Sandra Reynolds

Sandra Reynolds Price (née Reynolds; born 4 March 1939) 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 U.S. 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.

Sandra Reynolds
Full nameSandra Reynolds Price
Country (sports) South Africa
Born (1939-03-04) 4 March 1939
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 3 (1960)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQF (1959)
French OpenSF (1959, 1960)
WimbledonF (1960)
US OpenQF (1959, 1962)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1959)
French OpenW (1959, 1961, 1962)
WimbledonF (1960, 1962)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1959)
French OpenQF (1962)

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.[1]

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 in three sets.

On 28 October 1961 she married Lowell Price, a horse breeder, in Bloemfontein and they have one daughter.[2][3]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 runner-up
Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss1960WimbledonGrass Maria Bueno6–8, 0–6[4]

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1959Australian ChampionshipsGrass Renée Schuurman Lorraine Coghlan
Mary Carter Reitano		7–5, 6–4[5]
Win1959French ChampionshipsClay Renée Schuurman Yola Ramirez
Rosie Darmon		2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Loss1960WimbledonGrass Renée Schuurman Maria Bueno
Darlene Hard		4–6, 0–6[6]
Win1961French ChampionshipsClay Renée Schuurman Maria Bueno
Darlene Hard		walkover
Win1962French ChampionshipsClay Renée Schuurman Justina Bricka
Margaret Smith		6–4, 6–4
Loss1962WimbledonGrass Renée Schuurman Billie Jean Moffitt
Karen Susman		7–5, 3–6, 5–7[6]

Mixed Doubles: 1 title
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1959Australian ChampionshipsGrass Bob Mark Renée Schuurman
Rod Laver		4–6, 13–11, 6–1[7]

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament1956195719581959196019611962Career 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

See also

References
  1. Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.
  2. "Sandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born". South African History Online.
  3. "The Passing of Giants". Sporting Post. 14 April 2015.
  4. "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Ladies' Singles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. "Australian Open Results Archive / Women's Doubles". Australian Open official website. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  6. "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Ladies' Doubles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  7. "Australian Open Results Archive / Mixed Doubles". Australian Open official website. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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