Wayne Vivian Reid OBE was a tennis player and sports administrator who was president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, the Melbourne Football Club, the Asian Tennis Circuit, the Confederation of Australian Sport, the International Assembly of National Confederations of Sports and was a founding director of the Australian Institute of Sport.
16 Facts About Wayne Reid
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Wayne Reid played in the Australian Open five times, in 1958,1959,1961,1965 and 1967; his best performance was reaching the third round in 1961, when he was seeded seventh.
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Wayne Reid travelled overseas only twice in his playing career, both times to play at Wimbledon.
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Wayne Reid reached the second round in both 1958 and 1962, losing to the eventual runner-up, Martin Mulligan, in the latter.
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Wayne Reid retired from championship tennis shortly after his 22nd birthday in order to focus on his business interests.
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Wayne Reid did play in two more Australian Opens after his retirement.
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Wayne Reid became president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia in 1969, at the age of just 31.
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Wayne Reid successfully negotiated the transition from amateur to professional tennis and has been praised for his forward and progressive thinking, an example of which was the introduction of sponsorship to Australian tennis.
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Wayne Reid appointed Carl Ditterich as captain-coach to replace Jones.
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Wayne Reid held the position of president for two years, until he resigned at the end of the 1980 season and Billy Snedden took over the presidency.
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Wayne Reid was approached by five clubs to contest the 1988 election for president of the Victorian Football League, but he decided against running after learning that Allen Aylett, who became president, was intending to run.
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Wayne Reid was the inaugural president of the Confederation of Australian Sport, a position he held for eight years.
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Wayne Reid was a founding director of the Australian Institute of Sport and was a member of the Australian Federal Government Sports Advisory Council.
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Wayne Reid was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service to tennis administration in 1977 and inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Wayne Reid was made a life member of Tennis Australia.
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The Wayne Reid Cup is named after Reid and is awarded for a five-day Australian under-16s event, held annually in Perth in the lead up to the Hopman Cup event.