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Richey Reneberg (born October 5, 1965) is an American former professional
tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
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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