Country (sports) | United States |
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Born |
Goose Creek, Texas, USA |
June 6, 1946
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $1,602,565 |
Singles | |
Career record | 158–224 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 60 (December 31, 1978) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1977, 1978) |
French Open | 3R (1976) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1975, 1978) |
US Open | 3R (1977) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 728–357 |
Career titles | 52 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (March 3, 1980) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1984) |
French Open | W (1976, 1982) |
Wimbledon | SF (1982) |
US Open | F (1978) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1987) |
Wimbledon | W (1988) |
Sherwood Stewart (born June 6, 1946, in Goose Creek, Texas, United States) played amateur and professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No. 4 in doubles on January 3, 1983.
He attended Lamar University, in Beaumont, Texas, and graduated in 1969. He was the NCAA College Division Singles Champion in 1967 and was inducted into the Lamar University Hall of Honor.
He won 52 doubles titles, the biggest of them coming at the 1984 Australian Open, the French Open in 1976 and 1982, in Cincinnati in 1974, in Monte Carlo in 1984, and in Hamburg in 1976. He was also in three additional Grand Slam doubles finals during his career.
After retiring from playing, he became a coach, most notably of Zina Garrison.