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Not to be confused with Scott Menville.
Scott Melville
Country (sports) United States
Born (1966-08-04) August 4, 1966 (age 57)
Fort Ord, California
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$851,666
Singles
Career record5–4
Highest rankingNo. 182 (April 15, 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record153–159
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 17 (February 19, 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1993, 1995, 1996)
French Open3R (1995)
WimbledonF (1995)
US OpenQF (1995)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (1994, 1995)
French OpenSF (1994)
Wimbledon1R (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997)
US OpenQF (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[ clarification needed]. 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. [1] In 1988, he partnered with Eric Amend to win the Pac-10 Doubles title and the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championship. [2]

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. [3] There, they defeated the duo of Pete Sampras and Jim Courier to advance to the Round of 16. [4]

In 1992, Melville and Patrick Galbraith won the ATP tournament held in Nice, France. [5]

Career finals

Doubles (9 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1990 New Haven, U.S. Hard United States Jeff Brown Czech Republic Petr Korda
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević 		2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win 2. 1991 Orlando, U.S. Hard United States Luke Jensen Venezuela Nicolás Pereira
United States Pete Sampras 		6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Loss 1. 1991 New Haven, U.S. Hard United States Jeff Brown Czech Republic Petr Korda
Australia Wally Masur 		5–7, 3–6
Win 3. 1992 Nice, France Clay United States Patrick Galbraith South Africa Pieter Aldrich
South Africa Danie Visser 		6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 2. 1993 Doha, Qatar Hard United States Shelby Cannon Germany Boris Becker
Germany Patrik Kühnen 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 1993 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard United States Luke Jensen France Guy Forget
France Henri Leconte 		4–6, 5–7
Win 4. 1993 Barcelona, Spain Clay United States Shelby Cannon Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez 		7–6, 6–1
Loss 4. 1993 Nice, France Clay United States Shelby Cannon Australia David Macpherson
Australia Laurie Warder 		4–3, RET.
Loss 5. 1993 Madrid, Spain Clay United States Luke Jensen Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Carlos Costa 		6–7, 2–6
Win 5. 1994 Hamburg, Germany Clay South Africa Piet Norval Sweden Henrik Holm
Sweden Anders Järryd 		6–3, 6–4
Win 6. 1994 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay South Africa Piet Norval Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 		7–6, 7–5
Loss 6. 1995 Wimbledon, London Grass United States Rick Leach Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde 		5–7, 6–7, 6–7
Win 7. 1995 New Haven, U.S. Hard United States Rick Leach India Leander Paes
Venezuela Nicolás Pereira 		7–6, 6–4
Loss 7. 1995 Long Island, U.S. Hard United States Rick Leach Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek 		7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Win 8. 1996 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard United States Rick Leach United States Kent Kinnear
United States Dave Randall 		6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Win 9. 1997 St. Poelten, Austria Clay United States Kelly Jones United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen 		6–2, 7–6

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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

  1. ^ Dillman, Lisa (November 2, 1987). "USC's Melville Adds Singles to His Titles : Doubles Champion Defeats Stanford's Wheaton in Final Round". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Eric Amend - Men's Tennis Coach". USC Athletics. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  3. ^ Dugas, Trip (October 9, 2013). "Beating Goliath: LSU men's tennis coach Jeff Brown puts together an ace of a professional career". The Reveille, LSU's student newspaper. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Talbot, Justin (February 16, 2016). "Jeff Brown embodies the past and future of LSU tennis". The Reveille, LSU's student newspaper. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "Galbraith back on olde turf of Wimbledon". Bainbridge Island Review. June 25, 2005. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

External links

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