| 30/12/2013 | The Last Three Months |
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WORLD SINGLES TITLES WON: 6 WORLD DOUBLES TITLES WON: 22
HIGHEST RANKING 2009 - 99
2008 - 110
2006 - 166
2005 - 408
2004 - 416
2003 - 857
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Next stop: INDONESIA: BALIKPAPAN, TARAKAN
May SEMI FINAL - 25K Balikpapan Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 25K Balikpapan Main Draw
April 1/4 FINAL - 25K Phuket 2 Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25K Phuket 2 Main Draw FINAL - 25K Phuket Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25K Phuket Main Draw SEMI FINAL - 25K Edgbaston Main Draw First Round - 25K Edgbaston Main Draw Qualified - 25K Edgbaston Qualifying Draw
March First Round - 15K Bath Main Draw QUALIFIED - 15K Bath Qualifying Draw 1/4 FINAL - 15K Bath Main Draw Doubles First Round - 15K Sutton Main Draw 1/4 FINAL - 15K Sutton Main Draw Doubles
February First Round - 25K Surprise Qualifying Draw SEMI FINAL - 25K Rancho Santa Fe Main Draw Doubles 2nd Round - 25K Rancho Santa Fe Qualifying Draw WINNER - 25K Rancho Mirage Main Draw Doubles Final - 25K Rancho Mirage Qualifying Draw
January 2013 FINAL - 10K Preston Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - 10K Preston Main Draw Singles WINNER - 10K Glasgow Main Draw Doubles First Round - 10K Glasgow Main Draw Second Round - Billesley British Tour
2012 September - December: Injury then training
August 2012 1/4 FINAL First Round SEMI FINAL - 10K Wrexham Main Draw
July 2012 1/4 Final - 25K Wrexham Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25K Wrexham Main Draw Singles Semi Final - 25K Foxhills Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 25K Foxhils Main Draw Singles WINNERS - AEGON TEAM TENNIS NATIONAL FINALS Third Round - Wimbledon Main Draw Mixed Doubles First Round - Wimbledon Main Draw Doubles
June 2012 Second Round - 220K Birmingham Main Draw Singles First Round - 220K Birmingham Main Draw Doubles
SEMI FINAL - 75K Nottingham Main Draw Doubles First Round - 75K Nottingham Main Draw Singles
MAY 2012 1/4 FINAL First Round FINAL - 50K Kurume Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 50K Kurume Main Draw SEMI FINAL - 50K Fukuoka Main Draw First Round - 50K Fukuoka Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - 50K Gifu Main Draw Doubles First Round - 50K Gifu Qualifying Draw
APRIL 2012 Training
MARCH 2012 FINAL - 25k Bath Main Draw Doubles Final Round - 25K Bath qualifying draw
FEBRUARY 2012 1/4 FINAL - 25k Mildura Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25k Mildura Main Draw Singles WINNER - Sydney Main Draw Doubles Second Round - Sydney Qualifying Singles Draw WINNER - Burnie International Main Draw Doubles Second Round - Burnie International Main Draw Singles
JANUARY 2012 Training in Melbourne
DECEMBER 2011 Training in Melbourne Training in Auckland
NOVEMBER 2011 1/4 FINAL - Bendigo Main Draw Doubles Second Round - Bendigo Main Draw Singles 1/4 FINAL - Tralgon Main Draw Doubles Second Round - Tralgon Main Draw Singles 1/4 FINAL - Mount Gambier Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - Mount Gambier Main Draw Singles
OCTOBER SEMI FINAL - Port Pirie Main Draw Doubles First Round - Port Pirie Main Draw Singles WINNER - Adelaide AMT Doubles FINALIST - Adelaide AMT Singles SEMI FINAL - Kalgoorlie Main Draw Singles 1/4 FINAL - Kalgoorlie Main Draw Doubles SEMI FINAL - Esperance Main Draw Doubles First Round - Esperance Main Draw Singles
SEPTEMBER 1/4 FINAL - Darwin Main Draw Doubles First Round - Darwin Main Draw Singles First Round - Cairns Main Draw Singles 1/4 FINAL - Alice Springs Main Draw Singles First Round - Alice Springs Main Draw Doubles
AUGUST First Round - Turkey Main Draw Doubles First Round - Turkey Main Draw Singles Training block
JULY FINAL - 25K Wrexham Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - 25K Wrexham Main Draw FINAL - 25K Woking-Foxhills Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - 25K Woking-Foxhills Main Draw
JUNE Second Round - WIMBLEDON MAIN DRAW MIXED DOUBLES First Round - WIMBLEDON MAIN DRAW DOUBLES Second Round - Wimbledon qualifying singles draw First Round - Birmingham Main Draw Singles
MAY 1/4 FINAL - Nottingham qualifying singles draw SEMI FINAL - 50K Indian Harbour Main Draw Doubles First Round - 50K Indian Harbour Main Draw Singles
APRIL First Round - 50K Dothan Main Draw Doubles First Round - 50K Dothan Main Draw Singles
MARCH 1/4 FINAL - 25K Bath Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - 25K Bath Main Draw Singles FINAL Round - 25K Bath Qualifying Singles First Round - 25K Clearwater Main Draw Doubles FINAL - 25K Hammond Main Draw Doubles Final Rnd - 25K Hammond Qualifying Singles
FEBRUARY 1/4 FINAL - 25K Stockholm Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25K Stockholm Main Draw Singles WINNER - 25K Sutton Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25K Sutton Main Draw Singles
JANUARY First Round - 25K Grenoble Main Draw Doubles Second round - 25K Grenoble qualifying draw SEMI FINAL - 25K Andrezieux-Boutheon Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25K Andrezieux-Boutheon Main Draw Singles
DECEMBER WINNER - 25K Bendigo Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 25K Bendigo Main Draw Singles
NOVEMBER WINNER - 25K Tralgon Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 25K Tralgon Main Draw Singles 1/4 FINAL - 25K Wellington Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 25K Wellington Main Draw Singles 1/4 FINAL - 25K Esperance Main Draw Singles First Round - 25K Esperance Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - 25K Kalgoorlie Main Draw Singles
OCTOBER WINNER - WA Open Main Draw Doubles SEMI FINAL - WA Open Main Draw Singles TRAINING IN PERTH First Round - 25K Mount Gambier FINAL - 25K Port Pirie Main Draw Doubles SEMI FINAL - 25K Port Pirie Main Draw Singles
SEPTEMBER TRAINING IN SYDNEY SEMI FINAL - 25K Alice Springs Main Draw Singles SEMI FINAL - 25K Alice Springs Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - 25K Darwin Main Draw Singles SEMI FINAL - 25K Cairns Main Draw Singles Second Round - 25K Cairns Main Draw Doubles TRAINING IN SYDNEY
August WINNER - 25K Talin Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25K Talin Main Draw Singles
July 2010 First Round - Wimbledon Grand Slam Main Draw Singles First Round - Wimbledon Grand Slam Main Draw Doubles
June 2010 First Round - 600K Aegon International Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 600K Aegon International Qualifying First Round - 220K Aegon Championships Main Draw Doubles First Round - 220K Aegon Championships Main Draw SEMI FINAL - 50K Nottingham Main Draw Doubles First Round 50K Nottingham Main Draw
May 2010 1/4 FINAL - 50K Kurume Main Draw First Round - 50K Kurume Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - 50K Fukuoka Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 50K Fukuoka Main Draw FINAL - 50K Gifu Main Draw Doubles First Round - 50K Gifu Main Draw
April 2010 1/4 FINAL - 25K Changwon Main Draw Doubles 1/4 FINAL - 25K Changwon Main Draw First Round - 25K Gimhae Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25K Gimhae Main Draw First Round - 25K Incheon Main Draw
March 2010 FINAL - 25K Jersey Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 25K Jersey Main Draw SEMI FINAL - 25K Hammond Main Draw Doubles First Round - 25K Hannond Main Draw
February 2010 Second Round - 25K Rancho Main Draw
January 2010 First Round - Australian Open qualifying draw
December TRAINING BLOCK CONTINUES
November First Round - 50K Minsk Main Draw Singles 1/4 FINAL - 50K Minsk Main Draw Doubles Second Round - 50K Germany
October WINNER - 25K Glasgow Main Draw Doubles FINAL - 25K Glasgow Main Draw Singles WINNER - Helsinki Main Draw Doubles Second Round - Helsinki Main Draw Singles
September 1/4 FINAL - 75K Shrewsbury Main Draw Singles SEMI FINAL - 75K Shrewsbury Main Draw Doubles TRAINING BLOCK CONTINUES
August Second Round - US OPEN qualies TRAINING BLOCK CONTINUES
July Second Round - LA qualifying TRAINING in Del Ray US Hardcourts
June TRAINING BLOCK CONTINUES First Round- Wimbledon Championships Singles Second Round - Wimbledon Championships Doubles First Round - Wimbledon Championships Mixed Doubles Final Round - AEGON International qualifying draw Second Round - AEGON Classic, Birmingham Main Draw 1/4 FINAL - Nottingham Main Draw First Round - Nottingham Main Draw Doubles
May First Round - French Open Main Draw AEGON Team Tennis v Wilton AEGON Team Tennis v Hampden Park
April START OF YEAR LONG FITNESS PROGRAMME WITH JEZ GREEN
March Second Round - 4,500K Sony Ericsson Qualifying Draw First Round - 4,500K Indian Wells Qualifying Draw
February First Round - 50K Clearwater Main Draw First Round - 220K Memphis Main Draw Federation Cup in Estonia
January First Round - Australian Open Main Draw Second Round - 600K Sydney International Main Draw WINNER - 600K Sydney International Qualifying Draw First Round - 220K Brisbane International Qualifying Draw
December Training in Australia
November Nominated for Player of the Year Award WINNER - 75K Tokyo Doubles Main Draw 1/4 FINAL - 75K Tokyo Main Draw Second Round - 50K Kolkata Main Draw FINAL - 25K Pune Main Draw Training in Sydney
October WINNER - 25K Port Pirie Main Draw FINAL - 25K Mount Gambier Main Draw FINAL - 25K Traralgon Main Draw
September First Round - Tier 1V Korean Open Main Draw Final Round - Tier 1V Korean Open Qualifying Round First Round - Tier 1 Toray Tokyo Open Qualifying Draw
August Final Round - US Open Qualifying Draw Second Round - 50K Bronx Main Draw FINAL - Monterrey Main Draw Doubles First Round - Monterrey Main Draw
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| 16/05/2013 | INTO DOUBLES SEMI FINAL |
Long rain delays today and Mel had two matches
Singles
(1)Arina Rodionova (RUS) d. Melanie South (GBR) 64 60
then back on court and
Doubles 1/4 Final
(2)Murray/South (GBR/GBR) d. Li/Liang (CHN/CHN) 64 62
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| 15/05/2013 | GOOD NEWS FROM THE JUNGLE |
Doubles result Samantha MURRAY (GBR) / Melanie SOUTH (GBR) [2] defeated Sung-Hee HAN (KOR) / Mai MINOKOSHI (JPN) 7-6(5) 7-5
Mel says on Twitter
Won doubles with @smurray910 today under flood lights with low flying bats/birds and a bazillion bugs #hinderance
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| 14/05/2013 | MEL WINS IN MATCH OVER 3.5 HOURS! |
Melanie SOUTH (GBR)defeated Alison BAI (AUS) 3-6 7-5 7-6(5)
Melanie on Twitter
Got the win in singles today. Just a casual 3.5 hour match winning 6 in the 3rd. Cold bath, massage, eat and bed
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| 8/05/2013 | MEL ON TWITTER TODAY |
'on the way to Indonesia now for 2 25k events before heading home for the grass'
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| 3/05/2013 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY |
Mel celebrates her birthday this year in Thailand! Happy Birthday Mel. x
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| 30/04/2013 | PHUKETT 2 |
Back on court for the second week in Phukett and a tough three set loss in singles but back on court for doubles later.
Good News Mel and Tara won their doubles match 7-5 6-3.
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| 26/04/2013 | PHUKET FINALISTS |
Mel and Tara lost out to the top seeds today 6-3 5-7 (9-11) so close.
Next week they are back on the same courts as there are two tournaments in Phuket.
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| 25/04/2013 | MEL AND TARA STORM INTO DOUBLES FINAL IN PHUKET |
Mel on Twitter
Allez through to the doubles final :-) #ninjasinthailand
They defeated the 2nd seeds 6-3 5-7 (10-5) for a place in the Final tomorrow v No 1 seeds.
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| 24/04/2013 | THROUGH TO DOUBLES SEMI FINAL IN PHUKET |
Mel and Tara won their doubles 1/4 Final today 6-2 7-5 and now play the second seeds for a place in the Final.
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