Nancy Richey
| Country (sports) |
 United States |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 23, 1942 San Angelo, TX, USA |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 2003 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| 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 | |
| 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 a former tennis player from the United States.
Richey won two Grand Slam singles titles (1967 Australian Championships and 1968 French Open) and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles (1965 U.S. Championships and 1966 Australian, Wimbledon, and U.S. Championships). She was ranked World No. 2 in singles at year-end in 1969. Richey won 69 singles titles during her career and helped the U.S. 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.[1] They were ranked in the Top Three concurrently in 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1970.[2]
She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)
| Result | Year | Championship | Opponent in final | Score in final |
| Runner-up | 1966 | Australian Championships |  Margaret Smith | walkover |
| Runner-up | 1966 | French Championships |  Ann Haydon Jones | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 1966 | U.S. Championships |  Maria Bueno | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 1967 | Australian Championships | Lesley Turner | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 1968 | French Open | Ann Haydon Jones | 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1969 | U.S. Open | Margaret Court | 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
| Result | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in final | Score in final |
| Winner | 1965 | U.S. Championships | Carole Graebner | Billie Jean King Karen Hantze | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 1966 | Australian Championships | Carole Graebner | Margaret Court Lesley Turner | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1966 | Wimbledon | Maria Bueno | Margaret Court Judy Tegart | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 1966 | U.S. Championships | Maria Bueno | Rosie Casals Billie Jean King | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1967 | Wimbledon | Maria Bueno | Rosie Casals Billie Jean King | 11–9, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 1969 | French Open | Margaret Court |  Françoise Dürr Ann Haydon Jones | 0–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A / A | A | 1 / 2 |
| France | A | A | A | A | A | A | 4R | SF | F | A | W | SF | A | SF | 3R | 3R | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1 / 10 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | A | QF | QF | QF | 4R | SF | QF | A | QF | QF | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 11 |
| United States | 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 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 41 |
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
In 1974, Richey was seeded #7 for the Wimbledon Ladies Singles, but withdrew from the tournament before it began.
See also
References
- ↑ Cliff Richey at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- ↑ 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 Fed Cup
