Allan Stone

Allan Stone (born 14 October 1945) played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as World No. 38 in singles on the ATP Rankings in April 1975.

Stone found the majority of his success on the doubles court. He won 11 doubles titles during his career, including the Australian Open in 1977 and the Australian Championships (the predecessor to the Australian Open) in 1968. In singles, he reached four finals, including Cincinnati.

Stone moved to Victoria and played amateur tennis for the Warburton Tennis Club where he was coached by Mary Morton.

He attended Caulfield Grammar School and completed a Commerce Degree at the University of Melbourne.

Doubles finals (11 titles, 19 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1968	Australian Championships, Melbourne	Grass	Dick Crealy	Terry Addison Ray Keldie	10–8, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	1968	Rome, Italy	Clay	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	1969	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Dick Crealy	Bill Bowrey Clark Graebner	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	2.	1970	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Dick Crealy	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	6–2, 2–6, 12–12, RET.
Runner-up	3.	1971	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Dick Crealy	John Alexander Andrés Gimeno	4–6, 5–7, 9–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	1972	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Outdoor	Cliff Drysdale	Bill Bowrey Clark Graebner	6–7, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	1973	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Nikola Pilić	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1973	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet	Nikola Pilić	Cliff Drysdale Cliff Richey	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	1973	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	1–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	1973	Gothenburg WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Nikola Pilić	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	1973	Merion, U.S.	Grass	Colin Dibley	John Austin Fred McNair	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	1973	Tokyo Outdoor		Colin Dibley	Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	9.	1973	Djakarta, Indonesia	Hard	John Newcombe	Mike Estep Ian Fletcher	5–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	1974	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Nikola Pilić	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Winner	6.	1974	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Grover Raz Reid	Mike Estep Paul Kronk	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	1975	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Bob Carmichael	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 6–7
Winner	7.	1975	Dayton Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Ray Ruffels	Paul Gerken Brian Gottfried	7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	1975	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Bob Carmichael	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	12.	1975	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Colin Dowdeswell	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer	5–7, 6–8, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	1975	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	14.	1976	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Charlie Pasarell	Ross Case Geoff Masters	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	15.	1976	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Charlie Pasarell	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	4–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	1976	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Ray Ruffels	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	16.	1976	Woodlands Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Phil Dent	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	1–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Winner	9.	1976	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Raymond Moore	Dick Stockton Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	1977	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Ray Ruffels	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	1977	Perth, Australia	Hard	Ray Ruffels	Nick Saviano John Whitlinger	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	18.	1977	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Ray Ruffels	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	11.	1977	Australian Open-2, Melbourne	Grass	Ray Ruffels	John Alexander Phil Dent	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	19.	1978	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 6–7

Career singles finals (4)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1969	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Cliff Richey	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	1971	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bob Carmichael	6–7, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	1975	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1975	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	2–6, 2–6

Stone is a sports commentator.