Nancy Richey

Nancy Richey
Country (sports)	United States
Born	August 23, 1942 (age 82); San Angelo, TX, US
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Plays	Right-handed
Int. Tennis HoF	2003 (member page)
Singles
Career record	664–169 (79.7%)
Career titles	73
Highest ranking	No.2 (1969)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1967)
French Open	W (1968)
Wimbledon	SF (1968)
US Open	F (1966, 1969)
Doubles
Career record	no value
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1966)
French Open	F (1969)
Wimbledon	W (1966)
US Open	W (1965, 1966)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1965)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (1969)

Nancy Richey (born August 23, 1942) is an American former tennis player. Richey won two major singles titles (the 1967 Australian Championships and 1968 French Open) and four major women's doubles titles (the 1965 US Championships, 1966 Australian Championships, 1966 Wimbledon Championships, and 1966 US Championships). She was ranked world No. 2 in singles at year-end in 1969. Richey won 73 singles titles during her career and helped the US win the Federation Cup in 1969. She won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships a record six consecutive years, from 1963 through 1968.

Richey married Kenneth S. Gunter on December 15, 1970. They were divorced on December 28, 1976, and Richey reverted to her maiden name. She is the sister of American tennis player Cliff Richey. They were the first brother-sister combination to both be concurrently ranked in the USA Top Ten. They were ranked in the Top Three concurrently in 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1970.^[1] Nancy Richey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	Margaret Smith	walkover
Loss	1966	French Championships	Clay	Ann Haydon Jones	3–6, 1–6
Loss	1966	U.S. Championships	Grass	Maria Bueno	3–6, 1–6
Win	1967	Australian Championships	Grass	Lesley Turner	6–1, 6–4
Win	1968	French Open	Clay	Ann Haydon Jones	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	1969	U.S. Open	Grass	Margaret Court	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1965	U.S. Championships	Grass	Carole Graebner	Billie Jean King Karen Hantze	6–4, 6–4
Win	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	Carole Graebner	Margaret Court Lesley Turner	6–4, 7–5
Win	1966	Wimbledon	Grass	Maria Bueno	Margaret Court Judy Tegart	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	1966	U.S. Championships	Grass	Maria Bueno	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1967	Wimbledon	Grass	Maria Bueno	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	11–9, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	1969	French Open	Clay	Margaret Court	Françoise Dürr Ann Haydon Jones	0–6, 6–4, 5–7

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977¹	1978	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A / A	A	1 / 2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	4R	SF	F	A	W	SF	A	SF	1R²	3R	A	A	A	3R	2R	1 / 9
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	3R	A	QF	QF	QF	4R	SF	QF	A	QF	QF	A	A³	2R	A	A	A	0 / 11
US Open	1R	3R	QF	A	3R	QF	SF	SF	F	A	A	F	SF	3R	1R	3R	QF	1R	2R	4R	1R	0 / 18
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	2 / 40

¹ The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
² Richey did not play. Her opponent got a walkover.
³ Richey was seeded No. 7, but withdrew from the tournament before it began.

References

^ Bill Shannon, ed. (1981). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (3rd, Revised and updated ed.). New York [u.a.]: Harper & Row. pp. 427, 433, 434. ISBN 9780060148966.

External links

Nancy Richey at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Nancy Richey at the Women's Tennis Association
Nancy Richey at the International Tennis Federation
Nancy Richey at the Billie Jean King Cup

[usta-1] Bill Shannon, ed. (1981). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (3rd, Revised and updated ed.). New York [u.a.]: Harper & Row. pp. 427, 433, 434. ISBN 9780060148966.

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