Scott Melville

Not to be confused with Scott Menville.

Scott Melville (born August 4, 1966) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Scott Melville

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1966-08-04) August 4, 1966 (age 58) Fort Ord, California
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$851,666
Singles
Career record	5–4
Highest ranking	No. 182 (April 15, 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	153–159
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 17 (February 19, 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1993, 1995, 1996)
French Open	3R (1995)
Wimbledon	F (1995)
US Open	QF (1995)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1994, 1995)
French Open	SF (1994)
Wimbledon	1R (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997)
US Open	QF (1995)

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	Jeff Brown	Petr Korda Goran Ivanišević	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win	2.	1991	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Luke Jensen	Nicolás Pereira Pete Sampras	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	1.	1991	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Jeff Brown	Petr Korda Wally Masur	5–7, 3–6
Win	3.	1992	Nice, France	Clay	Patrick Galbraith	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	1993	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Shelby Cannon	Boris Becker Patrik Kühnen	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	1993	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Luke Jensen	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	4–6, 5–7
Win	4.	1993	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Shelby Cannon	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 6–1
Loss	4.	1993	Nice, France	Clay	Shelby Cannon	David Macpherson Laurie Warder	4–3, RET.
Loss	5.	1993	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Luke Jensen	Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa	6–7, 2–6
Win	5.	1994	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Piet Norval	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–4
Win	6.	1994	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Piet Norval	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–5
Loss	6.	1995	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rick Leach	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 6–7, 6–7
Win	7.	1995	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Leander Paes Nicolás Pereira	7–6, 6–4
Loss	7.	1995	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Win	8.	1996	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Rick Leach	Kent Kinnear Dave Randall	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Win	9.	1997	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Kelly Jones	Luke Jensen 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

• Scott Melville at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Scott Melville at the International Tennis Federation