Cliff Richey

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Cliff Richey (born December 31, 1946 in San Angelo, Texas) played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s.

TENNIS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Number one ranked professional tennis player in the United States (1970)
  • Most Valuable Player on the victorious Davis Cup national team (1970)
  • Won the first World Point Title (Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix) (1970)
  • 45 tournament titles over the span of a 26-year career (1964-92) including:
   Canadian Open (1969)
   South African Open (1972)
   U.S.Indoors (1968)
   U.S.Claycourts (1966, 1970)
   South American Championships (1966, 1967)
   Western Open (1965, 1966, 1969)
   Legends Senior Tour Championships (1983)
  • U.S. Open semifinalist (1970, 1972)
  • French Open Semifinalist (1970)
  • Founding member, Association of Tennis Professionals (1972)
  • With sister Nancy Richey, formed the best brother/sister combination in the history of tennis

GOLF CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Founding member, Celebrity Players' Tour (1997)
  • Played celebrity golf tour for 15 years (1992-2007)
  • Won tour events in Jamaica (2004) and Baltimore (2006)

MEMOIR CO-AUTHORSHIP

  • With daughter Hilaire Kallendorf, wrote "Set Up, Break Down: A Father/Daughter Memoir of Celebrity Sports and Clinical Depression" (300pp., under review for publication)

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS FUNDRAISING/ACTIVISM

  • With wife Mickie, organized tennis and golf tournaments to benefit charities:
   Angelo Catholic School (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
   James Phillips Williams Memorial [Dyslexia] Foundation (1991, 1992, 1993)
   Mental Health/Mental Retardation (1999)
   United Way (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • Nominated for Frank M. Adams Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service(2000)

PUBLIC LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

  • Keynote presentation, Texas state convention for executive directors of MHMR(2000)
  • Community legislative forums(1999, 2000)
  • Invited lectures to college campuses and psychology classes(2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Keynote address, MHMR banquet (Palestine, TX, 2000)
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