Grover Eugene "Raz" Reid (born August 27, 1951) is a former professional

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player from the United States. He was born Grover Reid Junior, but is known as Raz Reid, a nickname he has had since he was a young.

Biography

Early years

Reid was a three-time South Carolina state high school champion, while at Greenville High School, in the city of his birth. He went to the

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and twice earned

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n selection while playing varsity tennis, in 1971 and 1972.

Professional career

In 1972, his final year at Miami, he made he decision to delay his graduation and turned professional. Reid made the semifinals at the 1973 International Indoor Tennis Championships, a USLTA Indoor Circuit tournament in

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. In the quarterfinals he defeated

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. He also competed on the

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circuit. At a WCT tournament in Hempstead in

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, Reid beat former French Open finalist

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. He won two doubles titles in his career, both in the 1974 season, the first was a USLTA Indoor tournament in Jackson with

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and the second a Grand Prix event in

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with

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. His best

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singles performances were third round appearances at the 1974 US Open and

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. He was eliminated at the Australian Open by

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, but won a set and was the only player to do so until Connors was beaten in the final by John Newcombe. He made the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the

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with wife

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and also finished runner-up in the

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after a first-round elimination in the singles draw.

Personal life

Reid married Australian tennis player and

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teammate

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in Greenville on April 27, 1975. He retired from professional tennis in 1977 to become Kerry's coach. After they both retired, Reid was the head tennis professional at Long Cove on

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for eight years. They have two daughters. A keen fisherman, Reid holds world records in

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fishing and now works in the industry.

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

References

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