Sandra Reynolds
South African tennis player

Sandra Reynolds

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South African tennis player
A.K.A.
Sandra Price, Sandra Reynolds Price
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4 March 1939
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Sandra Reynolds Price (née Reynolds; born 4 March 1934) is a former tennis player from South Africa who won four Grand Slam women's doubles championships and one Grand Slam mixed doubles championship. Her best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the 1960 Wimbledon final, losing to Maria Bueno 8–6, 6–0. Reynolds is the only female player from South Africa to have reached the Wimbledon singles final, and she is one of three to have reached a singles final in a Grand Slam. In 1961, she was seeded no. 1 for the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championship, making her the only South African player (man or woman) ever to be seeded first in a Grand Slam singles event. She was the runner-up at the 1959 US Women's Clay Court Championships, losing to Sally Moore in the final. Price won the German Championships in 1960, 1961, and 1962. She was the runner-up at the 1959 Italian Championships, having defeated Bueno in a semifinal, then losing to Christine Truman in the final.

According to Lance Tingay of the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Price was ranked in the world top 10 from 1959 through 1962, reaching a career high of world no. 3 in 1960.

Price teamed with fellow South African Renée Schuurman to win all four of her Grand Slam women's doubles titles. They won the Australian Championships in 1959 and the French Championships in 1959, 1961, and 1962. In addition, they were the runners-up at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1962. Price also teamed with Bob Mark to win the mixed doubles title at the 1959 Australian Championships, defeating Schuurman and Rod Laver in the final 4–6, 13–11, 6–1.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 runner-up

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1960 Wimbledon Grass Brazil Maria Bueno 6–8, 0–6

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

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1959 Australian Championships Grass South Africa Renée Schuurman Australia Lorraine Coghlan
Australia Mary Carter Reitano
7–5, 6–4
Winner 1959 French Championships Clay South Africa Renée Schuurman Mexico Yola Ramirez
Mexico Rosie Darmon
2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 1960 Wimbledon Grass South Africa Renée Schuurman Brazil Maria Bueno
United States Darlene Hard
4–6, 0–6
Winner 1961 French Championships Clay South Africa Renée Schuurman Brazil Maria Bueno
United States Darlene Hard
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Winner 1962 French Championships Clay South Africa Renée Schuurman United States Justina Bricka
Australia Margaret Smith
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1962 Wimbledon Grass South Africa Renée Schuurman United States Billie Jean Moffitt
United States Karen Susman
7–5, 3–6, 5–7

Mixed Doubles: 1 title

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1959 Australian Championships Grass Australia Bob Mark South Africa Renee Schuurman
Australia Rod Laver
4–6, 13–11, 6–1

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
Tournament 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 Career SR
Australian Championships A A A QF A A A 0 / 1
French Championships A 2R 4R SF SF 4R QF 0 / 6
Wimbledon 2R QF 2R SF F SF 3R 0 / 7
US Championships A A A QF A A QF 0 / 2
SR 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 16

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.