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Dennis Ralston

USA Died Dec 6, 2020 (age 78) 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1980

Dennis Ralston represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 115. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 156–135 and 4 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

115 (Aug 27, 1973)

Elo peak

1958 (88th percentile)

Singles record

156–135 (53.6%)

Singles titles

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Dennis Ralston's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Stan Smith	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 1980*	QF	Eastbourne Open	ATP 250	Grass
John Lloyd	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data	Jun 6, 1980*	R16	Eastbourne Open	ATP 250	Grass
Trey Waltke #70	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 5, 1980*	R32	Eastbourne Open	ATP 250	Grass
Steve Shaw	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 1980*	R64	Eastbourne Open	ATP 250	Grass
Jimmy Connors #3	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 1980*	R64	Indian Wells Open	ATP 250	Hard

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Dennis Ralston's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tony Roche	11	8	19	Apr 9, 1971	H2H
Rod Laver	2	13	15	Apr 5, 1974	H2H
Cliff Drysdale	6	6	12	Jan 11, 1976	H2H
John Newcombe	7	5	12	Apr 24, 1971	H2H
Roger Taylor	6	5	11	Mar 22, 1973	H2H

Singles Titles (4)

Dennis Ralston singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1968	25	3	—	—	—	3	—	Baltimore Wct, Bastad Wct, Minneapolis Wct
1970	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Los Angeles
Total		4	—	—	—	4	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Dennis Ralston career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	25	48	25	73	65.8%	—	—
1969	26	28	24	52	53.9%	—	—
1970	27	41	28	69	59.4%	—	—
1971	28	27	21	48	56.3%	—	—
1972	29	2	8	10	20.0%	—	—
1973	30	1	6	7	14.3%	115	219
1974	31	3	5	8	37.5%	156	147
1975	32	1	4	5	20.0%	150	187
1976	33	1	9	10	10.0%	175	248
1977	34	1	2	3	33.3%	253	253
1978	35	0	1	1	0.0%	294	287
1980	37	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—
Career		156	135	291	53.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Dennis Ralston career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	25	4	2	6	66.7%	5	3	8	62.5%	10	5	15	66.7%	29	15	44	65.9%	48	25	73	65.8%
1969	26	4	3	7	57.1%	4	6	10	40.0%	14	5	19	73.7%	6	10	16	37.5%	28	24	52	53.8%
1970	27	16	14	30	53.3%	—	—	—	—	14	7	21	66.7%	11	7	18	61.1%	41	28	69	59.4%
1971	28	5	4	9	55.6%	10	6	16	62.5%	6	5	11	54.5%	6	6	12	50.0%	27	21	48	56.2%
1972	29	0	6	6	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
1973	30	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
1974	31	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1975	32	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1976	33	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%
1977	34	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1978	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1980	37	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
Career	—	34	43	77	44.2%	19	17	36	52.8%	48	25	73	65.8%	55	50	105	52.4%	156	135	291	53.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Dennis Ralston career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	30	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1974	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1977	34	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1980	37	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	0	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 9/291 (3.1%) of Dennis Ralston's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Dennis Ralston advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	25	1694	112.7	—	—	—	—	+4	-104	+39	64.2%	+1.56	11–5 (69%)	—	—	+3.26
1969	26	1788	133.1	—	—	—	—	-116	-165	+110	56.8%	+0.27	7–12 (37%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.96
1970	27	1898	144.3	—	—	—	—	-6	—	+36	57.5%	+0.56	13–8 (62%)	8–5 (62%)	106.0	-2.41
1971	28	1870	145.6	—	—	—	—	+26	-115	-40	55.9%	+0.35	10–9 (53%)	10–7 (59%)	103.0	-4.83
1972	29	1773	103.2	—	—	—	—	-28	—	—	31.6%	-1.47	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.82
1973	30	1693	110.4	—	—	—	—	-41	—	—	20.0%	-1.40	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.63
1974	31	1701	123.5	—	—	—	—	-32	—	—	38.9%	-1.11	—	2–0	—	-1.16
1975	32	1651	108.9	—	—	—	—	-3	—	—	30.8%	-1.46	1–1	3–1 (75%)	—	-0.29
1976	33	1579	103.5	—	—	—	—	-38	—	—	19.0%	-2.62	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	99.7	-0.04
1977	34	1593	106.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45.5%	-0.54	0–1	0–1	—	-0.26
1978	35	1586	102.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.08
1980	37	1626	122.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	+215	60.0%	+0.40	—	—	—	+0.01
Career		1958	135.6	—	—	—	—	-19	-127	+55	54.5%	+0.38	44–41 (52%)	29–20 (59%)	105.6	-2.33

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Dennis Ralston Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	—	QF	QF	8–2 (80%)
1969	26	—	R32	R16	R16	8–3 (73%)
1970	27	SF	—	R16	QF	9–3 (75%)
1971	28	R16	—	R32	R64	4–3 (57%)
1974	31	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	32	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1977	34	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	13–6 (68%)	11–5 (69%)	30–14 (68%)

ATP 250

Dennis Ralston ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BAD	DAL	GST	HOU	MC	MEL	MIA	NWP	PAR	QUE	ITA	SDG	STO	WAS	AMS	ANA	APT	BAK	BAL	BER	BIR	MIA	BOS	BRI	BUF	CAS	CHA	CHA	CHI	COL	COR	DEN	EVA	FOR	FRE	MIA	JAP	LAC	LAS	QUE	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOU	LOU	EAS	MAU	MIL	MIN	CAN	NEW	NEW	NEW	NEW	OAK	ORL	PAL	IW	PHI	IW	RIC	SAC	SAL	SAN	SAN	SHR	SOU	ST.	SYD	SYD	TEH	TUC	TUL	U.S	WCT	WEM	WEM	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	W	—	SF	F	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	QF	W	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	F	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	RR	—	—	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	RR	—	—	F	BR	RR	—	QF	40–23 (63%)
1969	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	F	—	SF	—	—	—	—	RR	BR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	RR	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	RR	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	20–21 (49%)
1970	27	F	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	W	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	QF	—	32–25 (56%)
1971	28	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	R32	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	R16	—	—	SF	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	23–18 (56%)
1972	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–8 (20%)
1973	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–6 (14%)
1974	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1975	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1976	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–9 (10%)
1977	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	7–3 (70%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	5–4 (56%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–0 (100%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	4–6 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–6 (0%)	3–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–4 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	126–121 (51%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

115

Career-high date

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Dennis Ralston ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	115	194	203	216	219
1974	31	—	—	—	156	161	166	153	152	149	—	148	147
1975	32	150	—	156	182	193	196	—	—	—	—	—	187
1976	33	—	—	—	—	—	175	—	—	—	—	—	248
1977	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	253	—	—	—	—	—
1978	35	287	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Dennis Ralston's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Mal Anderson	AUS	#125	1,934	135	81	54	60.0%	—	3	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Istvan Gulyas	HUN	#128	1,795	126	66	60	52.4%	—	2	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Herb Fitzgibbon	USA	#128	1,683	84	46	38	54.8%	—	1	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Vladimir Korotkov	RUS	#113	1,657	44	24	20	54.5%	—	0	1968–1974	Rivalries	Match log
Gene Scott	USA	#122	1,663	94	47	47	50.0%	—	0	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Belkin	CAN	#128	1,770	135	77	58	57.0%	—	1	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Jan Pisecky	CZE	#112	1,647	43	20	23	46.5%	$36	0	1973–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Earl Butch Buchholz	USA	#156	1,942	179	98	81	54.7%	—	2	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Jan Kukal	CZE	#115	1,644	138	57	81	41.3%	—	0	1968–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Patrick Hombergen	BEL	#115	1,656	72	30	42	41.7%	—	0	1968–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Tadeusz Nowicki	POL	#119	1,660	48	22	26	45.8%	—	0	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	GRE	#108	1,687	130	55	75	42.3%	—	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Dennis Ralston represent?: Dennis Ralston represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Dennis Ralston?: Dennis Ralston is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Dennis Ralston left-handed or right-handed?: Dennis Ralston plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Dennis Ralston won?: Dennis Ralston has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Dennis Ralston won?: TennisDB does not group any of Dennis Ralston's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Dennis Ralston won?: Dennis Ralston has won 4 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Los Angeles in 1970.
What is Dennis Ralston's highest ATP ranking?: Dennis Ralston's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 115, first achieved on August 27, 1973.
What is Dennis Ralston's career win-loss record?: Dennis Ralston has a career ATP singles record of 156 wins and 135 losses (53.6%).
Which seasons of Dennis Ralston's career appear in TennisDB?: Dennis Ralston appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1980.
On which surface does Dennis Ralston have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Dennis Ralston's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 65.8% (48–25).
Who has Dennis Ralston faced most often?: Dennis Ralston's most frequent opponent is Tony Roche, with a head-to-head record of 11–8 across 19 meetings.