Nancy Richey

Nancy Richey

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1942-08-23) 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
Career record	{{#property:P564}}
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	{{#property:P555}}
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. 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.

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 Bowrey	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 Smith Lesley Turner	6–4, 7–5
Winner	1966	Wimbledon	Maria Bueno	Margaret Smith 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 Smith	Françoise Dürr Ann Haydon Jones	0–6, 6–4, 5–7

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

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

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

External links

• Nancy Richey at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Nancy Richey at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nancy Richey at the Fed Cup