Chanel Simmonds (born 10 August 1992) is a former

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player from South Africa. Simmonds won 23 singles titles and 29 doubles titles on the

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. 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

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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 * ¹ 2009: WTA ranking–730, 2010: WTA ranking–358, 2011: WTA ranking–209. * ^* 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)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simmonds, Chanel 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