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{{Short description|American tennis player (1903–1959)}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
|name                              = Vincent Richards
|image                             = Vincent Richards 1922.jpg
|image_size                        = 240px
|caption                           = Richards at the 1922 Davis Cup
|fullname                          = 
|country                           = {{USA}}
|residence                         = 
|birth_date                        = {{birth date |1903|3|20}}
|birth_place                       = [[Yonkers]], New York, U.S.<ref name=sr/>
|death_date                        = {{death date and age|1959|9|28|1903|3|20}}
|death_place                       = [[New York City]], U.S.<ref name=sr/>
|height                            = 5 ft 10 in<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/vinnie-richards-1.html |title=Vinnie Richards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185125/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/vinnie-richards-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
|college                           = 
|turnedpro                         = 1926
|retired                           = 1951<ref>{{cite web|title=The Record (Hackensack), 22 June 1951|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/489622441/|website=newspapers.com|date=June 22, 1951 }}</ref>
|plays                             = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney                  = 
|tennishofyear                     = 1961
|tennishofid                       = vinnie-richards
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|singlesrecord                     = 472-154 (75.4%) <ref name="tennisbase">{{cite web|title=Vincent Richards: Career match record|url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=playern&player_input_enc=RICHARDS%2C+VINCENT&player_input=RICHARDS%2C+VINCENT&sub=2#aSubmenu|website=thetennisbase.com|publisher=Tennismem SL|access-date=7 November 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107114338/https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=playern&player_input_enc=RICHARDS%2C+VINCENT&player_input=RICHARDS%2C+VINCENT&sub=2#aSubmenu|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|singlestitles                     = 46 <ref name="tennisbase"/>
|highestsinglesranking             = [[World number 1 ranked male tennis players|No. '''1''']] (1927, Ray Bowers)
|FrenchOpenresult                  = SF ([[1926 French Championships – Men's singles|1926]])
|Wimbledonresult                   = QF ([[1924 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1924]])
|USOpenresult                      = SF ([[1922 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|1922]], [[1924 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|1924]], [[1925 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|1925]], [[1926 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|1926]])
|Promajors              = yes
|USProresult            = '''W''' ([[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1927|1927]], [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1928|1928]], [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1930|1930]], [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1933|1933]])
|doublesrecord                     = 
|doublestitles                     = 
|highestdoublesranking             = 
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult           = '''W''' ([[1926 French Championships (tennis)|1926]])
|WimbledonDoublesresult            = '''W''' ([[1924 Wimbledon Championships|1924]])<br> F ([[1926 Wimbledon Championships|1926]])
|USOpenDoublesresult               = '''W''' ([[1918 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1918]], [[1921 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1921]],  [[1922 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1922]], [[1925 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1925]], [[1926 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1926]]) <br> F ([[1919 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1919]])
|Mixed                             = <!-- adds mixed information-->
|mixedrecord                       = 
|mixedtitles                       = 
|USOpenMixedresult                 = '''W''' ([[1919 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1919]], [[1924 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1924]])<br> F ([[1925 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1925]])
| medaltemplates-expand       = yes
| medaltemplates              =
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games – [[Tennis at the Summer Olympics|Tennis]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]] | [[Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Singles]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1924 Paris | [[Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver| 1924 Paris | [[Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
}}

'''Vincent Richards''' (March 20, 1903 – September 28, 1959) was an American [[tennis]] player.<ref name=sr/> He was active in the early decades of the 20th century, particularly known as being a superlative volleyer. He was ranked World No. 2 as an amateur in 1924 by [[A. Wallis Myers]], and was ranked joint World No. 1 pro by Ray Bowers in 1927<ref name="bowersIIpart1">{{cite web|last=Bowers|first=Ray|title=History of the Pro Tennis Wars, Chapter 2, part 1: 1927-1928|url=http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_01_03_01.html|via=tennisserver.com}}</ref> and World No. 1 pro by Bowers in 1930.<ref name="bowersIIpart2">{{cite web|last=Bowers|first=Ray|title=History of the Pro Tennis Wars, Chapter 2, part 2: 1929-1930|url=http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_01_04_01.html|via=tennisserver.com}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in Yonkers, New York, he attended the Jesuit [[Fordham Preparatory School]], attended Fordham University and studied at the Columbia University School of Journalism in 1922.<ref name=sr/><ref name=msu/>

Richards won the National Boys Outdoor Singles Tournament in 1917. He became a protégé of [[Bill Tilden]] after being defeated by the latter in a match, and he then teamed up with him to win the United States doubles championship in 1918 at the age of 15. He remains the youngest male to have ever won a major championship.<ref name=sr/> Twenty-seven years later, in 1945, he and Tilden won the United States Pro doubles title. While Bill Tilden teamed with Richards to win titles together, he was beaten by Richards in both singles and doubles, including for several major titles. During their long rivalry, they faced each other 102 times, with Richards holding a career record of 52–50 against Tilden.

Richards retained his amateur status for 10 years because his ambition was to compete in the 1924 Olympics held in Paris, France. He realized this ambition by winning the gold medal for the United States in both singles and doubles,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2782 |title=Vincent Richards |work=Olympedia |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> additionally collecting the silver medal in mixed doubles.<ref name=sr/> Richards is one of two American male tennis players to win the gold medal in both singles and doubles (Beals Wright was the other), and he ranks second all-time with his three medals won in 1924 (second to Reginald Doherty of Great Britain, who won four Olympic tennis medals). Between both men and women, Richards is third behind Venus Williams in first, and Serena Williams in second, with three overall medals, with Williams collecting four gold medals over multiple Olympics. Richards was a semifinalist at the French championships in 1926, where he beat [[Colin Gregory]] and [[Bela Von Kehrling]], then lost to [[Henri Cochet]].<ref name="gsta">{{cite web|title=French Open 1926|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/FRENCH%20OPEN%201926.htm|website=www.tennis.co.nf|access-date=October 5, 2017|archive-date=June 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624183318/http://www.tennis.co.nf/FRENCH%20OPEN%201926.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also a semifinalist at the U.S. championships in 1922 (losing to Bill Johnston), 1924 (losing to Tilden), 1925 (where he beat [[René Lacoste]], then lost to Tilden) and 1926 (losing to [[Jean Borotra]]). While there was no official ATP Tour in the 1920s, Richards was one of the pioneers in creating a version of a "world tennis tour", playing in the equivalent of all four grand slams during his career, additional major tournaments, and exhibition matches in front of emperors, presidents, and other heads of states. While Tilden may have overshadowed Richards, even in the Davis Cup, Richards held a perfect 5–0 record when he played for his country.

In April 1926, Richards and Tilden contested the final of the Mason & Dixon Tournament at [[The Greenbrier]] resort, with Richards winning in five sets.

Richards was one of the best singles players of the 1920s and played on several United States [[Davis Cup]] teams.<ref>{{cite web|title=Davis Cup – Vincent Richards|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800169851|publisher=[[International Tennis Federation]] (ITF)|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref> In 1927 he was the first prominent male player to turn professional. In 1928, he was still generally considered to be one of the top 5 or 6 players in the world and played a brief tour at the end of the year against Czech player [[Karel Koželuh]], another new professional. Richards only beat Koželuh five times in 20 matches. Richards won the [[United States Pro Championship]] in 1927, 1928, and 1930, beating Koželuh in the finals in both 1928 and 1930, and losing to him in the 1929 final. He lost the 1931 final to Tilden and won the U.S. Pro Championships for the last time in 1933, this time beating [[Francis Hunter|Frank Hunter]] in the final. He continued to play in the U.S. Pro championships in most years until 1946.<ref name="gsta2">{{cite web|title=U.S. Pro Championships|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/uspro.htm|website=www.tennis.co.nf|access-date=October 5, 2017|archive-date=September 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903074316/http://www.tennis.co.nf/uspro.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Richards and Tilden won the doubles at the 1945 U.S. Pro championships.

Richards was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in Newport, Rhode Island in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennis Hall of Fame – Player Profile Vinnie Richards|url=http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/vinnie-richards|publisher=International Tennis Hall of Fame|access-date=April 23, 2012}}</ref>

===Business career===
After retiring from tennis, Richards joined the [[Dunlop Tyres|Dunlop Tire and Rubber Company]] as general manager of the sporting goods division and became vice president.<ref name=msu>{{cite web|title=Vinnie Richards, Dunlop vp, Former Tennis Great Dies in September|url=http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/article/1959oct67.pdf|publisher=[[Michigan State University]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In February 1924, he married Claremont Gushee in Greenwich, Connecticut, and they had three children.<ref name="fordhamprep">{{cite web|title=Vincent Richards, Class of 1920|url=http://www.fordhamprep.org/page.cfm?p=4852|website=www.fordhamprep.org|publisher=[[Fordham Prep]]}}</ref> She died in 1950.<ref>{{cite web|title=Milestones: Feb. 11, 1924|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,717708,00.html|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=February 11, 1924}}</ref> On September 28, 1959, Richards died of a heart attack at [[Doctors Hospital (Manhattan)|Doctors Hospital]] in New York.<ref name=msu/>

==Major finals==
===Grand Slam tournaments===
[[File:Vincent Richards and wife LCCN2014716919.jpg|thumb|{{center|The Richards, circa 1930s}}]]

==== Doubles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runners-up) ====
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!Result
!Year
!style="width:180px"|Championship 
!Surface
!style="width:160px"|Partner
!style="width:160px"|Opponents
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1918 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1918]] || style="background:#ccf;"|[[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. National Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Tilden]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Alexander]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Beals Wright]] || 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || [[1919 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1919]] || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tilden || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Norman Brookes]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Gerald Patterson]] || 6–8, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1921 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1921]] || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tilden || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Watson Washburn]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[R. Norris Williams]] || 13–11, 12–10, 6–1
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1922 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1922]] || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tilden || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Pat O'Hara Wood]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Gerald Patterson || 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1924 Wimbledon Championships|1924]] || style="background:#cfc;"|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Francis Hunter|Frank Hunter]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Watson Washburn]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[R. Norris Williams]] || 6–3, 3–6, 8–10, 8–6, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1925 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1925]] || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[R. Norris Williams]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Hawkes (tennis)|John Hawkes]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Gerald Patterson || 6–2, 8–10, 6–4, 11–9
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1926 French Championships (tennis)|1926]] || style="background:#ebc2af;"|[[French Open (tennis)|French Championships]] || Clay || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Howard Kinsey]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jacques Brugnon]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Cochet]] || 6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || [[1926 Wimbledon Championships|1926]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} Howard Kinsey || {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Brugnon <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Cochet || 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1926 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1926]] || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} R. Norris Williams || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alfred Chapin (tennis)|Alfred Chapin]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Tilden]] || 6–4, 6–8, 11–9, 6–3
|}

==== Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ====
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!Result
!Year
!style="width:190px"|Championship 
!Surface
!style="width:160px"|Partner
!style="width:160px"|Opponents
!style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1919 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1919]] ||style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marion Zinderstein]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Florence Ballin]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Tilden]] || 2–6, 11–9, 6–2
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1924 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1924]] || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Helen Wills]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Molla Bjurstedt Mallory]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tilden || 6–8, 7–5, 6–0
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || [[1925 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1925]] || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ermyntrude Harvey]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kathleen McKane Godfree|Kitty McKane]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Hawkes (tennis)|John Hawkes]] || 2–6, 4–6
|}

===Pro Slam tournaments===

====Singles: 6 (4/2)====
{| class='sortable wikitable' 
!Result
!Year
!style="width:140px"|Championship
!Surface
!style="width:150px"|Opponent
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win  ||1927||style="background:#ccf;"|[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships|U.S. Pro]]||Grass||{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Howard Kinsey]]||11–9, 6–4, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win  ||1928||style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Pro||Grass||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Karel Koželuh]]||8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–2
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss  ||1929||style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Pro||Grass||{{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh||4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 5–7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win  ||1930||style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Pro ||Grass|| {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh||2–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss  ||1931||style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Pro||Grass||{{Flag icon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden||5–7, 2–6, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win  ||1933||style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Pro||Grass|| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Francis Hunter|Frank Hunter]]||6–3, 6–0, 6–2
|}

==Singles performance timeline==

Richards was banned from competing in the amateur Grand Slams when he joined the professional tennis circuit in 1927.
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
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{| class="wikitable nowrap" style=font-size:86%;text-align:center
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:95px;"| !! 1918 !! 1919 !! 1920 !! 1921  !! 1922 !! 1923 !! 1924 !! 1925 !! 1926 !! 1927 !! 1928 !! 1929 !! 1930 !! 1931 !! 1932 !! 1933 !! 1934 !! 1935 !! 1936 !! 1937 !! 1938 !! 1939 !! 1940  !! 1941 !! 1942 !! 1943 !! 1944 !! 1945 !! 1946 !! 1947 !! 1948 !! 1949 !! 1950 !! 1951
! style="width:45px;" | SR
! style="width:45px;" | W–L
! style="width:45px;" | Win %
|-
!style="text-align:left;" colspan=35 |[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam tournaments]] !! 0 / 13 !! 38–13 !! 74.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;" bgcolor=efefef |{{nowrap|[[Australian Open]]}}
| style=color:#767676| NH || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || colspan=5 style=color:#767676| Not held || A || A || A || A || A || A
| bgcolor=efefef |0 / 0
| bgcolor=efefef |–
| bgcolor=efefef |–
|-
|style="text-align:left;" bgcolor=efefef |[[French Open]]
| style=color:#767676| NH || style=color:#767676| NH || colspan=5 style=color:#767676|Only for French players|| A  
| bgcolor=yellow  |[[1926 French Championships – Men's singles|SF]]
| A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || colspan=6 style=color:#767676| Not held || A || A || A || A || A || A
| bgcolor=efefef |0 / 1
| bgcolor=efefef |4–1
| bgcolor=efefef |80.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;" bgcolor=efefef |[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
| style=color:#767676| NH || A || A || A || A 
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[1923 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|4R]]
| bgcolor=ffebcd  |[[1924 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|QF]]
| A 
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[1926 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
| A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || colspan=6 style=color:#767676| Not held || A || A || A || A || A || A
| bgcolor=efefef |0 / 3
| bgcolor=efefef |48–3
| bgcolor=efefef |72.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;" bgcolor=efefef |[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[1918 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[1919 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[1920 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[1921 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
| bgcolor=yellow  |[[1922 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|SF]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[1923 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
| bgcolor=yellow  |[[1924 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|SF]]
| bgcolor=yellow  |[[1925 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|SF]]
| bgcolor=yellow  |[[1926 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|SF]]
| A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A || A
| bgcolor=efefef |0 / 9
| bgcolor=efefef |26–9
| bgcolor=efefef |74.3
|-
!style="text-align:left;" colspan=35 |[[Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era|Pro Slam tournaments]] !! 4 / 19 !! 35–15 !! 70.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;" bgcolor=efefef |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships|U.S. Pro]]

| colspan=9 style=color:#767676| Not held
| bgcolor=lime    |'''[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1927|W]]'''
| bgcolor=lime    |'''[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1928|W]]'''
| bgcolor=thistle |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1929|F]]
| bgcolor=lime    |'''[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1930|W]]'''
| bgcolor=thistle |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1931|F]]
| bgcolor=ffebcd  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1932|QF]]
| bgcolor=lime    |'''[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1933|W]]'''
| bgcolor=yellow  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1934|SF]]
| A || A
| bgcolor=ffebcd  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1937|QF]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1938|2R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1939|2R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1940|2R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1941|2R]]
| A
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1943|2R]]
| style=color:#767676| NH
| bgcolor=ffebcd  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1927–1945#1945|QF]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967#1946|3R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967#1947|2R]]
| A
| A
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967#1950|1R]] 
| bgcolor=afeeee  |[[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967#1951|2R]]
| bgcolor=efefef |4 / 19
| bgcolor=efefef |35–15
| bgcolor=efefef |70.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;" bgcolor=efefef  |[[French Pro Championship|French Pro]]
| colspan=12 style=color:#767676| Not held || A || A || A || style=color:#767676|NH || A || A || A || A || A || A || colspan=12 style=color:#767676| Not held
| bgcolor=efefef |0 / 0
| bgcolor=efefef |–
| bgcolor=efefef |–
|-
|style="text-align:left;" bgcolor=efefef |[[Wembley Championship|Wembley Pro]]
| colspan=16 style=color:#767676| Not held || A || A || style=color:#767676|NH || A || style=color:#767676|NH || A || colspan=9 style=color:#767676| Not held || A || A || A
| bgcolor=efefef |0 / 0
| bgcolor=efefef |–
| bgcolor=efefef |–
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;" bgcolor=efefef |'''Win–loss'''
| 1–1 || 1–1 || 3–1 || 2–1 || 5–1 || 5–2 || 8–2 || 4–1 || 9–3 || 3–0 || 4–0 || 3–1 || 6–0 || 5–1 || 1–1 || 4–0 || 2–1 || || || 0–1 || 1–1 || 0–1 || 1–1 || 1–1 || || 0–1 || || 2–1 || 1–1 || 0–1 || || || 0–1 || 1-1
| bgcolor=efefef |'''4 / 32'''
| bgcolor=efefef |'''73–28'''
| bgcolor=efefef |'''72.2'''
|-
| colspan="37" align="left" |'''National representation'''
|-
| align=left| [[Tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]]
| colspan=2 style=color:#767676| NH
| A
| colspan=3 style=color:#767676| NH
| bgcolor=gold   | '''[[Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|G]]'''
| colspan=27 style=color:#767676| Not held
| 1 / 1
| 6–0
| 100
|}
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Vincent Richards}}
* {{ATP}}
* {{Tennis Hall of Fame}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* History of the Pro Tennis Wars
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_01_03_01.html Chapter II: The eminence of Karel Koželuh and Vincent Richards 1927–1928]

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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in tennis]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in tennis]]
[[Category:People from Yonkers, New York]]
[[Category:International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Tennis players from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:United States National champions (tennis)]]
[[Category:Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)]]
[[Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles]]
[[Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Professional tennis players before the Open Era]]
[[Category:Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)]]
[[Category:World number 1 ranked male tennis players]]
[[Category:Fordham Preparatory School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]