Nancy Richey | Player Stats & More

Won total of 69 singles titles during career, 25 of them during the Open Era... Ranked among the world's Top 10 players 11 times between 1963-1975, including a high world ranking of No. 3 in 1968 and 1972... Had a US ranking in the Top 10 16 times between 1960-76; ranked No. 1 in the US four times, in 1964, 1965, 1968 and 1969... Only player to win the US Clay Courts six times (1963-68) with a 33-match win streak in the event... With brother Cliff, were first brother and sister to concurrently rank No.1 in the United States (1970)... Played on eight winning United States Wightman Cup teams and the 1969 US Fed Cup winning team... Inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame as a player in 2003, and as a member of the Original trailblazing pros 9 in 2021.

Plays

Right-Handed

Career High

Height

5'3" (1.60 m)

Birthday

Aug 23, 1942 August 23, 1942

Birthplace

San Angelo, Texas, USA

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner: 1977 - Raleigh, Chattanooga; 1975 - Phoenix; 1972 - Dallas, Denver, Washington, DC, St. Petersburg, San Juan; 1970 - Charlotte, Las Vegas, Berkeley, St. Petersburg, Fort Lauderdale, Master s Invitation; 1968 - Roland Garros, US Clay Courts, Columbia, Curacao, New York, San Juan, St. Petersburg, Houston; 1967 - Australian Championships, US Clay Courts; 1966 - US Clay Courts; 1965 - US Clay Courts, US Indoors, South America; 1964 - US Clay Courts, South America; 1963 - US Clay Courts; 1961 - US Hardcourts; 1960 - n/a. (incomplete listing)

DOUBLES
Winner: 1968 - Curacao (w/Ziegenfuss), San Juan (w/Ziegenfuss), St. Petersburg (w/Bowrey), US Clay Courts (w/Ziegenfuss); 1966 - Australian Championships (w/Graebner), US Championships (w/Bueno), Wimbledon (w/Bueno); 1965 - US Championships (w/Graebner); 1970 - Winchester (w/Bartkowicz), Charlotte (w/Bakker); 1968 - US Clay Courts; 1966 - US Clay Courts; 1964 - US Clay Courts.

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner: 1968 - Columbia (w/Okker). ADDITIONAL United States Wightman Cup Team 1962-70. United States Fed Cup 1968-69.