Chanel Simmonds (born 10 August 1992) is a former
tennis
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player from South Africa.
Simmonds won 23 singles titles and 29 doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmental ...
. On 27 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 158. On 26 August 2013, she peaked at No. 176 in the
WTA doubles rankings.
Junior career
In August 2007, Simmonds won her first
ITF Junior Circuit
The ITF Junior Circuit is the premier level for worldwide competition among under-18 junior tennis players. Founded in 1977 with only nine tournaments, the 2011 ITF Junior Circuit offered over 350 tournaments in 118 countries. Mirroring the ATP an ...
singles title at a G-4 event in Gaborone, Botswana.
As a junior, she reached a career-high combined rank of 14, and compiled a singles win–loss record of 95–30.
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
Notes
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1 2009: WTA ranking–730, 2010: WTA ranking–358, 2011: WTA ranking–209.
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* 2015: WTA ranking–314, 2016: WTA ranking–395, 2017: WTA ranking–316, 2018: WTA ranking–368.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 37 (23 titles, 14 runner–ups)
Doubles: 44 (29 titles, 15 runner–ups)
References
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1992 births
Living people
People from Kempton Park, Gauteng
South African female tennis players
African Games silver medalists for South Africa
African Games medalists in tennis
African Games bronze medalists for South Africa
Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games
Competitors at the 2019 African Games
Sportspeople from Gauteng
White South African people