Melanie South

Melanie South

Country	Great Britain
Residence	New Malden, London
Born	3 May 1986 (1986-05-03) (age 25) Kingston, London
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$414,488
Singles
Career record	267–213
Career titles	0 WTA (6 ITF)
Highest ranking	99 (2 February 2009)
Current ranking	310 (21 November 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2009)
French Open	1R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	Q3 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	176–118
Career titles	0 WTA (18 ITF)
Highest ranking	120 (9 March 2009)
Current ranking	182 (21 November 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	—
French Open	—
Wimbledon	2R (2008, 2009)
US Open	—
Mixed Doubles
Career record	N/A
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	—
French Open	—
Wimbledon	QF (2007)
US Open	—
Last updated on: 21 November 2011.

Melanie Jayne South (born 3 May 1986 in Kingston upon Thames, London) is an English tennis player. She is currently the British number 7 and ranked 310 in the world (as of 21 November 2011). So far in her career she has won a total of 6 ITF singles titles, 18 ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 99 (achieved 2 February 2009).

Her greatest success in a Grand Slam so far 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, 3–6 6–3 6–4, in a match witnessed by tennis legend, Martina Navratilova. At the time, South was ranked at 305 in the world and had reached the main draw courtesy of a wild card. 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.^[1] She lost in the second round to Shenay Perry, the world No. 62, 6–7⁽⁵⁾ 2–6.^[2] Outside of Wimbledon, South reached the first round of the 2009 Australian Open without needing to qualify and without a wild card. 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 wild card. She lost to world No. 17, Marion Bartoli in round one.^[3]

Personal life

Melanie South's mother is called Sheila and her father, John, used to play professional football for Fulham (1964–66) and Brentford (1966–67).^[4] John is now a tennis coach 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 6 years old.^[5]

South enjoys shopping, spending time with her friends, seeing films at the cinema, swimming and listening to music. Before a match she likes to listen to either Christina Aguilera or her brother, Stephen's, band, the Kicking Pills.^[5]

She attended Nonsuch High School in Cheam, South London where she gained 7 GCSEs (one A* grade, four As and two Bs) and two A grades in A-level Psychology and PE as well as a grade C in A-level General Studies.^[6] She is currently furthering her education by taking an Open University course in Understanding Health which she hopes will lead onto another course in Psychology.^[4]

Playing style

South's style of gameplay centres around her powerful serve and her aggressive ground strokes. She regularly serves aces and gets many more free points from other serves which cannot be returned, making her a difficult player to break when she's playing at her best. However because her serve is so high-risk, at times she serves a large number of double faults and when a couple of these come in the same game it puts her at a sizable disadvantage.^[7] In her first round match at Wimbledon 2008 against Alona Bondarenko she served a total of 10 aces, 7 double faults and won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She also hit 45 winners and 48 unforced errors during this match, a statistic which demonstrates her aggressive, high-risk attitude to tennis.^[8] Renowned tennis coach, Nick Bollettieri, saw Mel play during her first round match against his charge, Michelle Larcher de Brito, in the 2008 French Open and commented: "She can serve well and has good ground strokes. She moves well for a big girl but you can see that lateral movement is a problem for her. Whenever she's pushed out wide she can struggle."^[9]

Career review

Junior (1999–2004)

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.^[10]

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.^[10]

2001–2003

Her first professional match (and only match that year) came in October 2001; a match which she lost in straight sets to Natalia Egorova from Russia.^[11]

In 2002, in only her second match at adult level, she received a wild card into the qualifying draw at Wimbledon and lost to Adriana Barna, 6–4 6–4. South spent the rest of 2002 playing in ITF tournaments in Great Britain, not getting past the second round in any of them. She finished 2002 with her world ranking at No. 931.^[11]

During 2003, she played a total of 10 matches (again all ITF) and won four of them. She again failed to progress further than the second round of any of these tournaments and at the end of the 2003 season she had a world ranking of No. 851.^[11]

2004

2004 began well for Mel; in her first 4 tournaments of the year, she managed to reach the quarterfinals, second round, quarterfinal and semifinal respectively before going on to win her fifth tournament of the year. In her sixth tournament she lost in the first round before reaching the final of the next, losing to Elke Clijsters (sister of former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters) in three sets, 3–6 6–1 6–2. Later that month she reached the semifinals of the $10,000 event in Antalya, Turkey. In June she played her first match on the WTA tour, when she received a wild card into the tier III DFS Classic in Birmingham. She lost in the first round of the qualifying tournament to Maria Kirilenko, 7–5 6–1. She immediately received another wild card into the qualifying draw of Wimbledon but lost in straight sets to Bethanie Mattek in the first round. After Wimbledon she played three more ITF tournaments and reached the quarterfinals of two of them. At the end of 2004 her world ranking was No. 453.^[11]

2005

In January of 2005 she played the $10,000 ITF event in Tipton where she reached the quarterfinals, losing to Katie O'Brien, 6–1 7–5. In April she won the second ITF tournament of her career beating top-seed Anne Keothavong, 6–4 4–6 6–4, in the final. Between winning this and losing in the first round of qualifying for Wimbledon for the third year running she reached the final of one more ITF tournament and the semifinal stage of another. After Wimbledon she played nine more ITF events, reaching the semifinal stage in two of them. Her ranking was world No. 449 at the end of 2005.^[11]

2006

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 wild cards. She lost in the first round of the DFS Classic in Birmingham (tier III) to fellow wild card Sarah Borwell in three sets, 7–6⁽³⁾ 3–6 6–3 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.^[1] After Wimbledon, Mel won another ITF tournament, reached three semifinals and two more quarterfinals. She participated in the qualifying tournament for the U.S. Open in September but did not progress further than the first round. Her year-end ranking was world No. 176.^[11]

2007

2007 started slowly for South, with a loss in the first round of qualifying for the tier IV tournament in Auckland, New Zealand to Sara Errani (a future top-40 player) and a loss in the first round of the qualifying tournament for the Australian Open to Timea Bacsinszky (a future top-50 player). Mel reached the quarterfinals of another ITF tournament in May before losing to Casey Dellacqua. In June she lost in the first round of qualifying for the French Open, reached the quarterfinals of another ITF (Surbiton, Great Britain), lost in the second round of the qualifying tournament for the DFS Classic and reached the second round of the tier II tournament in Eastbourne, beating Alicia Molik in the first round before losing to Marion Bartoli in the second. Immediately after this came another appearance in the main draw of Wimbledon where she played Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama but lost, 6–3 6–2. The rest of South's 2007 season saw her reach three more ITF semifinals and four ITF quarterfinals. She failed to qualify for the U.S. Open for the second year in a row. Her year-end world ranking fell to No. 214 at the end of 2007.^[11]

2008

Mel started her 2008 season by attempting to qualify for the tier IV tournament in Auckland. She reached the final round of qualifying before falling to compatriot, Elena Baltacha, 5–7 3–6. She then went on to lose to Thai veteran, Tamarine Tanasugarn, in the first round of qualifying for the Australian Open. Following this she reached the semifinals in the $75,000 ITF in Midland before being demolished by Ashley Harkleroad, 1–6 0–6. March was a good month for Mel; she reached the final round of qualifying for the Bangalore Open before becoming a quarterfinalist in the $25,000 ITF in Kalgoorlie, winning the title in another $25,000 ITF in Sorrento and then reaching the quarterfinals in the $50,000 ITF in Patras. Her next noteworthy results came in late April and early May when she reached the semifinals in two back-to-back $50,000 events in Japan. She was beaten in the first round of qualifying for the French Open by fellow Brit, Katie O'Brien. Her grass court season began with a bang when Mel clocked up her best result to date in a WTA tournament by reaching the quarterfinals of the DFS Classic, a tier III event. She defeated fellow British wild card, Anna Fitzpatrick, in round one^[12] before beating No. 4 seed, Sybille Bammer, in the second round.^[13] In the third round she came up against 17th seed, Aiko Nakamura, and won in three sets, 2–6 6–4 6–4.^[4] Unseeded, Yanina Wickmayer, beat Mel in the quarterfinals, 4–6 3–6. Following this she received another wild card into the International Women's Open where she lost in to first round to Alisa Kleybanova. She entered the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships courtesy of another wild card and gave No. 28 seed, Alona Bondarenko, a battle in round one. Mel was eventually defeated, 3–6 7–6⁽¹⁾ 4–6.

After Wimbledon, Mel attempted to qualify for the tier II tournament in Los Angeles but fell in the final round of qualifying. However No. 2 seed, Serena Williams, withdrew from the tournament before her first round match resulting in South getting into the main draw as a lucky loser. As Serena was the No. 2 seed, Mel received her bye into the second round where she capitalised on this good opportunity by beating Petra Kvitová to reach round three. Yuan Meng from China beat Mel in the third round, 2–6 3–6. She followed this up with a successful attempt to qualify for the Rogers Cup where No. 10 seed, Marion Bartoli, beat her in round one, 3–6 7–6(5) 0–6. In August she reached the final round of qualifying for the US Open where she was beaten by China's Zhang Shuai. In October and November, Mel reached four consecutive $25,000 ITF tournaments in Traralgon, Mount Gambier, Port Pirie and Pune. She lost to Jarmila Gajdošová, Natalie Grandin, beat Yurika Sema and then lost to Lu Jing-jing respectively. She finished the year with a run to the quarterfinals of the $75,000 ITF in Toyota, giving her a year-end ranking of world No. 116.^[11]

2009

In early January Mel attempted to qualify for the Brisbane International, an International event. A disappointing performance saw her lose to Ekaterina Bychkova, 6–3 6–4. She followed this up by entering the qualifying draw for the Medibank International Sydney, a Premier event held in Sydney, Australia. Mel defeated Akgul Amanmuradova, Kristina Barrois and Meng Yuan to successfully qualify for the tournament. South qualified for the main draw of the 2009 Australian Open when Maria Sharapova withdrew because of injury.^[14] Because Anne Keothavong had already qualified for the main draw, it was the first time since Jo Durie and Clare Wood in the 1993 US Open, that two British women had gained direct entry into a Grand Slam.^[15] South made it the second round at Brisbane after Marion Bartoli retired due to a left calf strain at 1–1 in the first set. She was defeated in the second round by No. 2 seed, Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets, 6–2 6–0.^[16] In the first round of the Australian Open, South fell to Bartoli in straight sets, 6–2 6–4. South broke into the Top 100 for the first time on 2 February 2009, achieving a career-high ranking of 99. This marked the first time in nearly 16 years that two British women had been inside the top 100, following Durie and Monique Javer in March 1993.

Mel spent the week following the Australian Open in Estonia playing in the Fed Cup alongside compatriots Anne Keothavong, Elena Baltacha and doubles specialist Sarah Borwell. Great Britain was drawn into the same group as Hungary, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Against Hungary, South and Borwell teamed up to face Katalin Marosi and Ágnes Szávay who they defeated, 6–4 6–3, thus contributing to Britain's 3–0 victory over Hungary.^[17] She was not required to participate when Britain defeated the Netherlands, 3–0, but played in both the doubles and singles in the third and final tie against Luxembourg. She beat Fabienne Thill, 6–0 6–2, and followed this victory up with another in doubles, beating Mandy Minella and Thill, 6–0 6–0, with partner Sarah Borwell. This gave Britain a 9–0 record within their group, making them the group A winner and giving them the opportunity to play another group winner for a chance to participate in the World Group II play-offs. Britain lost 2–1 to Poland in the playoffs. Following this, Mel gained direct entry into the International tournament, the Cellular South Cup on the merit of her own ranking but was beaten by No. 3 seed, Lucie Šafářová, 6–2 6–2, in round one.

She then briefly returned to the ITF tour in order to participate in the $50,000 event in Clearwater where she was the No. 3 seed but was beaten in round one by Japanese Aiko Nakamura, 0–6 2–6. Her next tournament was the first Premier mandatory tournament of the WTA calendar, the BNP Paribas Open, where she competed in qualifying but was defeated by Varvara Lepchenko, 3–6 6–7⁽²⁾, in round one. She then immediately went to her next Premier mandatory tournament of the calendar, the Sony Ericsson Open, where she also lost in the qualifying stages.

Her next breakthrough came at the $50,000 ITF event in Nottingham where she reached the quarter finals before falling to Stefanie Vögele in three sets. She followed this up with a victory on the WTA Tour at the 2009 AEGON Classic over fellow Brit Katie O'Brien before falling to 1st seed Zheng Jie. She then lost in qualifying at Eastbourne and in the first round of Wimbledon to Vera Dushevina and Mathilde Johansson respectively. She had little success on the ITF circuit until a Glasgow $25,000 event where she reached the final as the second seed. In the final she fell to Johanna Larsson of Sweden in three sets: 6–1, 1–6, 6–3.

She ended the year with a singles record of 20–21 and a year-end ranking of 160.

In doubles, South captured two titles in Helsinki and Glasgow partnering Emma Laine for both titles. She also achieved a first round win over Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko at Wimbledon, alongside fellow Brit Jocelyn Rae.

She ended the year with a doubles record of 12–5.

WTA tour and ITF circuit titles (24)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tour Championships (0) Premier (0) International (0) ITF Event (23)

Titles by surface Hard (17) Clay (2) Grass (2) Carpet (2)

Singles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	3 March 2004	Mumbai $10,000	Hard	Chen Yanchong	6–4 6–4
2.	10 April 2005	Bath $10,000	Hard	Anne Keothavong	6–4 4–6 6–4
3.	29 January 2006	Hull $10,000	Hard	Irena Pavlovic	6–4 6–1
4.	30 July 2006	Chengdu $25,000	Hard	Lu Jing-Jing	7–5 7–6(5)
5.	23 March 2008	Sorrento $25,000	Hard	Christina Wheeler	7–5 6–7(6) 6–4
6.	26 October 2008	Port Pirie $25,000	Hard	Yurika Sema	6–3 6–4

Doubles (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1 February 2004	Tipton $10,000	Hard	Rebecca Llewellyn	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	2–6 6–1 6–4
2.	3 April 2005	Bath $10,000	Hard	Surina De Beer	Ekaterina Kozhokina Trudi Musgrave	6–2 7–5
3.	1 May 2005	Bournemouth $10,000	Clay	Claire Peterzan	Anna Hawkins Holly Richards	5–7 6–4 6–3
4.	8 May 2005	Edinburgh $10,000	Clay	Rebecca Llewellyn	Leonie Mekel Bibiane Schoofs	6–0 3–6 6–3
5.	1 October 2006	Nottingham $25,000	Hard	Karen Paterson	Katie O'Brien Margit Rüütel	6–2 2–6 7–6(1)
6.	8 October 2006	Nantes $25,000	Hard	Rebecca Llewellyn	Sabine Lisicki Irena Pavlovic	6–2 6–0
7.	8 June 2007	Surbiton £25,000	Grass	Karen Paterson	Elena Baltacha Naomi Cavaday	6–1 6–4
8.	14 July 2007	Felixstowe $25,000	Grass	Karen Paterson	Jade Curtis Rebecca Llewellyn	6–3 6–3
9.	28 July 2007	La Coruña $25,000	Hard	Marina Erakovic	Andrea Hlaváčková Justine Ozga	6–1 4–6 [10–4]
10.	21 March 2008	Sorrento $25,000	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Chang Kai-Chen Hwang I-hsuan	6–2 6–4
11.	11 May 2008	Fukuoka $50,000	Carpet	Nicole Thyssen	Maya Kato Julia Moriarty	4–6 6–3 [14–12]
12.	29 November 2008	Toyota $75,000	Carpet	Emma Laine	Kimiko Date Krumm Han Xinyun	6–1 7–5
13.	3 October 2009	Helsinki $25,000	Hard	Emma Laine	Anna Smith Johanna Larsson	6–3 6–3
14.	25 October 2009	Glasgow $25,000	Hard	Emma Laine	Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr	6–3 6–2
15.	14 August 2010	Tallinn $25,000	Hard	Emma Laine	Lu Jing-jing Sun Sheng-Nan	6–3 6–4
16.	28 November 2010	Traralgon $25,000	Hard	Tímea Babos	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6–3 6–2
17.	3 December 2010	Bendigo $25,000	Hard	Tímea Babos	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6–3 6–2
18.	4 February 2011	Sutton $25,000	Hard	Emma Laine	Marta Domachowska Darija Jurak	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]

WTA tour and ITF circuit runner-up (16)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tour Championships (0) Premier (0) International (0) ITF Event (16)

Runner-up by surface Hard (13) Clay (2) Grass (0) Carpet (1)

Singles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1 May 2004	$10,000 Bournemouth	Clay	Elke Clijsters	6–3 1–6 2–6
2.	8 May 2005	Edinburgh $10,000	Clay	Ekaterina Kozhokina	4–6 3–6
3.	12 October 2008	Traralgon $25,000	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	3–6 6–3 1–6
4.	19 October 2008	Mount Gambier $25,000	Hard	Natalie Grandin	6–7(2) 4–6
5.	15 November 2008	Pune $25,000	Hard	Lu Jing-Jing	3–6 2–6
6.	25 October 2009	Glasgow $25,000	Hard	Johanna Larsson	1–6 6–1 3–6

Doubles (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	23 January 2005	Tipton $10,000	Hard	Katie O'Brien	Surina De Beer Rebecca Llewellyn	4–6 2–6
2.	30 January 2005	Hull $10,000	Hard	Katie O'Brien	Irena Bulykina Vasilisa Davydova	6–4 3–6 [5–10]
3.	5 February 2006	Jersey $25,000	Hard	Katie O'Brien	Andrea Hlaváčková Matea Mezak	3–6 1–6
4.	16 February 2007	Stockholm $25,000	Hard	Sorana Cîrstea	Danica Krstajić Olga Panova	2–6 6–0 2–6
5.	17 March 2007	Gran Canaria $25,000	Hard	Claire Curran	Sorana Cîrstea Mădălina Gojnea	6–4 6–7(5) 4–6
6.	30 March 2007	La Palma $25,000	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková	3–6 2–6
7.	7 October 2007	Nantes $25,000	Hard	Caroline Maes	Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson	6–4 5–7 [7–10]
8.	4 May 2008	Gifu $50,000	Carpet	Nicole Thyssen	Kimiko Date Krumm Kurumi Nara	1–6 7–6(8) [7–10]
9.	9 August 2008	Monterrey $100,000	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Jelena Pandžić Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–4 4–6 [8–10]
10.	22 March 2010	Jersey $25,000	Hard	Jarmila Groth	Maret Ani & Anna Smith	7–5 6–4

Grand Slam performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	Q1	Q1	1R	Q1	-	0–1
French Open	-	-	-	-	-	Q1	Q1	1R	-	-	0–1
Wimbledon	Q1	-	Q1	Q1	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q2	1–5
U.S. Open	-	-	-	-	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q2	-	-	0–0
Year End Ranking	931	851	453	449	176	212	116	160	292		N/A

• "-" stands for any tournament the player did not participate in.
• "Q" followed by a number 1-3 denotes which round of the qualifying tournament was reached.
• The career record is only for the players main draw participation.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Harris, Nick (29 June 2006). "South sees off Schiavone on day of British success". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/south-sees-off-schiavone-on-day-of-british-success-405896.html. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
2. ^ Preston, Eleanor (30 June 2006). "South flickers then fades as home hope fizzles out". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/jun/30/wimbledon2006.wimbledon7. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
3. ^ Gilmour, Rod (19 January 2009). "British girls Melanie South and Katie O'Brien bow out in Australian Open". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/4287407/British-girls-Melanie-South-and-Katie-OBrien-bow-out-in-Australian-Open.html. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
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5. ^ ^{a b} LTA Profile
6. ^ Official website
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9. ^ Newman, Paul (26 May 2009). "South stunned by grunting prodigy". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/south-stunned-by-grunting-prodigy-1690658.html. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
10. ^ ^{a b} ITF Juniors Profile
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Activity:SOUTH, Melanie (GBR)". www.itftennis.com/womens. http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/activity.asp?player=35013677. 
12. ^ "Battling Brit trio flying the flag at DFS Classic". Birmingham Mail. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/06/10/battling-brit-trio-flying-the-flag-at-dfs-classic-97319-21050266/. 
13. ^ "Melanie South makes last 16 at DFS Classic". www.birminghammail.net. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/06/11/melanie-south-makes-last-16-at-dfs-classic-97319-21056272/. 
14. ^ Hodgkinson, Mark (11 January 2009). "Melanie South seizes chance as holder Maria Sharapova pulls out of Australian Open". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/australianopen/4218399/Melanie-South-seizes-chance-as-holder-Maria-Sharapova-pulls-out-of-Australian-Open.html. Retrieved 11 January 2009. 
15. ^ "Britain's South into Aussie Open". BBC Sport. 12 January 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7823861.stm. Retrieved 12 January 2009. 
16. ^ "Keothavong slips to defeat in three-set marathon". guardian.co.uk. 13 January 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jan/13/anne-keothavong-tennis. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
17. ^ "GB close in on Fed Cup play-offs". BBC Sport. 5 February 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7870855.stm. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 

External links

• Melanie South at the Women's Tennis Association
• Melanie South at the International Tennis Federation
• Melanie South at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Melanie South at the Fed Cup
• LTA Profile
• Melanie South official website

Persondata
Name	South, Melanie
Alternative names
Short description	English tennis player
Date of birth	3 May 1986
Place of birth	Kingston upon Thames, London, England
Date of death
Place of death