Scott Melville
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Scott Melville (born August 4, 1966, in Fort Ord, California), 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 9 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 7 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.
Doubles titles (9)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 1. | 1990 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | Jeff Brown | Petr Korda Goran Ivanišević |
2–6, 7–5, 6–0 |
Winner | 2. | 1991 | Orlando, U.S. | Hard | Luke Jensen | Nicolás Pereira Pete Sampras |
6–7, 7–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 1991 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | Jeff Brown | Petr Korda Wally Masur |
5–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 3. | 1992 | Nice, France | Clay | Patrick Galbraith | Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser |
6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1993 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | Shelby Cannon | Boris Becker Patrik Kühnen |
2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1993 | Indian Wells, U.S. | Hard | Luke Jensen | Guy Forget Henri Leconte |
4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | 1993 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Shelby Cannon | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez |
7–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1993 | Nice, France | Clay | Shelby Cannon | David Macpherson Laurie Warder |
4–3, RET. |
Runner-up | 5. | 1993 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Luke Jensen | Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa |
6–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 5. | 1994 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Piet Norval | Henrik Holm Anders Järryd |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 6. | 1994 | Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany | Clay | Piet Norval | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
7–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 6. | 1995 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Rick Leach | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
5–7, 6–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 7. | 1995 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | Rick Leach | Leander Paes Nicolás Pereira |
7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1995 | Long Island, U.S. | Hard | Rick Leach | Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek |
7–5, 6–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 8. | 1996 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | Rick Leach | Kent Kinnear Dave Randall |
6–1, 2–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 9. | 1997 | St. Poelten, Austria | Clay | Kelly Jones | Luke Jensen 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 |
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Grand Slams | ||||||||||||||
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 |
External links
- Scott Melville at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.