Richey Reneberg

Richey Reneberg

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Bethesda, MD, United States
Born	(1965-10-05) October 5, 1965 Phoenix, AZ, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (2-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,407,308
Singles
Career record	307–263
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 20 (May 6, 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1992, 1998)
French Open	3R (1994, 1995)
Wimbledon	4R (1997)
US Open	4R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	335–244
Career titles	19
Highest ranking	No. 1 (February 1, 1993)

Richey Reneberg (born October 5, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player.

He attended Southern Methodist University, where he was a three-time All-American and reached the 1986 National Collegiate Athletics Association finals.

He was the Association of Tennis Professionals Newcomer of the Year when he turned professional in 1987.

He and his partner Jim Grabb were ranked World No. 1 in doubles and won the 1992 US Open doubles title. His career-high singles ranking in the ATP Tour was World No. 20. He won a second doubles Grand Slam with Jared Palmer at the 1995 Australian Open.

The right-hander represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated as the eleventh seed in the first round by India's Leander Paes. He also played on the American Davis Cup team.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1992	Wimbledon	Jim Grabb	John McEnroe Michael Stich	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 17–19
Winner	1992	US Open	Jim Grabb	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–3
Winner	1995	Australian Open	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles finals (35)

Wins

Legend Grand Slam (2) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Championship Series (7) ATP Tour (10)

Titles by Surface Hard (12) Clay (3) Grass (1) Carpet (3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	November 20, 1989	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Luke Jensen	Kelly Jones Joey Rive	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	February 12, 1990	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Glenn Layendecker	Kelly Jones Robert Van't Hof	6–2, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	May 6, 1991	Tampa, U.S.	Clay	David Pate	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	May 20, 1991	Umag, Yugoslavia	Clay	David Wheaton	Gilad Bloom Javier Sánchez	6–7, 6–2, 1–6
Winner	2.	October 7, 1991	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard	Jim Grabb	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	October 14, 1991	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Scott Davis David Pate	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Winner	4.	February 10, 1992	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jim Grabb	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	February 24, 1992	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	June 15, 1992	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Jim Grabb	John McEnroe Michael Stich	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	July 6, 1992	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jim Grabb	John McEnroe Michael Stich	7–5, 6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 17–19
Winner	6.	August 24, 1992	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Jim Grabb	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–2
Winner	7.	September 14, 1992	US Open, New York	Hard	Jim Grabb	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	October 12, 1992	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Jim Grabb	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	October 19, 1992	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 4–6
Winner	8.	February 22, 1993	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Marcos Ondruska Brad Pearce	6–7, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	9.	May 3, 1993	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Paul Annacone	Todd Martin Jared Palmer	6–4, 7–6
Winner	10.	October 11, 1993	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Patrick McEnroe	Alexander Mronz Lars Rehmann	6–3, 7–5
Winner	11.	April 18, 1994	Birmingham, U.S.	Clay	Christo van Rensburg	Brian MacPhie David Witt	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	12.	May 2, 1994	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Jared Palmer	Francisco Montana Jim Pugh	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	May 9, 1994	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Jared Palmer	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	August 22, 1994	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Jim Grabb	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	January 30, 1995	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	14.	February 20, 1995	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Tommy Ho Brett Steven	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	May 8, 1995	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Jared Palmer	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	11.	February 19, 1996	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	March 11, 1996	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Brett Steven	Patrick Galbraith Rick Leach	7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Winner	15.	August 19, 1996	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Jim Grabb	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	16.	October 7, 1996	Lyon, France	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–2, 6–1
Winner	17.	November 10, 1997	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up	13.	March 2, 1998	Philadelphia, U.S.	Hard (i)	David Macpherson	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	March 16, 1998	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Todd Martin	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	15.	May 4, 1998	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Alex O'Brien	Ellis Ferreira Brent Haygarth	3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Winner	18.	March 8, 1999	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	Mark Knowles Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	16.	February 21, 2000	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jim Grabb	Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau	2–6, 4–6
Winner	19.	March 13, 2000	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Patrick Galbraith David Macpherson	6–3, 7–5

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	NH	A	2R	1R	3R	A	2R	QF	1R	W	A	3R	2R	QF	A	1 / 10	21–9
French Open	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	QF	1R	3R	2R	3R	2R	1R	3R	A	0 / 11	11–11
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	F	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 11	13–11
U.S. Open	A	A	A	1R	QF	3R	1R	W	3R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	A	1 / 11	15–10
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 0	2 / 43	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	3–2	4–4	2–3	15–3	6–4	2–4	9–3	4–2	3–4	1–4	8–4	0–0	N/A	60–41
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990					1R	A	SF	QF	2R	1R	QF	2R	F	1R	1R	0 / 10	12–10
Miami						QF	1R	A	A	3R	QF	QF	A	A	3R	1R	0 / 7	10–7
Monte Carlo						A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Rome						2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	2R	A	0 / 5	2–5
Hamburg						A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Canada						2R	2R	QF	SF	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 6	5–6
Cincinnati						1R	A	QF	SF	2R	QF	SF	A	A	1R	A	0 / 7	9–7
Stuttgart (Stockholm)						1R	1R	1R	SF	1R	1R	SF	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	6–9
Paris						1R	1R	SF	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	SF	2R	A	0 / 9	8–9
Masters Series SR	N/A					0 / 7	0 / 4	0 / 5	0 / 5	0 / 6	0 / 7	0 / 6	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 8	0 / 3	0 / 55	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A					5–7	1–4	7–5	8–5	4–6	4–7	11–6	1–1	7–3	4–8	0–3	N/A	52–55
Year End Ranking	793	566	270	207	67	57	41	4	12	47	28	22	107	31	40	135	N/A

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

Career finals

Singles (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	January 8, 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	May 6, 1991	Tampa, U.S.	Clay	Petr Korda	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	January 11, 1993	Kuala Lumpur-1, Malaysia	Hard	Olivier Delaître	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	January 10, 1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6
Runner-up	3.	April 22, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Pete Sampras	4–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	June 17, 1996	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Stephane Simian	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	March 10, 1997	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	4–6, 6–7(4–7)

External links

• Richey Reneberg at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Richey Reneberg at the International Tennis Federation
• Richey Reneberg at the Davis Cup