Scott Melville

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. 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.

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
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
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

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