Kerry Reid

Kerry Reid

Kerry Melville, Dutch Open 1970

Nation:

Australia

Birthday:

August 7, 1947

Size:

166 cm

Resignation:

1980

Playing hand:

Right

Prize money:

$ 1,425

singles

Career title:

1

Highest ranking:

7 (July 4th 1976)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	S (1977)
French Open	VF (1969)
Wimbledon	HF (1974)
US Open	F (1972)

Double

Career title:

3

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 3

Australian Open	S (1968, 1977)
French Open	HF (1969)
Wimbledon	S (1978)
US Open	F (1978)

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Kerry Reid (* 7. August 1947 as Kerry Ann Melville in Mosman ) is a former Australian tennis player .

The high point of her career was winning the Australian Open in January 1977 when she defeated Dianne Balestrat from the Netherlands 7-5 and 6-2 in the final. At that time people played in Melbourne 's Kooyong district and on grass; In 1970 she was there in the singles final of the tennis legend Margaret Court . In 1972 she was in the final of the US Open , in which she had to admit defeat to Billie Jean King . Between 1968 and 1979 it was consistently in the top ten .

She also won the doubles competition at the Australian Open in 1968 and (without a fight; the final was not played due to rain) in 1977 . She secured another Grand Slam title in doubles in 1978 on the side of Wendy Turnbull at Wimbledon .

From 1967 to 1979 she also played 47 games for the Australian Fed Cup team , where she celebrated 37 wins.

Reid is one of nine players, the Original 9 , who played the Virginia Slims Invitational in 1970 , hosted and sponsored by Gladys Heldman .

On April 27, 1975, she married tennis player Grover Reid in Greenville , South Carolina . She later retired with her family (two daughters) in South Carolina.

Web links

Commons : Kerry Melville - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

WTA-profile Kerry Reid (English)
ITF profile Kerry Reid (English)
Fed Cup stats by Kerry Reid (English)
Profile of Kerry Reid on "tennis.com.au" (English)

Individual evidence

↑ wtatennis.com: Original 9 Reunion: It's A Wrap!
^ For Evonne and Kerry, a Couple of Love Matches. In: The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia, May 28, 1975, accessed December 3, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Reid, Kerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Melville, Kerry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	August 7, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mosman , Australia

[1] wtatennis.com: Original 9 Reunion: It's A Wrap!

[2] For Evonne and Kerry, a Couple of Love Matches. In: The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia, May 28, 1975, accessed December 3, 2017 .