Chanelle Scheepers (born 13 March 1984, in
HarrismithHarrismith, named after Sir Harry Smith, is a large town in the Free State province of South Africa, situated on the N3 highway approximately midway between Johannesburg, about 300 km north-east, and Durban. The town is at the junction with the N5 highway, which continues west towards the...
) is a South African professional
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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
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racquets and
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for clothing. She is coached by Roger Anderson.
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
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, Australia and losing in the other two in
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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
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but lost to
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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
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,
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and 2 in
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, South Africa. She also reached 4 other finals in
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and
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both in Italy, in
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,
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and
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,
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.
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 Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
,
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and
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, 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
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and
2009 French OpenThe 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
. 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
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6–3, 7–5. She then won in the ITF event of Fort Walton Beach, United States. In the
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after coming through the Qualifying Draw, she won her first Grand Slam Main Draw match over Frenchwoman
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6–2, 6–4. She then continued her surprising form by upsetting both
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3–6, 6–3, 7–5 and
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6–3, 6–3. She then lost to World No.5
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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
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, China as the 7th seed defeating the 8th seed
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of Slovakia 6-2 6-2 in the final.
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Singles winner (12)
- 2010 – $25k Fort Walton Beach, United States
- 2009 – $25k Irapuato, Mexico
- 2007 – $25k Lagos
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- 2007 – $25k Allentown, Pennsylvania
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, United States
- 2004 – $10k Pretoria
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-2, South Africa
- 2004 – $10k Pretoria
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-1, South Africa
- 2004 – $10k Benin City
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-2, NigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
- 2004 – $10k Benin City
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-1, NigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
- 2002 – $25k Mackay
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-1, Australia
- 2001 – $10k Evansville, United States
- 2001 – $10k Durban
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-2, South Africa
- 2001 – $10k Durban
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Doubles winner (20)
- 2010 – $25k Fort Walton Beach, United States (w/ Johanna Larsson)
- 2009 – $50k Saint-Gaudens
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, France (w/ Rika FujiwaraRika Fujiwara is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her best-ever ranking is, singles No. 84 , doubles No. 13...
)
- 2007 – $25k Lagos
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-2, NigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
(w/ Kelly Anderson)
- 2007 – $25k Lagos
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, NigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
(w/ Kelly Anderson)
- 2007 – $25k San Luis Potosí
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, Mexico (w/ Debbrich Feys)
- 2007 – $25k Saltillo
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, Mexico (w/ Soledad Esperón)
- 2007 – $25k Coatzacoalcos
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, Mexico (w/ Robin StephensonRobin Stephenson is an American professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 435, which she reached on February 11, 2008. Her career high doubles ranking is 157, set on December 8, 2008....
)
- 2007 – $10k Toluca
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, Mexico (w/ Courtney NagleCourtney Nagle is an American professional tennis player. Her career high doubles ranking is 97, set on April 20, 2009...
)
- 2006 – $25k Gorizia
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, Italy (w/ Soledad Esperón)
- 2006 – $25k Grado, Italy
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(w/ Tiffany Dabek)
- 2006 – $25k Tampa
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, United States (w/ Aleke Tsoubanos)
- 2004 – $10k Pretoria
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-2, South Africa (w/ Melissa Berry)
- 2004 – $10k Lagos
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(w/ Surina De Beer)
- 2004 – $10k Torre del Grico, Italy (w/ Jolanda Mens)
- 2004 – $10k Benin City
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(w/ Alanna Broderick)
- 2003 – $10k Rabat
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, MAR (w/ Daniela KlemenschitsDaniela Klemenschits was an Austrian doubles tennis player.She was born in Vienna. Klemenschits played doubles with her twin sister Sandra on the WTA Tour and the ITF women's circuit until 2006...
)
- 2001 – $10k Algiers
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(w/ Carine Vermeulen)
- 2001 – $10k Algiers
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(w/ Carine Vermeulen)
- 2001 – $10k Durban
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-2, South Africa (w/ Lara Van Rooyen)
- 2001 – $10k Durban
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-1, South Africa (w/ Lara Van Rooyen)
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