Sandra Reynolds Price (née Reynolds; born 4 March 1934) is a South African former tennis player 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 South African woman to reach the Wimbledon singles final, and is one of three to have reached a major singles final. In 1961, she was seeded No. 1 for the Wimbledon singles event, making her the only South African player (man or woman) ever to be seeded first in a singles major. 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 the semifinals, 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 up 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 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, Reynolds married Lowell Price, a horse breeder, in Bloemfontein, and they have one daughter.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 runner-up
ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1960 Wimbledon Grass Maria Bueno 6–8, 0–6
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1959 Australian Championships Grass Renée Schuurman Lorraine Coghlan Mary Carter Reitano 7–5, 6–4 Win 1959 French Championships Clay Renée Schuurman Yola Ramírez Rosie Reyes 2–6, 6–0, 6–1 Loss 1960 Wimbledon Grass Renée Schuurman Maria Bueno Darlene Hard 4–6, 0–6 Win 1961 French Championships Clay Renée Schuurman Maria Bueno Darlene Hard walkover Win 1962 French Championships Clay Renée Schuurman Justina Bricka Margaret Smith 6–4, 6–4 Loss 1962 Wimbledon Grass Renée Schuurman Billie Jean Moffitt Karen Susman 7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Mixed Doubles: 1 title
ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1959 Australian Championships Grass Bob Mark Renée Schuurman Rod Laver 4–6, 13–11, 6–1
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 Career SR Australian ChampionshipsAAAQFAAA 0 / 1 French ChampionshipsA2R4RSFSF4RQF 0 / 6 Wimbledon2RQF2RSFFSF3R 0 / 7 US ChampionshipsAAAQFAAQF 0 / 2 SR0 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 40 / 20 / 20 / 3 0 / 16
See also
Performance timelines for all female tennis players since 1978 who reached at least one Grand Slam final
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