Chanelle Scheepers

Chanelle Scheepers

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Born	(1984-03-13) 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.

Career

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.

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 one semifinals and one quarterfinals in ITF events.

2006, was not a better year for Scheepers despite returning to the ITF Circuit as she only reached two semifinals and a quarterfinal.

In 2007 Scheepers won her first ITF titles in three years as she won two titles in Lagos, Nigeria and Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.

2008, Scheepers form went down as she only reached one semifinals and two quarterfinals.

2009, was a breakthrough year for the South 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 four 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. 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 in straight sets. She then continued her form by upsetting both Gisela Dulko and Akgul Amanmuradova. She lost to World No.5 Elena Dementieva in the fourth round in two sets. As a result of this performance she was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of Wimbledon, where she lost in the first round to ninth seed and eventual quarter-finalist Li Na.

In 2011 she made the 3rd round of the Australian Open. Following modest results for much of the rest of the year, Scheepers reached the 3rd round of the US Open, where she even held match points against Francesca Schiavone before losing the match in 3 sets. Following that, she won her first WTA single titles at Guangzhou, China as the 7th seed defeating the 8th seed Magdaléna Rybáriková of Slovakia 6–2, 6–2 in the final. Chanelle achieved her career-high singles rank of World No. 37 following the tournament.g On 13 July 2012, Scheepers lost to Serena Williams in the Stanford Classic.

In July 2012, she reached the second round of Mercury Insurance Open 2012, Carlsbad losing to Varvara Lepchenko.^[1]

At The 2013 Wimbledon Championships, she teamed with Shuko Aoyama to advance to the semi-finals in women's doubles.^[2]

In 2015 after The Family Cup in Charleston she retired from the WTA tour and is now coaching American tennis player, Alison Riske.^[3]

Personal life

Scheepers married Roger Anderson, her former coach, on 10 November 2012, in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.^[4]

She is sponsored by Babolat racquets and K-Swiss for clothing.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 September 2011	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	20 July 2014	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mona Barthel	3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 October 2009	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Abigail Spears	Lisa Raymond Chuang Chia-jung	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	3 August 2012	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen	5–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	25 May 2013	Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Clay (red)	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Cara Black Marina Erakovic	6–4, 3–4, [14–12]
Runner-up	3.	22 February 2014	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Johanna Larsson	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	12 April 2014	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Vania King	Lara Arruabarrena Caroline Garcia	6–7(5–7), 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Doubles performance timeline

ITF finals

Singles: 18 (12–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	27 May 2001	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Lara Van Looyen	7–5, 6–2
Winner	2.	3 June 2001	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Lara Van Looyen	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	3.	21 July 2001	Evansville, United States	Hard	Kristen Schlukebir	6–1, 6–3
Runner-Up	1.	10 June 2002	Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Clay	Myriam Casanova	1–6, 3–6
Runner-Up	2.	17 June 2002	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Eva Birnerová	5–7, 4–6
Winner	4.	14 October 2002	Mackay, Australia	Hard	Amanda Grahame	7–6(8–6) 7–5
Winner	5.	22 February 2004	Benin City, Nigeria	Hard	Meghha Vakaria	6–1, 6–3
Winner	6.	29 February 2004	Benin City, Nigeria	Hard	Susanne Aigner	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-Up	3.	5 April 2004	Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay	Emma Laine	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-Up	4.	17 June 2004	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Stanislava Hrozenská	7–6(14–12), 1–6, 4–6
Runner-Up	5.	10 October 2004	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–7, 5–7
Winner	7.	22 November 2004	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Lizaan Du Plessis	6–1, 6–3
Winner	8.	28 November 2004	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Karoline Borgersen	6–1, 6–3
Runner-Up	6.	4 June 2007	Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Angela Haynes	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	11 June 2007	Allentown, United States	Hard	Angela Haynes	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	10.	17 December 2007	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Zuzana Kučová	6–2, 6–0
Runner-Up	6.	26 January 2009	Laguna nigel, United States	Hard	Alexa Glatch	1–6, 0–6
Winner	11.	16 March 2009	Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Natalia Rizhonkova	6–1, 7–5
Winner	12.	15 March 2010	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Sophie Ferguson	7–5, 7–5

Doubles: 36 (20–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 June 2000	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Carien Venter	Natalie Grandin Nicole Rencken	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Winner	2.	3 June 2001	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Lara Van Rooyen	Maretha Van Niekerk Karin Vermeulen	7–6(7–2), 6–0
Winner	3.	10 June 2001	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Lara Van Rooyen	Marcela Evangelista Leticia Sobral	6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	24 June 2001	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Karin Vermeulen	Evghenia Ablovatchi Lenka Tvarošková	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Winner	5.	1 July 2001	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Karin Vermeulen	Isabel Collischonn Marnie Mahler	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	000000002002-11-25-000025 Nov 2002	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	O'Donoghue, JaneJane O'Donoghue	Dominikovic, DaniellaDaniella Dominikovic Dominikovic, EvieEvie Dominikovic	w/o
Winner	7.	30 March 2003	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Daniela Klemenschits	Helena Ejeson Helena Norfeldt	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	28 February 2004	Benin City, Nigeria	Hard	Jennifer Schmidt	Zuzana Cerna Franziska Etzel	0–6, 7–5, 3–6
Winner	9.	7 March 2004	Benin City, Nigeria	Hard	Alanna Broderick	Zuzana Cerna Franziska Etzel	6–2, 6–2
Winner	10.	11 April 2004	Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay	Jolanda Mens	Michelle Gerards Marielle Hoogland	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	11.	9 October 2004	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Surina De Beer	Shelley Stephens Sania Mirza	1–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	16 October 2004	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Surina De Beer	Shelley Stephens Sania Mirza	6–0, 6–0
Winner	13.	3 December 2004	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Melissa Berry	Karoline Borgersen Leonie Mekel	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	14.	15 January 2006	Tampa, United States	Hard	Aleke Tsoubanos	Chan Chin-Wei Hsu Wen-hsin	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner–up	15.	22 Jan 2006	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Zuzana Kučová	Maureen Drake Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	16.	5 March 2006	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Kelly Liggan Lina Stančiūtė	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	17.	9 April 2006	Pelham, United States	Clay	Tiffany Dabek	Tetiana Luzhanska Romana Tedjakusuma	4–6, 1–6
Winner	18.	23 May 2006	Grado, Italy	Clay	Tiffany Dabek	Mailyne Andrieux Nika Ožegović	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	19.	12 June 2006	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Soledad Esperón	Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves Sílvia Soler Espinosa	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	20.	8 October 2006	Troy, United States	Hard	Neha Uberoi	Nicole Kriz Leanne Baker	7–6(7–1), 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	29 October 2006	Augusta, United States	Hard	Neha Uberoi	Nicole Kriz Leanne Baker	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up	22.	31 October 2006	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	María José Argeri Leticia Sobral	3–6, 5–7
Winner	23.	6 March 2007	Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Courtney Nagle	María Irigoyen Andrea Benítez	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	24.	13 March 2007	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Robin Stephenson	Maria Fernanda Alves Maria Vanina Garcia Sokol	3–6, 2–6
Winner	25.	20 March 2007	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Robin Stephenson	Līga Dekmeijere Story Tweedie-Yates	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	26.	29 April 2007	Sea Island, United States	Clay	Anda Perianu	Raquel Kops-Jones Lilia Osterloh	5–7, 3–6
Winner	27.	13 October 2007	Saltillo, Mexico	Hard	Soledad Esperón	Debbrich Feys Leonie Mekel	6–0, 6–4
Winner	28.	20 October 2007	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Debbrich Feys	Estefanía Craciún Betina Jozami	6–1, 6–4
Winner	29.	15 December 2007	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Kelly Anderson	Iryna Brémond Ágnes Szatmári	0–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	30.	22 December 2007	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Kelly Anderson	Iryna Brémond Ágnes Szatmári	1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Runner–up	31.	21 March 2008	Noida, India	Hard	Kelly Anderson	Teodora Mirčić Lenka Tvarošková	2–6, 7–6 (9–7) , [6–10]
Runner–up	32.	18 May 2008	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Hsieh Su-wei Marie-Ève Pelletier	4–6, 0–6
Runner–up	33.	21 March 2009	Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Soledad Esperón	Jorgelina Cravero Veronica Spiegel	1–6, 0–6
Winner	34.	17 May 2009	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Rika Fujiwara	Kimiko Date-Krumm Sun Tiantian	7–5, 6–4
Winner	35.	20 March 2010	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	2–6, 7–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	36.	1 November 2010	Grapevine, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	Ahsha Rolle Mashona Washington	7–5, 2–6, 2–6

References

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