Sandra Reynolds Price (née Reynolds; born 4 March 1934) is a South African former

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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

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final, losing to

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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

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in the final. According to

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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

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in 1959 and the

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in 1959, 1961, and 1962. In addition, they were the runners-up at

in 1960 and 1962. Price teamed with Bob Mark to win the mixed doubles title at the 1959 Australian Championships, defeating Schuurman and

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in the final in three sets. On 28 October 1961, she married Lowell Price, a horse breeder, in Bloemfontein, and they have one daughter.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 runner-up

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Mixed Doubles: 1 title

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

References

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