Scott Melville

Scott Melville

Nation:

United States

Birthday:

4th August 1966

Size:

188 cm

Weight:

77 kg

1st professional season:

1988

Resignation:

1997

Playing hand:

Right

Prize money:

$ 851,666

singles

Career record:

5: 4

Highest ranking:

182 (April 15 1991)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	1R (1988)

Double

Career record:

153: 159

Career title:

9

Highest ranking:

17 (February 19 1996)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	VF (1993, 1995, 1996)
French Open	AF (1995)
Wimbledon	F (1995)
US Open	VF (1995)

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	AF (1994, 1995)
French Open	HF (1994)
Wimbledon	1R (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997)
US Open	VF (1995)

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

Scott Melville (born August 4, 1966 in Fort Ord , California ) is a retired American tennis player .

Life

Melville played during his studies for the University of Southern California , where he was voted twice in the top selection All-American and in 1987 won the double title of the National Collegiate Athletic Association alongside Rick Leach . He won his first tournament victory on the ATP World Tour alongside Jeff Brown as a qualifier in New Haven . On the way to the final, they won over Jim Grabb and Patrick McEnroe as well as Rick Leach and Jim Pugh . In the final, they beat Petr Korda and Goran Ivanišević . Melville won nine double titles in the course of his career, including the ATP International Series Gold tournaments in Hamburg and Stuttgart . He was also in an ATP double-final seven times.

His best singles result in a Grand Slam tournament was the first round at the US Open in 1988. In the doubles competition, he reached the 1995 final of Wimbledon . At the side of Rick Leach, he lost to Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge in three sets. He also reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open three times and the quarter-finals of the US Open once. In the mixed competition he was in the semifinals of the French Open in 1994 with Meredith McGrath .

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold (2)
ATP International Series (7)

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1990	United States New Haven	Hard court	United States Jeff Brown	Czech Republic Petr Korda Goran Ivanišević Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0
2.	1991	United States Orlando	Hard court	United States Luke Jensen	Venezuela Nicolás Pereira Pete Sampras United States	6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 3
3.	1992	France Nice	sand	United States Patrick Galbraith	South Africa Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser South Africa	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 4
4th	1993	Spain Barcelona	sand	United States Shelby Cannon	Spain Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Spain	7: 6, 6: 1
5.	1994	Germany Hamburg	sand	South Africa Piet Norval	Sweden Henrik Holm Anders Järryd Sweden	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	1994	Germany Stuttgart	sand	South Africa Piet Norval	Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands	7: 6, 7: 5
7th	1995	United States New Haven	Hard court	United States Rick Leach	India Leander Paes Nicolás Pereira Venezuela	7: 6, 6: 4
8th.	1996	Indonesia Jakarta	Hard court	United States Rick Leach	United States Kent Kinnear Dave Randall United States	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 1
9.	1997	Austria St. Polten	sand	United States Kelly Jones	United States Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen United States	6: 2, 7: 6

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personal data
SURNAME	Melville, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	4th August 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fort Ord , California , United States