14 Facts About Kerry Reid

Kerry Melville Reid is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Kerry Reid was included in the year-end world top-ten rankings for 12 consecutive years.

Kerry Reid won at least one tournament annually from 1966 through 1979, except for 1975.

Kerry Reid's career-high ranking was world No 5 in 1971, behind Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, and Rosie Casals.

The previous week, Kerry Reid defeated Fromholtz in the final of the New South Wales Open, where Kerry Reid and Fromholtz again were the only top-ten players who entered.

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Kerry Reid capped her last year on the professional tour in 1979 by beating Navratilova for the first time in tournament play.

Melville Kerry Reid won the Australian Open women's doubles title twice, outright in 1968 and shared in December 1977.

Kerry Reid helped Australia reach four consecutive Federation Cup finals from 1976 through 1979 on a variety of court surfaces.

Kerry Reid was a member of the "Houston 9", the breakaway group led by Gladys Heldman in 1971 that formed the nucleus of the women's professional tennis tour.

Kerry Reid anchored a World TeamTennis team for each season of its inaugural incarnation.

In 1977, Kerry Reid was undefeated in singles against both Martina Navratilova and Virginia Wade, defeating each three times.

Kerry Reid married Grover "Raz" Reid, a Boston Lobsters teammate, on 27 April 1975 in Greenville, South Carolina.

Kerry Reid was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1979.

Kerry Reid was among the "Original Nine" inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on July 17,2021.