Chanelle Scheepers
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| Country (sports) |
 South Africa |
|---|---|
| Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
| Born |
13 March 1984 Harrismith, South Africa |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Retired | April 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,949,415 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 436–346 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 12 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 37 (10 October 2011) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2011) |
| French Open | 4R (2010) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2014) |
| US Open | 3R (2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 240–186 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 20 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 42 (10 April 2014) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2013, 2015) |
| French Open | 1R (2011) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2013) |
| US Open | 2R (2012) |
Chanelle Scheepers (/ʃəˈnɛl ˈskɛpərz/ born 13 March 1984) is a retired South African professional tennis player.
Scheepers has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA tour, as well as twelve singles and twenty doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 10 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 37. On 10 April 2014, she peaked at world number 42 in the doubles rankings.
Scheepers turned pro in 2000 and played two ITF events.
In 2001 She reached 4 finals in the ITF level and won all with 3 of them coming from Durban, South Africa a local tournament and one in the United States.
In 2002, she reached 3 ITF finals winning one in Mackay, Australia and losing in the other two in Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
In 2003, she played her first Tour level event in the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts and won her first main draw tour level match after getting through the Qualifying draw over Samantha Stosur but lost to Tathiana Garbin in the next round. She then had a 19 match losing streak in the Qualifying draws of Tour Level and ITF events and Main Draw of ITF events.
2004 was a better year for Scheepers, she returned playing in the ITF events where she won four titles; two in Benin City, Nigeria and two in Pretoria, South Africa. She also reached four other finals in Torre del Greco and Taranto both in Italy, in Pétange, Luxembourg and Lagos, Nigeria.
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