Key facts
- Full name
- Kerry Melville Reid
- Country sports
- Australia
- Born
- ( 1947-08-07 ) 7 August 1947 (age 78) , Mosman, New South Wales
- Height
- 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Career record
- 236–104
- Highest ranking
- No. 7 (4 July 1976)
- Australian open
- W ( 1977 )
- French open
- SF ( 1967 )
- Wimbledon
- SF ( 1974 )
- Us open
- F ( 1972 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anne
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Mosman
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Participant in
- 1967 Federation Cup
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Australia Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Mass
- 56
- Image
- Kerry Melville 1970.jpg
- Height
- 166
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- date of birth
- 1947-08-07
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- Commons category
- Kerry Melville
- birth name
- Kerry Anne Melville
- singles record
- 236–104
- doubles record
- 172–64
- prize money
- 2225
- ranking
- 7
- end of work period
- 1979-00-00
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Kerry Melville Reid MBE (née Melville; born 7 August 1947) is an Australian former professional tennis player. During her 17-year career, Reid won a major 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.
Career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kerry Reid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.