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Renee Richards

USA Age 92 188 cm / 6'2" WTA Tour years active: 1976–1982

Renee Richards represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Renee Richards finished with a career record of 117–86 and 8 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

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Elo peak

1864 (82nd percentile)

Career record

117–86 (57.6%)

Career titles

Prize money

$131,246

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Renee Richards's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Claudia Monteiro	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 29, 1982*	R32	Orlando	WTA 250	Clay
Tracy Austin	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 1981*	R32	Atlanta	WTA 250	Hard
Andrea Leand	4-6 6-2 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1981*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Andrea Jaeger	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 7, 1981*	R16	Indianapolis	WTA 250	Clay
Anne White	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 6, 1981*	R32	Indianapolis	WTA 250	Clay

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Renee Richards's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Chris Evert	0	7	7	Oct 16, 1980	H2H
Wendy Turnbull	1	4	5	Aug 29, 1980	H2H
Kate Latham	2	2	4	Mar 27, 1980	H2H
Virginia Wade	0	4	4	Feb 14, 1980	H2H
Kerry Reid	1	3	4	Oct 14, 1979	H2H

Titles (8)

Renee Richards titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1976	41	1	—	—	—	1	—	Kauai
1977	42	1	—	—	—	1	—	Pensacola Pro Chps
1980	45	5	—	—	—	5	—	Atlantic City, Erie, Flemington, Memphis Classic, St. Joseph
1981	46	1	—	—	—	1	—	Chile Grand Prix
Total		8	—	—	—	8	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Renee Richards career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1976	41	12	2	14	85.7%	—	—
1977	42	24	10	34	70.6%	—	—
1978	43	12	13	25	48.0%	—	—
1979	44	17	24	41	41.5%	—	—
1980	45	47	28	75	62.7%	—	—
1981	46	5	8	13	38.5%	—	—
1982	47	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		117	86	203	57.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Renee Richards career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1976	41	9	1	10	90.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	2	14	85.7%
1977	42	5	3	8	62.5%	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—	7	3	10	70.0%	24	10	34	70.6%
1978	43	0	2	2	0.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—	—	—	7	9	16	43.8%	12	13	25	48.0%
1979	44	4	8	12	33.3%	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	7	12	19	36.8%	17	24	41	41.5%
1980	45	26	10	36	72.2%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	3	10	13	23.1%	47	28	75	62.7%
1981	46	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	8	13	38.5%
1982	47	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	44	26	70	62.9%	22	16	38	57.9%	—	—	—	—	24	34	58	41.4%	117	86	203	57.6%

Advanced Stats

Renee Richards advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1976	41	1673	122.7	—	—	—	—	+101	-96	—	80.0%	+2.03	2–2 (50%)	2–0	—	+3.38
1977	42	1834	139.4	—	—	—	—	+5	-171	—	69.0%	+1.55	2–3 (40%)	1–6 (14%)	94.7	+3.72
1978	43	1807	137.7	—	—	—	—	-59	-74	—	41.5%	-0.23	5–4 (56%)	5–4 (56%)	102.0	-0.34
1979	44	1833	155.6	—	—	—	—	-81	-15	—	45.4%	-0.38	5–10 (33%)	3–4 (43%)	96.0	-5.38
1980	45	1754	139.6	—	—	—	—	+24	+23	—	60.1%	+0.89	11–8 (58%)	2–7 (22%)	95.0	+1.26
1981	46	1697	123.6	—	—	—	—	—	+80	—	38.7%	-0.61	3–2 (60%)	1–1	—	-1.39
1982	47	1672	91.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	+0.18
Career		1864	146.0	—	—	—	—	-10	-46	—	55.7%	+0.53	28–29 (49%)	14–22 (39%)	94.2	+0.70

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Renee Richards Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	USO	W-L Win %
1977	42	R128	0–1 (0%)
1978	43	R128	0–1 (0%)
1979	44	R32	2–1 (67%)
1980	45	R64	1–1 (50%)
1981	46	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	3–5 (38%)

WTA 500

Renee Richards WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SDG	CAR	LOS	W-L Win %
1979	44	R32	R32	R32	0–3 (0%)
1980	45	—	QF	R32	2–2 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–5 (29%)

WTA 250

Renee Richards WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	CIN	DAL	DLB	HOU	NAP	WAS	AME	ATL	BOS	CHI	CHI	COL	DEE	DET	ERI	FAY	FLE	GAI	GRE	HIL	HOL	KAN	KAU	KON	LAS	LIT	MAH	MEM	MIN	MON	MON	OAK	OLD	ORA	ORL	PEN	PHI	PHO	PIT	RIC	SAL	SAN	SÃO	SEA	SIO	SOU	ST.	ST.	ST.	STU	TAL	TAM	W-L Win %
1976	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–2 (86%)
1977	42	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	24–9 (73%)
1978	43	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	BR	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	12–12 (50%)
1979	44	R32	—	R64	—	R32	SF	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	F	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	F	R32	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	15–20 (43%)
1980	45	R32	R32	—	R16	—	R64	—	R16	W	R32	R16	—	—	R32	R64	W	F	W	F	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	W	QF	R32	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	QF	—	W	SF	—	—	—	R64	44–25 (64%)
1981	46	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	5–7 (42%)
1982	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	5–0 (100%)	0–3 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–0 (100%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	5–0 (100%)	4–2 (67%)	4–0 (100%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	5–0 (100%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–3 (25%)	5–0 (100%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	0–2 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	5–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	112–76 (60%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

No ranking history available.

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Renee Richards?: Renee Richards is 92 years old, born on August 19, 1934.
Which country does Renee Richards represent?: Renee Richards represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Renee Richards?: Renee Richards is 188 cm / 6'2".
How many Grand Slams has Renee Richards won?: Renee Richards has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Renee Richards won?: TennisDB does not group any of Renee Richards's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Renee Richards won?: Renee Richards has won 8 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Chile Grand Prix in 1981.
What is Renee Richards' career win-loss record?: Renee Richards has a career WTA singles record of 117 wins and 86 losses (57.6%).
How much career prize money has Renee Richards earned?: Renee Richards has earned at least $131,246 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Renee Richards's career appear in TennisDB?: Renee Richards appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1976 through 1982.
On which surface does Renee Richards have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Renee Richards's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 62.9% (44–26).
Who has Renee Richards faced most often?: Renee Richards' most frequent opponent is Chris Evert, with a head-to-head record of 0–7 across 7 meetings.