (1975, 1979)
Wimbledon	F (1977)
US Open	QF (1972, 1973, 1975)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	W (1976)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1977)

Philip Clive Dent (born 14 February 1950) is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors in four sets. Dent was also the men's doubles champion at the Australian Open in 1975 (with teammate John Alexander), and the mixed-doubles champion at the US Open in 1976 (with teammate Billie Jean King).

Tennis career

As well as his victory in the 1975 Australian Open doubles, Dent reached six more men's doubles finals in Grand Slam Tournaments, finishing runner-up at the Australian Open in 1970, 1973, and 1977, the French Open in 1975 and 1979 and Wimbledon in 1977. Dent was a member of the Australian tennis teams that won the Davis Cup in 1977 and the World Team Cup in 1979.

Before turning professional, Dent won the boys' singles titles at both the Australian Open tournament and at the French Open in 1968.

During his professional career, Dent won three top-level singles titles (in Sydney and in Brisbane, Australia, both in 1979, and the former also in 1971) and 25 doubles titles (also winning the 1968 Australian Hard Courts singles event in Launceston). His career-high singles ranking was world No. 12 (in 1977). Dent retired from professional tennis in 1983.

Dent defeated Björn Borg in the third round of the 1974 Australian Open, the only Australian Open in which he competed.

After retiring as a player, Dent settled in Newport Beach, California.^[1] Dent was married to Betty Ann Grubb Stuart and their son, Taylor Dent was also a professional tennis player and citizen of the United States. Phil now lives in Texas, where he, his son, and his daughter-in-law Jennifer own a tennis academy.^[2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1974	Australian Open	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–7(7–9), 4–6, 6–4, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1976	US Open	Grass	Billie Jean King	Frew McMillan Betty Stöve	3–6, 6–2, 7–5

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

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

Career finals

Doubles (25 titles, 25 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1970	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Alexander	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 6–8, 3–6
Loss	2.	1970	Hilversum, Netherlands	Hard	John Alexander	Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	1.	1970	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	John Alexander	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	10–8, 6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	1971	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	John Alexander	Mal Anderson Alex Metreveli	6–7, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6, 7–6
Win	3.	1971	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	John Alexander	John Newcombe Tom Okker	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	4.	1971	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	Frank Froehling Clark Graebner	7–6, 6–4
Loss	3.	1971	Vancouver WCT, Canada		John Alexander	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	7–5, 7–6, 0–6, 5–7, 6–7
Loss	4.	1972	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	John Alexander	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–7, 2–6
Win	5.	1972	Louisville WCT, U.S.	Clay	John Alexander	Arthur Ashe Bob Lutz	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5.	1973	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Alexander	Mal Anderson John Newcombe	3–6, 4–6, 6–7
Win	6.	1973	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	John Alexander	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	6.	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet	John Alexander	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 6–7
Win	7.	1973	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	John Alexander	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	7.	1974	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	John Alexander	Nikola Pilić Allan Stone	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win	8.	1974	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	9.	1974	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	John Alexander	Manuel Orantes Tony Roche	7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	10.	1975	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Alexander	Bob Carmichael Allan Stone	6–3, 7–6
Loss	8.	1975	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win	11.	1975	San Antonio WCT, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	9.	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	John Alexander	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win	12.	1975	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	Bob Carmichael Cliff Drysdale	6–1, 6–4
Loss	10.	1975	French Open, Paris	Clay	John Alexander	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win	13.	1975	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	John Alexander	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	6–3, 6–4
Win	14.	1975	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	Marcelo Lara Joaquín Loyo-Mayo	7–6, 6–4
Loss	11.	1975	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	John Alexander	Haroon Rahim Erik van Dillen	6–7, 6–7
Win	15.	1976	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Carpet	John Alexander Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Phil_Dent Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia.  Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk | www.biologia.sk | www.botanika.sk | www.dejiny.sk | www.economy.sk | www.elektrotechnika.sk | www.estetika.sk | www.farmakologia.sk | www.filozofia.sk | Fyzika | www.futurologia.sk | www.genetika.sk | www.chemia.sk | www.lingvistika.sk | www.politologia.sk | www.psychologia.sk | www.sexuologia.sk | www.sociologia.sk | www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk