Richey Reneberg (born October 5, 1965) is an American former professional
tennis
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player.
He attended
Southern Methodist University
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, where he was a three-time All-American and reached the 1986
National Collegiate Athletics Association
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finals.
He was the
ATP Newcomer of the Year when he turned professional in 1987.
He and his partner
Jim Grabb
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were ranked world No. 1 in doubles and won the
1992 US Open doubles title. His career-high singles ranking in the
ATP Tour
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was world No. 20. He won a second doubles
Grand Slam
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title with
Jared Palmer
Jared Eiseley Palmer (born July 2, 1971) is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles (Including his wins at the Australian Open and Wimbledon) and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four doub ...
, at the
1995 Australian Open
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Seniors
Men's s ...
.
The right-hander represented the United States at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in Atlanta where he was defeated as the 11th seed in the first round by India's
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players ever. He holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes won eight men' ...
. He also played on the American
Davis Cup
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team.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Career finals
Singles: 7 (3 wins)
Doubles: 35 (19 wins)
Doubles performance timeline
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1965 births
American people of German descent
American male tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) champions
Hopman Cup competitors
Living people
Olympic tennis players of the United States
Sportspeople from Phoenix, Arizona
SMU Mustangs men's tennis players
Tennis people from Arizona
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
US Open (tennis) champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players