# Dick Dell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dick_Dell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dick_Dell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dell > Source revision: 1334406635 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American tennis player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Dick Dell | image = | fullname = Richard Dell | country_represented = {{USA}} | birth_date = 1947 | birth_place = [Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.), U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | plays = Right-handed | retired = 1977 | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = 39–106 | singlestitles = No. 98 (December 14, 1973) | highestsinglesranking = | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = 2R ([1965](/source/1965_French_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles)) | Wimbledonresult = 1R ([1974](/source/1974_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1975](/source/1975_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles)) | USOpenresult = 2R ([1967](/source/1967_U.S._National_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1968](/source/1968_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1974](/source/1974_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles)) | doublesrecord = 82–110 | doublestitles = 2 | highestdoublesranking = | currentdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([1970](/source/1970_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles)) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R ([1969](/source/1969_French_Open), [1976](/source/1976_French_Open)) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R ([1975](/source/1975_Wimbledon_Championships)) | USOpenDoublesresult = 3R ([1973](/source/1973_US_Open_(tennis)), [1974](/source/1974_US_Open_(tennis))) }} '''Richard Dell''' (born 1947) is a former professional [tennis](/source/tennis) player from the United States. ==Biography== Dell, who won a gold medal at the [1965 Summer Universiade](/source/1965_Summer_Universiade) in the men's doubles with [Allen Fox](/source/Allen_Fox), attended the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) from 1965 to 1969. A member of the [varsity](/source/Michigan_Wolverines) tennis team, Dell was the [Big Ten](/source/Big_Ten_Conference) Singles Champion in 1969. As he was beginning a law degree at the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia) his number was called out in the [Vietnam War draft](/source/Draft_lottery_(1969)).{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1807&dat=19820121&id=w-wcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6096,3173911&hl=en|title=Dell, Hagey switch courts|last=Silverman|first=Joel|date=January 21, 1982|work=[The Cavalier Daily](/source/The_Cavalier_Daily)|accessdate=5 January 2016}} Following basic training, Dell became a squash and tennis coach at the [United States Military Academy at West Point](/source/United_States_Military_Academy). He created history in 1967 when he took part in the longest ever doubles match. Partnering Dick Leach at the [Newport Casino Invitational](/source/Newport_Casino_Invitational), the pair defeated [Tom Mozur](/source/Tom_Mozur) and [Lenny Schloss](/source/Lenny_Schloss), 3–6, 49–47, 22–20.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19670819&id=JSIrAAAAIBAJ&pg=2813,1506225&hl=en|title=Overnight Sports in Brief|date=August 19, 1967|work=[Reading Eagle](/source/Reading_Eagle)|page=6|accessdate=6 January 2016}} On the [Grand Prix tennis circuit](/source/Grand_Prix_tennis_circuit) he won two titles, both in the doubles with [Sherwood Stewart](/source/Sherwood_Stewart). They won their first title together in Tokyo in 1972 then a second in [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati_Masters) in 1974. As a singles player he made the second round of the [US Open](/source/US_Open_(tennis)) on three occasions and came close to getting a win over [Rod Laver](/source/Rod_Laver) in [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong_Open_(tennis)) in 1973 when he was a set and a break up.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131689614 |title=Laver beats Dell. |newspaper=[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times) |location=ACT |date=1 November 1973 |accessdate=6 January 2016 |page=34 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} He had his most noted singles performances on tour in 1974, when he upset [John Alexander](/source/John_Alexander_(Australian_politician)) at a [WCT](/source/World_Championship_Tennis) tournament in Washington DC and made the semi-finals in Chicago, after beating [Raúl Ramírez](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_Ram%C3%ADrez) in the quarter-finals. At the [1975 Wimbledon Championships](/source/1975_Wimbledon_Championships), Dell and Stewart made it to the third round of the doubles, where they took former champions [Bob Hewitt](/source/Bob_Hewitt) and [Frew McMillan](/source/Frew_McMillan) to five sets. Dell retired from tennis in 1977 and took up a coaching job in [Maui](/source/Maui). He returned to the University of Virginia in the 1980s and completed a Doctor of Law. For many year he was the agent of [Gabriela Sabatini](/source/Gabriela_Sabatini), while working for [ProServ](/source/ProServ), a company founded by his elder brother [Donald Dell](/source/Donald_Dell).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-06-sp-32147-story.html|title=Miss Manners of Tennis|last=Cart|first=Julie|date=August 6, 1995|work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|access-date=5 January 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB873409231895105500|title=ProServ Fell From Top Seed And No Love Is Lost for Dell|last=Helyar|first=John|date=September 5, 1997|work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)|accessdate=5 January 2016}} ==Grand Prix career finals== ===Doubles: 2 (2–0)=== {| class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:60px"|Date !style="width:140px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:150px"|Partner !style="width:150px"|Opponents !style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |1–0 |1972 |[Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/Japan) |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} [Sherwood Stewart](/source/Sherwood_Stewart) |{{flagicon|MEX}} [Marcello Lara](/source/Marcello_Lara)
{{flagicon|NZL}} [Jeff Simpson](/source/Jeff_Simpson) |6–3, 6–2 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |2–0 |1974 |[Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati_Masters), U. S. |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} [Sherwood Stewart](/source/Sherwood_Stewart) |{{flagicon|USA}} [Jim Delaney](/source/James_Delaney_(tennis))
{{flagicon|USA}} [John Whitlinger](/source/John_Whitlinger) |4–6, 7–6, 6–2 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dell, Dick}} Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:American male tennis players Category:Tennis players from Washington, D.C. Category:Michigan Wolverines men's tennis players Category:University of Virginia School of Law alumni Category:American sports agents Category:Date of birth missing (living people) Category:United States Military Academy people Category:Army Black Knights men's tennis coaches Category:Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Category:Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade Category:Tennis coaches from Washington, D.C. Category:20th-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dick Dell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dell?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.