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WSIS - Reid first Brit to win prestigious Tarbes title
The Helensburgh 16 year old also retained the Boys' Doubles title, helping Britain win four titles at the world's most prestigious junior wheelchair tournament, which runs alongside the renowned Petits As event for able-bodied players aged 12-14.
After finishing unbeaten at the top of his pool, where he dropped just three games, Reid beat the Dutch top seed Tom Egberink 6-3 6-3 in the final.
"I'm delighted to become the first British player to win the title," said Reid, who became Britain's youngest Men's Singles National Champion, aged 15, at last May's National Wheelchair Tennis Championships.
"Tarbes is a great place to win, the atmosphere is great and there were two British finalists in the Les Petits As tournament. So we all got behind each other. I don't feel I played my best tennis, but I played well and against Tom in the final I did the basics right and that was enough to win."
Reid, whose senior world ranking now stands at 64, is in Switzerland this week competing with the seniors at the Sion Indoor event. He will be looking for a strong run over the coming weeks to give himself a chance of qualification for the Beijing Paralympic Games in September.
Gordon would have to be around 48 for the cut off for Beijing, said Karen Ross, Tennis Scotland's High Performance Coach and Reid's personal coach since last autumn, taking over from Helensburgh's Steve Losh.
He has three more tournaments next month then he goes to America for two more. In May we should know if he's qualified.
Supporting him towards his goals, in particular helping him maintain the balance between tennis and education (he sits his Highers this summer) is the West of Scotland Institute of Sport. Scotland's Area Institute of Sport network supports Scottish governing body-identified athletes by providing high performance expertise in the form of essential support services in sports medicine, sports science, strength and conditioning, and career and lifestyle guidance.
Added Karen Ross, In terms of wheelchair events Tarbes is pretty huge and every player that was there deserved to be there.
The top eight boys in the world are invited so it was a big occasion. Gordon is a very good thinker on the court and was very calm - he handled it very well.