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Chanelle Scheepers 
Country 
South AfricaResidence Pretoria, South Africa Born 13 March 1984
Harrismith, South AfricaHeight 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 2000 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money US$697,853 Singles Career record 346–260 Career titles 1 WTA, 12 ITF Highest ranking No. 37 (10 October 2011) Current ranking No. 37 (17 October 2011) Grand Slam results Australian Open 3R (2011) French Open 4R (2010) Wimbledon 1R (2010, 2011) US Open 3R (2011) Doubles Career record 213–149 Career titles 0 WTA, 20 ITF Highest ranking No. 91 (30 August 2010) Grand Slam Doubles results French Open 1R (2011) Wimbledon 3R (2010) US Open 1R (2010) Last updated on: 22 August 2011. 
Chanelle Scheepers at the ColemanVision Tennis Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2008.
Chanelle Scheepers (pronounced /ʃənˈel ˈskepərz/) (born 13 March 1984, in Harrismith) is a South African professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is No. 37, which she reached on 10 October 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 91, set at 30 August 2010.
She is sponsored by Babolat racquets and K-Swiss for clothing. She is coached by Roger Anderson.
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Career
Scheepers turned pro in 2000 and played two ITF events.
In 2001 She reach 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 4 titles 2 in Benin City, Nigeria and 2 in Pretoria, South Africa. She also reached 4 other finals in Torre del Greco and Taranto both in Italy, in Pétange, Luxembourg and Lagos, Nigeria.
In 2005 Scheepers once again started playing in the Qualifying draw of Tour Level events but she didn't produce results as she only reached 1 semifinals and 1 quarterfinals in ITf events.
2006, was not a better year for Scheepers despite returning to the ITF Circuit as she only reached 2 Semifinals and 1 Quarterfinals.
In 2007 Scheepers won her first ITF titles in 3 years as she won 2 titles in Lagos, Nigeria and Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.
2008, Scheepers form went down as she only reached 1 Semifinals and 2 Quarterfinals.
2009, was a breakthrough year for the African player as she made her Grand Slam main draw debut getting through the Qualifying draw in the 2009 Australian Open and 2009 French Open. She also made 4 Main draw wins and won a title in Irapuato, Mexico
In 2010 Scheepers continued to play in the Tour level events and her diffidence paid off as she reached her first Main Draw Quarterfinals in the 2010 Malaysian Open losing to Japanese Ayumi Morita 6–3, 7–5. She then won in the ITF event of Fort Walton Beach, United States. In the 2010 French Open after coming through the Qualifying Draw, she won her first Grand Slam Main Draw match over Frenchwoman Mathilde Johansson 6–2, 6–4. She then continued her surprising form by upsetting both Gisela Dulko 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 and Akgul Amanmuradova 6–3, 6–3. She then lost to World No.5 Elena Dementieva 6–1, 6–3. As a result of this performance she was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of Wimbledon.
In 2011 she made the 3rd round of the Australian Open and later in the year she won her first WTA single titles at Guangzhou, China as the 7th seed defeating the 8th seed Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-2 6-2 in the final.
WTA Career Finals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
Winner Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–0) Titles by Surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0) Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Winner 1. 24 September 2011 
Guangzhou, ChinaHard 
Magdaléna Rybáriková6–2, 6–2 ITF Circuit wins
Singles winner (12)
- 2010 – $25k Fort Walton Beach, United States
- 2009 – $25k Irapuato, Mexico
- 2007 – $25k Lagos-2, Nigeria
- 2007 – $25k Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
- 2004 – $10k Pretoria-2, South Africa
- 2004 – $10k Pretoria-1, South Africa
- 2004 – $10k Benin City-2, Nigeria
- 2004 – $10k Benin City-1, Nigeria
- 2002 – $25k Mackay-1, Australia
- 2001 – $10k Evansville, United States
- 2001 – $10k Durban-2, South Africa
- 2001 – $10k Durban-1, South Africa
Doubles winner (20)
- 2010 – $25k Fort Walton Beach, United States (w/ Johanna Larsson)
- 2009 – $50k Saint-Gaudens, France (w/ Rika Fujiwara)
- 2007 – $25k Lagos-2, Nigeria (w/ Kelly Anderson)
- 2007 – $25k Lagos, Nigeria (w/ Kelly Anderson)
- 2007 – $25k San Luis Potosí, Mexico (w/ Debbrich Feys)
- 2007 – $25k Saltillo, Mexico (w/ Soledad Esperón)
- 2007 – $25k Coatzacoalcos, Mexico (w/ Robin Stephenson)
- 2007 – $10k Toluca, Mexico (w/ Courtney Nagle)
- 2006 – $25k Gorizia, Italy (w/ Soledad Esperón)
- 2006 – $25k Grado, Italy (w/ Tiffany Dabek)
- 2006 – $25k Tampa, United States (w/ Aleke Tsoubanos)
- 2004 – $10k Pretoria-2, South Africa (w/ Melissa Berry)
- 2004 – $10k Lagos-2, Nigeria (w/ Surina De Beer)
- 2004 – $10k Torre del Grico, Italy (w/ Jolanda Mens)
- 2004 – $10k Benin City-2, Nigeria (w/ Alanna Broderick)
- 2003 – $10k Rabat, MAR (w/ Daniela Klemenschits)
- 2001 – $10k Algiers-2, Algeria (w/ Carine Vermeulen)
- 2001 – $10k Algiers-1, Algeria (w/ Carine Vermeulen)
- 2001 – $10k Durban-2, South Africa (w/ Lara Van Rooyen)
- 2001 – $10k Durban-1, South Africa (w/ Lara Van Rooyen)
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Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- South African female tennis players
- People from Pretoria
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