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Melanie Jayne South (born 3 May 1986 in Kingston upon Thames) is a former English tennis player who announced her retirement from competitive tennis on 2 December 2013 in order to focus on a coaching career. South won six singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 2 February 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 99. On 9 March 2009, she peaked at world number 120 in the doubles rankings. Her greatest success in a Grand Slam came in the first round of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships when she came back from one set down to beat the world number 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 wild card. Not since the third round of the 1998 tournament, when Samantha Smith beat the world number 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 number 62. Outside of Wimbledon, South reached the first round of the 2009 Australian Open without needing to qualify or receiving 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 number 17, Marion Bartoli, in round one. == 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).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DFS Classic – Melanie South points way to glory )〕 John is now a tennis coach at New Malden tennis club 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Players & parents )〕 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''.〔 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. 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melanie South」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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