H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC

Dennis Ralston vs Stan Smith H2H: 0-5

Stan Smith holds a 5–0 lead over Dennis Ralston in their ATP head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Stan Smith leads 2–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Stan Smith won the 1980 Eastbourne Open quarterfinal 6-3 6-3.

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Dennis Ralston

USA Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H

0 – 5

5 main draw meetings

Stan Smith

USA Age 79 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Stan Smith	6-3 6-3	Dennis Ralston	Match data	Jun 7, 1980*	QF	Eastbourne Open	ATP 250	Grass
Stan Smith	6-3 6-3	Dennis Ralston	Match data	Mar 27, 1972	RR	San Juan	ATP 250	Hard
Stan Smith	7-5 6-4	Dennis Ralston	Match data	Nov 13, 1971*	QF	Paris Masters	ATP 250	Clay
Stan Smith	7-5 6-4	Dennis Ralston	Match data	Nov 14, 1970*	QF	Paris Masters	ATP 250	Carpet
Stan Smith	6-4	Dennis Ralston	Match data	Oct 7, 1970	RR	Denver	ATP 250	Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Dennis Ralston	#287	#115	0	1,958	156	135	53.6%	0	0	0	0	4	4
Stan Smith	—	—	—	2,265	652	287	69.4%	2	0	1	1	44	48

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age	Dennis Ralston							Stan Smith
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1968	34–15	69.4%	—	1,782	0	3
22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1969	54–14	79.4%	—	1,966	0	9
23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1970	63–29	68.5%	—	2,065	0	14
24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1971	58–15	79.5%	—	2,029	1	20
25	1968	48–25	65.8%	—	1,694	0	3	1972	68–12	85.0%	—	2,146	2	29
26	1969	28–24	53.8%	—	1,787	0	3	1973	72–21	77.4%	—	2,056	2	37
27	1970	41–28	59.4%	—	1,897	0	4	1974	46–21	68.7%	—	1,981	2	41
28	1971	27–21	56.2%	—	1,870	0	4	1975	32–18	64.0%	—	1,887	2	42
29	1972	2–8	20.0%	—	1,773	0	4	1976	45–25	64.3%	—	1,965	2	42
30	1973	1–6	14.3%	#219	1,693	0	4	1977	50–24	67.6%	—	1,879	2	43
31	1974	3–5	37.5%	#147	1,700	0	4	1978	32–16	66.7%	—	1,942	2	45
32	1975	1–4	20.0%	#187	1,651	0	4	1979	40–19	67.8%	—	1,936	2	47
33	1976	1–9	10.0%	#248	1,578	0	4	1980	25–19	56.8%	—	1,852	2	48
34	1977	1–2	33.3%	#253	1,593	0	4	1981	23–15	60.5%	—	1,876	2	48
35	1978	0–1	0.0%	#287	1,586	0	4	1982	6–11	35.3%	—	1,740	2	48
36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1983	4–11	26.7%	—	1,610	2	48
37	1980	3–2	60.0%	—	1,626	0	4	1984	0–1	0.0%	—	1,596	2	48
38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	0–1	0.0%	—	1,592	2	48

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age	Dennis Ralston																	Stan Smith
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1968	20	5	25	80.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	2	2	4	50.0%
22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1969	20	4	24	83.3%	8	4	12	66.7%	19	3	22	86.4%	7	3	10	70.0%
23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1970	25	9	34	73.5%	12	8	20	60.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	18	6	24	75.0%
24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1971	8	5	13	61.5%	25	7	32	78.1%	21	1	22	95.5%	4	2	6	66.7%
25	1968	4	2	6	66.7%	5	3	8	62.5%	10	5	15	66.7%	29	15	44	65.9%	1972	29	1	30	96.7%	12	6	18	66.7%	12	2	14	85.7%	15	3	18	83.3%
26	1969	4	3	7	57.1%	4	6	10	40.0%	14	5	19	73.7%	6	10	16	37.5%	1973	14	7	21	66.7%	18	6	24	75.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	35	7	42	83.3%
27	1970	16	14	30	53.3%	—	—	—	—	14	7	21	66.7%	11	7	18	61.1%	1974	8	5	13	61.5%	16	7	23	69.6%	13	2	15	86.7%	9	7	16	56.3%
28	1971	5	4	9	55.6%	10	6	16	62.5%	6	5	11	54.5%	6	6	12	50.0%	1975	11	4	15	73.3%	6	6	12	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	14	5	19	73.7%
29	1972	0	6	6	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	1976	16	6	22	72.7%	13	9	22	59.1%	5	3	8	62.5%	11	7	18	61.1%
30	1973	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1977	16	8	24	66.7%	9	6	15	60.0%	9	5	14	64.3%	16	5	21	76.2%
31	1974	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1978	14	3	17	82.4%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	13	8	21	61.9%
32	1975	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1979	19	6	25	76.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	7	3	10	70.0%	9	8	17	52.9%
33	1976	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	1980	7	8	15	46.7%	—	—	—	—	7	3	10	70.0%	11	8	19	57.9%
34	1977	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1981	15	9	24	62.5%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	4	4	8	50.0%
35	1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1982	5	8	13	38.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—
36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1983	3	8	11	27.3%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
37	1980	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	1984	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	34	43	77	44.2%	19	17	36	52.8%	48	25	73	65.8%	55	50	105	52.4%	—	230	98	328	70.1%	130	68	198	65.7%	123	45	168	73.2%	169	76	245	69.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age	Dennis Ralston																Stan Smith
Age	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1968	1782	134.1	—	—	—	—	+134	-224	-88	63.9%	+1.07	6–5 (55%)	—	—	-1.69
22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1969	1966	138.8	—	—	—	—	+102	-292	+56	70.1%	+1.23	14–7 (67%)	—	—	-0.07
23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1970	2066	147.2	—	—	—	—	+106	-233	-106	65.0%	+0.85	19–8 (70%)	5–4 (56%)	—	-0.74
24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1971	2030	155.0	—	—	—	—	+8	-39	+177	73.0%	+1.34	8–5 (62%)	16–8 (67%)	—	-2.39
25	1968	1694	112.7	—	—	—	—	+4	-104	+39	64.2%	+1.56	11–5 (69%)	—	—	+3.26	1972	2147	152.6	—	—	—	—	+111	-177	+66	72.3%	+1.38	19–3 (86%)	10–11 (48%)	—	+0.16
26	1969	1788	133.1	—	—	—	—	-116	-165	+110	56.8%	+0.27	7–12 (37%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.96	1973	2056	163.4	—	—	—	—	+108	-42	+159	70.5%	+1.32	19–9 (68%)	16–16 (50%)	—	-2.50
27	1970	1898	144.3	—	—	—	—	-6	—	+36	57.5%	+0.56	13–8 (62%)	8–5 (62%)	—	-2.41	1974	1982	153.8	—	—	—	—	+82	-46	+263	61.9%	+0.81	18–11 (62%)	10–13 (43%)	—	-3.16
28	1971	1870	145.6	—	—	—	—	+26	-115	-40	55.9%	+0.35	10–9 (53%)	10–7 (59%)	—	-4.83	1975	1887	144.9	—	—	—	—	+184	-26	+198	57.0%	+0.57	10–4 (71%)	8–10 (44%)	—	-0.08
29	1972	1773	103.2	—	—	—	—	-28	—	—	31.6%	-1.47	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.82	1976	1965	158.8	—	—	—	—	+107	-107	+87	59.6%	+0.74	13–10 (57%)	12–9 (57%)	—	-5.64
30	1973	1693	110.4	—	—	—	—	-41	—	—	20.0%	-1.40	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.63	1977	1880	150.6	—	—	—	—	+139	-41	+147	61.8%	+0.70	17–9 (65%)	14–8 (64%)	—	-1.48
31	1974	1701	123.5	—	—	—	—	-32	—	—	38.9%	-1.11	—	2–0	—	-1.16	1978	1943	148.5	—	—	—	—	+108	-162	—	59.5%	+0.45	10–4 (71%)	16–4 (80%)	—	-0.83
32	1975	1651	108.9	—	—	—	—	-3	—	—	30.8%	-1.46	1–1	3–1 (75%)	—	-0.29	1979	1936	153.2	—	—	—	—	+74	-110	+33	66.0%	+1.15	6–6 (50%)	13–9 (59%)	—	-1.38
33	1976	1579	103.5	—	—	—	—	-38	—	—	19.0%	-2.62	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	—	-0.04	1980	1852	151.0	—	—	—	—	+10	—	+148	54.2%	+0.54	8–7 (53%)	4–8 (33%)	—	-2.59
34	1977	1593	106.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45.5%	-0.54	0–1	0–1	—	-0.26	1981	1876	149.7	—	—	—	—	+5	—	+98	56.7%	+0.20	10–4 (71%)	10–8 (56%)	—	-3.66
35	1978	1586	102.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.08	1982	1740	123.3	—	—	—	—	+11	—	+185	42.2%	-0.33	0–5 (0%)	2–7 (22%)	—	-0.62
36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1983	1611	125.0	—	—	—	—	+34	—	—	33.3%	-0.64	1–3 (25%)	4–4 (50%)	—	-0.40
37	1980	1626	122.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	+215	60.0%	+0.40	—	—	—	+0.01	1984	1597	101.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	0–1	—	-0.06
38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	1592	104.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.31
Career	—	1958	135.6	—	—	—	—	-19	-127	+55	54.5%	+0.38	44–41 (52%)	29–20 (59%)	105.6	-2.33	—	2266	156.0	—	—	—	—	+93	-106	+89	63.9%	+0.90	178–100 (64%)	140–120 (54%)	102.8	-2.96

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

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

Stan Smith's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arthur Ashe	11	14	25	Feb 23, 1979	H2H
Cliff Richey	20	5	25	Feb 15, 1978	H2H
Tom Gorman	17	2	19	Mar 30, 1977	H2H
Brian Gottfried	11	7	18	Oct 27, 1983	H2H
Jimmy Connors	4	14	18	Jan 28, 1981	H2H