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Scott Melville
American tennis player
American tennis player
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Scott Melville |
| country_represented | United States |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Fort Ord, California, U.S. |
| height | 6 ft 2 in |
| plays | Right-handed |
| careerprizemoney | $851,666 |
| singlesrecord | 5–4 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 182 (April 15, 1991) |
| USOpenresult | 1R (1988) |
| doublesrecord | 153–159 |
| doublestitles | 9 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 17 (February 19, 1996) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | QF (1993, 1995, 1996) |
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult | 3R (1995) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | F (1995) |
| USOpenDoublesresult | QF (1995) |
| AustralianOpenMixedresult | 2R (1994, 1995) |
| FrenchOpenMixedresult | SF (1994) |
| WimbledonMixedresult | 1R (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997) |
| USOpenMixedresult | QF (1995) |
Scott Melville (born August 4, 1966) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Melville enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles because of injuries. During his career, he won nine doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional seven times. Partnering Rick Leach in doubles, Melville finished runner-up at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 17 in 1996. He is now a coach and has coached many college level tennis players.
Melville resided in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida when on the tour.
College career
Melville played for the USC Trojans in college. In 1987, Melville and Rick Leach won the NCAA tennis doubles with an 18–1 record. Melville then became the no.1 singles player in college tennis by beating David Wheaton. In 1988, he partnered with Eric Amend to win the Pac-10 Doubles title and the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championship.
Professional career
In 1989, Melville and Jeff Brown entered the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) circuit. In 1990, they qualified for the New Haven Volvo International Tournament ranked 400th in the world. In that tournament, they pulled off upset wins against bigger stars and made it all the way to the finals. There, they won over Goran Ivanišević and Petr Korda, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0. As a result, they climbed into the top 100 of the world rankings, won the $1 million grand prize, and qualified for that year's U.S. Open. There, they defeated the duo of Pete Sampras and Jim Courier to advance to the Round of 16.
In 1992, Melville and Patrick Galbraith won the ATP tournament held in Nice, France.
Career finals
Doubles (9 titles, 7 runner-ups)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 1990 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | USA Jeff Brown | CZE Petr Korda | |
| YUG Goran Ivanišević | 2–6, 7–5, 6–0 | ||||||
| Win | 2. | 1991 | Orlando, U.S. | Hard | USA Luke Jensen | VEN Nicolás Pereira | |
| USA Pete Sampras | 6–7, 7–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| Loss | 1. | 1991 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | USA Jeff Brown | CZE Petr Korda | |
| AUS Wally Masur | 5–7, 3–6 | ||||||
| Win | 3. | 1992 | Nice, France | Clay | USA Patrick Galbraith | RSA Pieter Aldrich | |
| RSA Danie Visser | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 2. | 1993 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | USA Shelby Cannon | GER Boris Becker | |
| GER Patrik Kühnen | 2–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 3. | 1993 | Indian Wells, U.S. | Hard | USA Luke Jensen | FRA Guy Forget | |
| FRA Henri Leconte | 4–6, 5–7 | ||||||
| Win | 4. | 1993 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | USA Shelby Cannon | ESP Sergio Casal | |
| ESP Emilio Sánchez | 7–6, 6–1 | ||||||
| Loss | 4. | 1993 | Nice, France | Clay | USA Shelby Cannon | AUS David Macpherson | |
| AUS Laurie Warder | 4–3, RET. | ||||||
| Loss | 5. | 1993 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | USA Luke Jensen | ESP Tomás Carbonell | |
| ESP Carlos Costa | 6–7, 2–6 | ||||||
| Win | 5. | 1994 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | RSA Piet Norval | SWE Henrik Holm | |
| SWE Anders Järryd | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 6. | 1994 | Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany | Clay | RSA Piet Norval | NED Jacco Eltingh | |
| NED Paul Haarhuis | 7–6, 7–5 | ||||||
| Loss | 6. | 1995 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | USA Rick Leach | AUS Todd Woodbridge | |
| AUS Mark Woodforde | 5–7, 6–7, 6–7 | ||||||
| Win | 7. | 1995 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | USA Rick Leach | IND Leander Paes | |
| VEN Nicolás Pereira | 7–6, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 7. | 1995 | Long Island, U.S. | Hard | USA Rick Leach | CZE Cyril Suk | |
| CZE Daniel Vacek | 7–5, 6–7, 6–7 | ||||||
| Win | 8. | 1996 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | USA Rick Leach | USA Kent Kinnear | |
| USA Dave Randall | 6–1, 2–6, 6–1 | ||||||
| Win | 9. | 1997 | St. Poelten, Austria | Clay | USA Kelly Jones | USA Luke Jensen | |
| USA Murphy Jensen | 6–2, 7–6 |
Doubles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Career SR | Career win–loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | QF | 2R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 10–6 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | F | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 |
| U.S. Open | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | QF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 5–5 |
| Grand Slam SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 21 | N/A |
| Annual win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 13–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | N/A | 24–21 |
| Masters Series | ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | NME | A | 1R | A | F | QF | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | |
| Miami | NME | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | |
| Monte Carlo | NME | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
| Rome | NME | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | QF | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | |
| Hamburg | NME | A | A | QF | 1R | W | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1 / 4 | 8–3 | |
| Canada | NME | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
| Cincinnati | NME | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | |
| Stuttgart (Stockholm) | NME | 2R | A | A | QF | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | |
| Paris | NME | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | |
| Masters Series SR | N/A | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 9 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 38 | N/A | |
| Annual win–loss | N/A | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 8–7 | 9–8 | 5–9 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | N/A | 28–37 | |
| Year-end ranking | 618 | 773 | 58 | 66 | 146 | 19 | 38 | 21 | 105 | 150 | 1384 | 1357 | N/A |
References
References
- Dillman, Lisa. (1987-11-02). "USC's Melville Adds Singles to His Titles : Doubles Champion Defeats Stanford's Wheaton in Final Round".
- "Eric Amend - Men's Tennis Coach".
- Dugas, Trip. (2013-10-09). "Beating Goliath: LSU men's tennis coach Jeff Brown puts together an ace of a professional career".
- Talbot, Justin. (2016-02-16). "Jeff Brown embodies the past and future of LSU tennis".
- (2005-06-25). "Galbraith back on olde turf of Wimbledon".
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