Kerry Melville
Melville at the 1969 Dutch Open
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| Full name | Kerry Melville Reid |
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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| Born |
7 August 1947 Mosman, New South Wales |
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Retired | 1979 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| 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 | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1968, 1977) |
| 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 Reid, MBE, (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). 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.
Reid began her Grand Slam tennis career in 1963 when she reached the third round of the Australian Championships. In 1966, she reached the semifinals of both the Australian and US Championships (defeating Billie Jean King, in the second round of the latter tournament). In 1967, Reid again reached the semifinals of the Australian Championships and reached the semifinals of the French Championships for the first and only time.
Reid was the women's singles runner-up at the 1970 Australian Open, losing to Margaret Court in the final in straight sets. Reid also was the women's singles runner-up at the US Open in 1972, losing to King after defeating Chris Evert in one semifinal 6–4, 6–2.
In 1972, Reid reached the final of the inaugural WTA Tour Championships, where she lost to Evert 7–5, 6–4.
In January 1977, Reid won her only Grand Slam singles title when she defeated fellow Australian Dianne Fromholtz 7–5, 6–2 in the final of the Australian Open. Reid and Fromholtz were the only top 10 players who played the tournament. The previous week, Reid also defeated Fromholtz in the final of the New South Wales Open, where Reid and Fromholtz again were the only top 10 players who entered. On both the Virginia Slims and the Colgate Grand Prix tours in 1977, Reid qualified for the season-ending tournaments (each limited to the top eight players on the respective tour). And in World Team Tennis, Reid was undefeated in singles against both Martina Navratilova and Virginia Wade, defeating each three times.
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