Melanie South

Quick Facts

Full Name	Melanie South
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	May 3, 1986(1986-05-03)
Age	38
Birthplace	Kingston upon Thames
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Melanie South Biography

Melanie South is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on May 3, 1986 in Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom. A former top-100 player who won six singles titles as well as 24 doubles titles on ITF’s tour. He also reached the quarterfinals at the Wimbledon doubles tournament.

In her junior career, she faced off against She faced off against Anna Chakvetadze in her junior career but lost. but lost.

Melanie Jayne South (born 3 May 1986) is a former English tennis player who announced her retirement from professional tennis on 2 December 2013 in order to focus on a coaching career.

South debuted on the ITF junior circuit in June 1999. She saw very little in the way of singles success until July 2002 when she reached her first tournament quarterfinal at The Scottish Junior Championships. Six months later she won the 17th Salik Open (her only singles title at junior level) and then reached the semifinals of her next tournament before losing to Anna Chakvetadze. Following this, she reached the quarterfinals of her next two tournaments. She competed in the Wimbledon girls’ tournament only twice and lost in the first round each time. In singles, her career-high ranking was world No. 266 and her win–loss record was 15–8.

John, her father, played professional soccer for Fulham.

Melanie South Net Worth

Melanie South is one of the richest Tennis Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Melanie South 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When she was six years old, she began playing tennis.

Her powerful serve was her greatest strength.

Melanie’s mother is called Sheila and her father, John, used to play professional football for Fulham (1964–66) and Brentford (1966–67). John is now a tennis coach at New Malden tennis club and Sheila was a short tennis coach. She has two brothers, Andrew and Stephen, who both used to play tennis recreationally. She began playing tennis herself at the age of six.

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As a junior doubles player she won one title, the Scottish Junior International Championships as well as losing in the final of two others (the Västerås International Junior Championships and the LTA Junior International Tournament Wrexham). In 2004, she reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon girls’ doubles partnering Katie O’Brien. Her career win-loss record in doubles was 7–7 and her highest ranking was world No. 335.

Facts & Trivia

Melanie Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Melanie South celebrates birthday on May 3 of every year.

In the first half of 2006 she won the third ITF tournament of her career in Hull and reached the semifinals of another ITF, this one in Tenerife, as a qualifier before losing to Andrea Hlaváčková. In the run-up to Wimbledon 2006, South played two WTA tournaments courtesy of wildcards. She lost in the first round of the DFS Classic in Birmingham (Tier III) to fellow wild card Sarah Borwell in three sets, and also lost in the first round of qualifying for the Tier-II tournament in Eastbourne. In June, South played for the first time in the Wimbledon main draw as a wild card and reached the second round by beating No. 11 seed Francesca Schiavone in the first round. She lost to Shenay Perry in the second round. South’s win over world No. 14 Schiavone was a career- first top-20 victory, and the best win in terms of ranking for a British player since Sam Smith beat No. 7 Conchita Martínez at Wimbledon in 1998. After Wimbledon, South won another ITF tournament, reached three semifinals and two more quarterfinals. She participated in the qualifying tournament for the US Open in September but did not progress further than the first round. Her year-end ranking was world No. 176.