Melanie South, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Melanie South

British tennis player

Date of Birth: 03-May-1986

Place of Birth: Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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 won six singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
On 2 February 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No.
99.
On 9 March 2009, she peaked at No.
120 in the doubles rankings. Her greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament came in the first round of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships when she came back from one set down to beat the world No.
14 Francesca Schiavone in a match witnessed by Martina Navratilova.
At the time, South was ranked at 305 in the world and had reached the main-draw courtesy of a wildcard.
Not since the third round of the 1998 tournament, when Samantha Smith beat the world No.
7 Conchita Martínez, had a British woman beaten an opponent of a similar ranking at Wimbledon.
She lost in the second round to Shenay Perry, the world No.
62.
Outside of Wimbledon, South reached the first round of the 2009 Australian Open without needing to qualify or receiving a wildcard.
This was the first time in her career that her ranking was high enough to grant her access to a Grand Slam main draw without a wildcard.
She lost to world No.
17 Marion Bartoli in round one.