On top of that, 80% of transactions result in fraud, on average, he said. The traditional way of sourcing can make small businesses lose up to two days a week navigating through the process, which often includes up to five intermediaries. It is working directly with quality certified factories, Rodriguez Dao told TechCrunch. * U.S.Meru’s technology includes a marketplace and app that connects local and foreign manufacturers to the rest of the supply chain with a simple process and no price asymmetries, initially working between China and Mexico. *Paris International Championships, Paris Men's Clay Court Championships, IndianapolisĬarolinas International Tennis Tournament, Charlotte * Pacific Coast Championships, Berkeley (2) * Eastern Grass Court Championships, South Orange Southern California Championship, Los Angeles (3) *US Hard Court Championship, La Jolla (3) Men's Clay Court Championships, Milwaukee Southern California Championship, Los Angeles (2)Ĭentral California Championships, Sacramento Phoenix Thunderbird Championships, Phoenix (2) Western Indoor Championship, Salt Lake City (2) US Hard Court Championship, Sacramento (2) Southern California Tennis Classic, Pasadena Phoenix Thunderbird Championships, Phoenix Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships, Haverford Southern California Championship, Los Angeles Western Indoor Championship, Salt Lake City Singles: 95 (64 titles, 31 runner-ups) Result Note: Smith won 10 titles before the Open Era
Grand Slam finals Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Resultĭoubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups) Result Although the Adidas Stan Smith shoe is not recommended for modern tennis playing, it continues to be a widely available iconic fashion brand. To non-tennis players, Stan Smith is probably best known for the line of tennis shoes which Adidas renamed after him in 1978. Smith lives in Hilton Head with his wife and four children, all of whom competed in collegiate tennis. They later mentored South African tennis player Mark Mathabane, helping increase pressure on the South African government to end apartheid. In 1974, Smith married Princeton University tennis player Marjory Gengler. He has his own tennis academy with Billy Stearns, located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. įollowing his playing career, Smith became active as a coach for the United States Tennis Association. Smith was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2005, TENNIS magazine ranked Smith as 35th in its "40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era". In his 1979 testing autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranked Smith as one of the 21 best players of all time. At USC, Smith was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity's Gamma Tau chapter.Īs a kid, he went to get a job as a ball boy for the Davis Cup, but was turned down because the organizers thought he was too clumsy. He played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California (USC), under Coach George Toley, where he was a three-time All-American and won the 1968 NCAA Singles Championship as well as the 19 doubles titles. Smith grew up in Pasadena, California and was coached mainly by Pancho Segura.
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In addition, he won four Grand Prix Championship Series titles.
In 1973, he won his second and last year end championship title at the Dallas WCT Finals. Smith's two major singles titles were the 1971 US Open and 1972 Wimbledon. In 1970, Smith won the inaugural year-end championships title. 1 tennis player and two-time major singles champion, Smith also paired with Bob Lutz to create one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Stanley Roger Smith (born December 14, 1946) is an American former tennis player, best known to non-tennis players as the namesake of a popular brand of tennis shoes. For other people named Stan Smith, see Stan Smith (disambiguation).ĩ50–383 (71.3%) in pre Open-Era & Open Era Ħ4 (48 open era titles listed by ATP)
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