Sandra Reynolds Price
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Sandra Reynolds Price was a tennis player from South Africa who won four Grand Slam women's doubles championships and one Grand Slam mixed doubles championship.
Price's best Grand Slam singles result was when she reached the 1960 Wimbledon final, losing to Maria Bueno 8-6, 6-0. She was the runner-up at the 1959 U.S. Clay Court Championships, losing to Sally Moore in the final. Price won three consecutive German Championships, in 1960, 1961, and 1962. Price was the runner-up at the 1959 Italian Championships, having defeated Bueno in a semifinal. Price was included in the year-end world top ten from 1959 through 1962.
Price teamed with fellow South African Renee Schuurman Haygarth to win all four of her Grand Slam women's doubles titles. They won the 1959 Australian Championships and the 1959, 1961, and 1962 French Championships. In addition, they were the runner-ups at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1962.
Price teamed with Bob Mark to win the mixed doubles title at the 1959 Australian Championships, defeating Haygarth and Rod Laver in the final 4-6, 13-11, 6-1.
[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Championships | A | A | A | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
| French Championships | A | 2R | 4R | SF | SF | 4R | QF | 0 / 6 |
| Wimbledon | 2R | QF | 2R | SF | F | SF | 3R | 0 / 7 |
| U.S. Championships | A | A | A | QF | A | A | QF | 0 / 2 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 16 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
