Nancy Richey


Nancy Richey is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles. 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. Nancy Richey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.

Grand Slam finals

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

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

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament1958195919601961196219631964196519661967196819691970197119721973197419751976197711978Career SR
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FranceAAAAAA4RSFFAWSFASF3R23RAAA3R2R1 / 10
WimbledonAAA2R3RAQFQFQF4RSFQFAQFQFAA32RAAA0 / 11
United States1R3RQFA3RQFSFSFFAAFSF3R1R3RQF1R2R4R1R0 / 18
SR0 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 10 / 30 / 30 / 41 / 21 / 20 / 30 / 10 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 10 / 20 / 10 / 20 / 22 / 41

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.