(1947-08-07) 7 August 1947 (age 76) Mosman, New South Wales
Height
167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Retired
1979
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record
236–104
Career titles
22
Highest ranking
No. 7 (4 July 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
W (1977Jan)
French Open
SF (1967)
Wimbledon
SF (1974)
US Open
F (1972)
Doubles
Career record
172–64
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
W (1968, 1977Dec)
Wimbledon
W (1978)
US Open
F (1978)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open
QF (1966)
French Open
QF (1969)
Wimbledon
QF (1977)
US Open
QF (1966)
Kerry Melville ReidMBE (née Melville; born 7 August 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. During her 17-year career, Reid won one Grand Slam singles title and 26 other singles titles and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments. Reid was included in the year-end world top-ten rankings for 12 consecutive years (1968–1979)[citation needed]. She won at least one tournament annually from 1966 through 1979, except for 1975. Her career-high ranking was world No. 5 in 1971, behind Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, and Rosie Casals.
^Bostic, Stephanie, ed. (1979). USTA Player Records 1978. United States Tennis Association (USTA). p. 235.
KerryMelville Reid MBE (née Melville; born 7 August 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. During her 17-year career, Reid won...
back at her feet." At the U.S. Championships, an ill King was upset by KerryMelville in the second round. King successfully defended her title at the South...
Martina Navratilova 1977: Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell 1978: KerryMelville Reid / Wendy Turnbull 1979: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova 1980:...
champion Billie Jean King in the semifinals; and in 1974 to Australian KerryMelville at the quarterfinal stage; she did not enter in 1977, the year her daughter...
Gail Sherriff 1964: Kaye Dening / Helen Gourlay 1965: Helen Gourlay / KerryMelville 1966: Karen Krantzcke / Pat Turner 1967: Susan Alexander / Caroline...
KerryMelville on both occasions. In 1973, Margaret Court and Virginia Wade won the final, and in 1974, Evonne Goolagong and Peggy Michel won. Kerry had...
Gail Sherriff 1964: Kaye Dening / Helen Gourlay 1965: Helen Gourlay / KerryMelville 1966: Karen Krantzcke / Pat Turner 1967: Susan Alexander / Caroline...
tournaments. 1970 – Won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, defeating KerryMelville Reid in the Australian Open final, Helga Niessen Masthoff in the French...
of the Australian Open in January 1977, losing to fellow Australian KerryMelville Reid in two sets. She was a semifinalist at the French Open in 1979...
3–6, 6–1, 3–6 Win 1973 Australian Open Grass Margaret Court Kerry Harris KerryMelville 6–4, 6–4 Win 1973 French Open Clay Margaret Court Françoise Dürr...
through April 1, 1973. Second-seeded KerryMelville won the singles title and earned $6,000 first-prize money. KerryMelville defeated Nancy Gunter 6–3, 6–3...
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