Country (sports) United States Int. Tennis HoF 2003 (member page) French Open W (1968) Name Nancy Richey Height 1.60 m Grand slams won (singles) 2 Highest ranking 2 | Plays Right-handed Australian Open W (1967) Wimbledon SF (1968) Role Tennis player Weight 54 kg Handed Right-handed | |
Born August 23, 1942 (age 81)
San Angelo, TX, USA ( 1942-08-23 ) | ||
Nancy richey vs pam teeguarden 1975 cbs pressure point
Nancy Richey (born August 23, 1942 in San Angelo, Texas, United States) is a former tennis player from the United States.
Contents
- Nancy richey vs pam teeguarden 1975 cbs pressure point
- Difilm arthur ashe dennis ralston nancy richey 1966 tenis argentina
- Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
- References
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 back 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.
She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.
Difilm arthur ashe dennis ralston nancy richey 1966 tenis argentina
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
A = did not participate in the tournament.
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.