Sandra Reynolds

{{Short description|South African tennis player}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = Sandra Reynolds |fullname = Sandra Reynolds Price |image = Sandra Reynolds Price (1962).jpg |caption =  |country = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} South Africa |residence = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1934|03|04}} |birth_place = Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa |college = |turnedpro = |retired = |plays = |tennishofyear = |tennishofid = |singlesrecord = |singlestitles = |highestsinglesranking = No. 3 (1960) |AustralianOpenresult = QF (1959) |FrenchOpenresult = SF (1959, 1960) |Wimbledonresult = F (1960) |USOpenresult = QF (1959, 1962) |Othertournaments = |WTAChampionshipsresult = |Olympicsresult = |doublesrecord = |doublestitles = |highestdoublesranking = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' (1959) |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' (1959, 1961, 1962) |WimbledonDoublesresult = F (1960, 1962) |USOpenDoublesresult = |mixedrecord = |mixedtitles = |AustralianOpenMixedresult = '''W''' (1959) |FrenchOpenMixedresult = QF (1962) |WimbledonMixedresult = |USOpenMixedresult = |updated = }}

'''Sandra Reynolds Price''' (née '''Reynolds'''; born 4 March 1934) is a South African former tennis 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 Wimbledon final, losing to Maria Bueno 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 Christine Truman in the final.

According to Lance Tingay 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.<ref>{{cite book |author=Collins, Bud |title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book |publisher=New Chapter Press |location=New York, N.Y |year=2008 |pages=695, 703 |isbn=978-0-942257-41-0 }}</ref>

Price teamed up with fellow South African Renée Schuurman to win all four of her Grand Slam women's doubles titles. They won the Australian Championships in 1959 and the French Championships in 1959, 1961, and 1962. In addition, they were the runners-up at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1962. Price teamed with Bob Mark to win the mixed doubles title at the 1959 Australian Championships, defeating Schuurman and Rod Laver in the final in three sets.

On 28 October 1961, Reynolds married Lowell Price, a horse breeder, in Bloemfontein, and they have one daughter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/sandra-reynolds-south-african-tennis-champion-born |website=South African History Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Passing of Giants |url=https://www.sportingpost.co.za/2015/04/lowell-price-the-passing-of-giants/ |website=Sporting Post |date=14 April 2015 |access-date=4 February 2019 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711040720/https://www.sportingpost.co.za/2015/04/lowell-price-the-passing-of-giants/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Grand Slam finals ==

=== Singles: 1 runner-up ===

{|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !Year !style="width:160px"|Championship !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:150px"|Opponent !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score !style="width:15px" class="unsortable"| |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1960 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|BRA}} Maria Bueno || 6–8, 0–6 || <ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiessingles.html|title = Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Ladies' Singles|access-date = 25 September 2015|website = Wimbledon official tournament website}}</ref> |}

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

{|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !Year !style="width:160px"|Championship !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:150px"|Partner !style="width:150px"|Opponents !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score !style="width:15px" class="unsortable"| |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1959 || style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Championships|| Grass || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renée Schuurman || {{flagicon|AUS}} Lorraine Coghlan {{flagicon|AUS}} Mary Carter Reitano || 7–5, 6–4 || <ref>{{Cite web|title = Australian Open Results Archive / Women's doubles|url = http://2015.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/events/LD.html|website = Australian Open official website|access-date = 26 September 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150921174410/http://2015.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/events/LD.html|archive-date = 21 September 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1959 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Championships || Clay || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renée Schuurman || {{flagicon|MEX}} Yola Ramírez {{flagicon|MEX}} Rosie Reyes || 2–6, 6–0, 6–1 || |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1960 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renée Schuurman || {{flagicon|BRA}} Maria Bueno {{flagicon|USA}} Darlene Hard || 4–6, 0–6 || <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Ladies' Doubles|url = http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiesdoubles.html|website = Wimbledon official tournament website|access-date = 26 September 2015}}</ref> |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1961 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Championships || Clay || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renée Schuurman || {{flagicon|BRA}} Maria Bueno {{flagicon|USA}} Darlene Hard || walkover || |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1962 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Championships || Clay || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renée Schuurman || {{flagicon|USA}} Justina Bricka {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith || 6–4, 6–4 || |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1962 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renée Schuurman || {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean Moffitt {{flagicon|USA}} Karen Susman || 7–5, 3–6, 5–7 || <ref name=":0" /> |}

=== Mixed Doubles: 1 title ===

==Grand Slam singles tournament timeline==

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}} {|class="wikitable" ! Tournament !! 1956 !! 1957 !! 1958 !! 1959 !! 1960 !! 1961 !! 1962 !! Career SR |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Australian Championships | align="center" |A | align="center" |A | align="center" |A | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | align="center" |A | align="center" |A | align="center" |A | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 1''' |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;" | French Championships | align="center" |A | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R | align="center" style="background:yellow;" |SF | align="center" style="background:yellow;" |SF | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 6''' |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Wimbledon | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:yellow;" |SF | align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" |F | align="center" style="background:yellow;" |SF | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 7''' |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;" | US Championships | align="center" |A | align="center" |A | align="center" |A | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | align="center" |A | align="center" |A | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 2''' |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;" | SR | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1 | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2 | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2 | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 4 | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2 | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2 | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3 | align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 16''' |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{WTA}}

{{Australian Championships women's doubles champions}} {{French Open women's doubles champions}} {{Australian Championships mixed doubles champions}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reynolds, Sandra}} Category:South African female tennis players Category:Living people Category:1934 births Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Category:Sportspeople from Bloemfontein Category:Tennis players from the Free State (province) Category:Australian Championships (tennis) champions Category:French Championships junior (tennis) champions

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