American tennis player

Nancy Richey (born August 23, 1942) is an American former tennis player. Richey won two Grand Slam singles *les (the 1967 Australian Championships and 1968 French Open) and four Grand Slam women's doubles *les (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 69 singles *les during her career and helped the US win the Federation Cup in 1969. She won the singles *le 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. Nancy Richey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.

Contents

• 1 Grand Slam finals
  • 1.1 Singles: 6 (2 *les, 4 runners-up)
  • 1.2 Doubles: 6 (4 *les, 2 runners-up)
• 2 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 6 (2 *les, 4 runners-up)

Doubles: 6 (4 *les, 2 runners-up)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

(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.

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.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

External links

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

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