Todd Reid (3 June 1984 – 23 October 2018) was an Australian professional tennis player. He excelled as a junior and peaked in the Men's Tour in September 2004, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 105.
Tennis career
Juniors As a junior tennis player, Reid reached several finals on the Australian Junior calendar and in 2002, he won the Wimbledon Boys' Singles title, defeating the likes of Steve Darcis and Frank Dancevic on his way to victory. His victory led him to being named 2002 Australian Institute of Sport Junior Athlete of the Year.
Reid compiled a win–loss record of 87–43 in singles (97–40 in doubles) and reached as high as No. 2 in the junior singles world rankings in 2002 (and No. 4 in doubles).
Pro tour
Reid began playing Futures tournaments in 2001 and won his first Futures tournament in 2002 in New Zealand. He began playing Challenger tournaments after his maiden Futures victory, with his ranking reaching new heights he made the cut for the qualifying tournament in Nottingham and played his first ATP match against Greg Rusedski after qualifying. Reid's 2004 Australian summer was the biggest highlight of his professional career where he reached the final of a challenger in New Caledonia (losing to Guillermo Cañas in the final), made the quarterfinal in Adelaide and Sydney and made the third round of the Australian Open, where he lost to second seed and eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets, winning just four games. He had beaten Sargis Sargsian in five sets in his preceding second round match on the Melbourne Arena, during which he struggled with a foot injury, cramping and vomiting.
In May 2005, Reid, due to injuries, quit the tennis tour as a full-time participant. He did play two Futures events in Victoria, Australia in early 2006, but did not advance beyond the second round. He played no events in 2007. The following year Reid played one Futures event in April in Spain and reached the final. He then played one event in Australia in September, losing in the first round, and another in December, losing through retirement in the semi-finals. In the spring of 2009, Reid played three events, retiring from matches due to injury in each event.
Reid's career-high doubles ranking was World No. 305, which he achieved in February 2003. He won $301,844 during his career.
Death Reid was found dead on 23 October 2018 at the age of 34. A cause of death has not been announced.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 10 (6–4) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (6–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (4–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0New Zealand F1, BlenheimFuturesHard Mark Nielsen7–5, 7–6(9–7)Win2–0USA F11, HallendaleFuturesClay Márcio Carlsson7–5, 4–6, 6–4Loss2–1Australia F6, BarmeraFuturesGrass Mark Hlawaty6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)Win3–1Great Britain F6, EdinburghFuturesClay Joseph Sirianni6–3, 6–1Win4–1Australia F3, MelbourneFuturesClay Bernard Parun6–1, 6–3Win5–1Australia F4, MelbourneFuturesClay Peter Luczak6–4, 7–5Loss5–2Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Guillermo Cañas4–6, 3–6Loss5–3Australia F1, WollongongFuturesHard Ti Chen3–6, 0–6Win6–3USA F6, McAllenFuturesHard Michael Russell6–3, 6–0Loss6–4Spain F16, ReusFuturesClay Javier Genaro-Martinez1–6, 5–7
Doubles: 2 (0–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Great Britain F5, BournemouthFuturesClay Raphael Durek Tomáš Berdych Michal Navrátil3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Australia F3, MelbourneFuturesClay Adam Kennedy Raphael Durek Alun Jones6–7(7–9), 4–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament200120022003200420052006SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ11R1R3R1RQ20 / 42–4French OpenAAA1RQ1A0 / 10–1WimbledonAAQ21RAA0 / 10–1US OpenAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–10–12–30–10–00 / 62–6ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAQ2AA0 / 00–0MiamiAAA3RQ1A0 / 12–1Canada MastersAAA2RAA0 / 11–1CincinnatiAAA1RAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–03–30–00–00 / 33–3
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss2002Australian OpenHard Clément Morel4–6, 4–6Win2002WimbledonGrass Lamine Ouahab7–6(7–5), 6–4
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2002Australian OpenHard Ryan Henry Florin Mergea Horia TecăuwalkoverLoss2002French OpenClay Ryan Henry Markus Bayer Philipp Petzschner5–7, 4–6
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