Wayne Reid

Wayne Vivien Reid OBE (born 12 January 1938) is a former tennis player, and sports administrator who was president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA), the Melbourne Football Club, the Asian Tennis Circuit, the Confederation of Australian Sport, the International Assembly of National Confederations of Sports and was a founding director of the Australian Institute of Sport.

Early life

Reid was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 12 January 1938. Reid was educated at Wesley College in Melbourne. While at Wesley, Reid was the Victorian Schoolboys Champion in singles and doubles tennis.

Tennis

Player

Reid was right-handed player, who played his whole career as an amateur. Reid's most notable display as a player came when he defeated tennis legend, Rod Laver, at the South Australian Open in 1960. Reid played in the Australian Open five times, in 1958, 1959, 1961, 1965 and 1967; his best performance was reaching the third round in 1961, when he was seeded ninth. He travelled overseas only twice in his playing career, both times to play at Wimbledon. His reached the second round in both 1958 and 1962, losing to the eventual runner-up, Martin Mulligan, in the latter. While he was in Europe in 1958 to play at Wimbledon he also played in Spain, at the Torneo Godó, where he was knocked out in the third round by the eventual champion, Sven Davidson. Reid was forced to retire from championship tennis shortly after his 22nd birthday. Reid did, however, play in two more Australian Opens after his retirement.