Kerry Melville

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Kerry Melville’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of her tournament results, showing how far she progressed in each Grand Slam event across her career.

Basics

Born	7 August 1947
Gender	Female
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1966-1979
Strengths	Baseline consistency Experience Variety
Less strong	Net play Movement

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	41
Best results Open Era	1 x champion 2 x finalist 6 x semifinalist
Best results Amateur Era	4 x semifinalist 1 x R16
W/L-record	148-40 (79% won)
Compared with other women	In the Open Era #39 of 1946 With overlapping career #6 of 528 From Australia #4 of 209 Born in 1947 #1 of 15

During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.

Kerry Melville – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1979	US Open	Open Era	Q	32
1979	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	31
1978	US Open	Open Era	R16	31
1978	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	30
1977	Australian Open (Jan)	Open Era	W	30
1977	US Open	Open Era	R16	30
1977	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	29
1977	Australian Open (Dec)	Open Era	S	29
1976	US Open	Open Era	R64	29
1976	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	28
1976	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	28
1975	US Open	Open Era	Q	28
1975	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	27
1975	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	27
1974	US Open	Open Era	Q	27
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	S	26
1974	Australian Open	Open Era	S	26
1973	US Open	Open Era	Q	26
1973	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	25
1973	Australian Open	Open Era	S	25
1972	US Open	Open Era	F	25
1972	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	24
1972	French Open	Open Era	R16	24
1971	US Open	Open Era	S	24
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	23
1971	French Open	Open Era	R32	23
1970	US Open	Open Era	Q	23
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	22
1970	French Open	Open Era	R64	22
1970	Australian Open	Open Era	F	22
1969	US Open	Open Era	R64	22
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	21
1969	French Open	Open Era	Q	21
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	S	21
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	20
1968	French Open	Open Era	R16	20
1968	Australian Open	Amateur Era	R16	20
1967	French Open	Amateur Era	S	19
1967	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	19
1966	US Open	Amateur Era	S	19
1966	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	18