Wayne Reid

Wayne Vivian Reid OBE (12 January 1938 – 30 June 2021 ) was a 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 won the Victorian schoolboys singles and doubles tennis championships. 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 seventh. He travelled overseas only twice in his playing career, at the age of just 31. Because of his youth, Reid was able to bridge the generational gap between the officials and the players, which was considered especially important at the time, as 1969 was the first year of Open tennis. One of the first actions of Reid's new Board was to sack coach Dennis Jones, who had been in the position for only a year. He appointed Carl Ditterich as captain-coach to replace Jones. Reid held the position of president for two years, Reid was also a founding director of the Australian Institute of Sport and was a member of the Australian Federal Government Sports Advisory Council.