Richey Reneberg (born October 5, 1965) is an American former professional
tennis
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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
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
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 and the first Asian man to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-tim ...
. He also played on the American
Davis Cup 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 for the United States
Tennis players from Phoenix, Arizona
SMU Mustangs men's tennis players
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
Tennis players from Maryland
20th-century American sportsmen