Richey Reneberg

Richey Reneberg

Reneberg in 2021
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Born	(1965-10-05) October 5, 1965 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-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 ATP 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 title with Jared Palmer, at the 1995 Australian Open.

The right-hander represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he was defeated as the 11th seed in the first round by India's Leander Paes. He also played on the American Davis Cup team.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1992	Wimbledon	Jim Grabb	John McEnroe Michael Stich	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 17–19
Win	1992	US Open	Jim Grabb	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–3
Win	1995	Australian Open	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Career finals

Singles: 7 (3 wins)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win	1.	May 1991	Tampa, U.S.	Clay	Petr Korda	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	Jan 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Olivier Delaître	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2.	Jan 1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6
Loss	3.	Apr 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Pete Sampras	4–6, 5–7
Win	3.	Jun 1996	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Stéphane Simian	6–4, 6–0
Loss	4.	Mar 1997	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	4–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 35 (19 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)

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

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
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

External links

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