Chanelle Scheepers

Scheepers at the 2013 French Open
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 (age 39) 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	US$1,949,415
Singles
Career record	436–346
Career titles	1
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
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/ shə-NEL SKEP-ərz; born 13 March 1984) is a retired South African tennis player.

She won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 10 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37. On 10 April 2014, she peaked at No. 42 in the doubles rankings.

Career

Scheepers turned pro in 2000 and played two ITF events.

In 2001, she reached four finals on ITF level and won all, with three of them coming from Durban, South Africa a local tournament, and one in the United States.

In 2002, she reached three 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 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 one 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.

In 2008, her form went down as she only reached one semifinal 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 Australian Open and 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 persistence paid off as she reached her first main-draw quarterfinals in the Malaysian Open losing to Japanese Ayumi Morita. She then won in the ITF event of Fort Walton Beach, United States. In the 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 third round of the Australian Open. Following modest results for much of the rest of the year, Scheepers reached the third round of the US Open, where she even held match points against Francesca Schiavone before losing the match in three sets. Following that, she won her first WTA single titles at Guangzhou, China as the seventh seed defeating the eighth seed Magdaléna Rybáriková in the final. Scheepers achieved her career-high singles rank of world No. 37 following the tournament. On 13 July 2012, she lost to Serena Williams in the Stanford Classic.

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

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

In 2015, after the Family Cup in Charleston, she retired from the WTA Tour and later started 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]

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2011	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jul 2014	Swedish Open	International	Clay	Mona Barthel	3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2009	Japan Open	International	Hard	Abigail Spears	Lisa Raymond Chuang Chia-jung	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2012	Citi Open, United States	International	Hard	Irina Falconi	Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–2	May 2013	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Cara Black Marina Erakovic	6–4, 3–4, [14–12]
Loss	1–3	Feb 2014	Rio Open, Brazil	International	Clay	Johanna Larsson	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	2–6, 0–6
Loss	1–4	Apr 2014	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Vania King	Lara Arruabarrena Caroline Garcia	6–7(5–7), 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (12 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2001	ITF Durban, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Lara Van Looyen	7–5, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jun 2001	ITF Durban, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Lara Van Looyen	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–0	Jul 2001	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Kristen Schlukebir	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Jun 2002	ITF Vaduz, Liechtenstein	25,000	Clay	Myriam Casanova	1–6, 3–6
Loss	3–2	Jun 2002	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Eva Birnerová	5–7, 4–6
Win	4–2	Oct 2002	ITF Mackay, Australia	25,000	Hard	Amanda Grahame	7–6(8–6), 7–5
Win	5–2	Feb 2004	ITF Benin City, Nigeria	10,000	Hard	Meghha Vakaria	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–2	Feb 2004	ITF Benin City, Nigeria	10,000	Hard	Susanne Aigner	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	6–3	Apr 2004	ITF Torre del Greco, Italy	10,000	Clay	Emma Laine	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	6–4	Jun 2004	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	25,000	Clay	Stanislava Hrozenská	7–6(14–12), 1–6, 4–6
Loss	6–5	Oct 2004	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–7, 5–7
Win	7–5	Nov 2004	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Lizaan du Plessis	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–5	Nov 2004	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Karoline Borgersen	6–1, 6–3
Loss	8–6	Jun 2007	ITF Hilton Head, United States	10,000	Hard	Angela Haynes	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win	9–6	Jun 2007	ITF Allentown, United States	25,000	Hard	Angela Haynes	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win	10–6	Dec 2007	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Zuzana Kučová	6–2, 6–0
Loss	10–7	Jan 2009	ITF Laguna Niguel, United States	25,000	Hard	Alexa Glatch	1–6, 0–6
Win	11–7	Mar 2009	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Natalia Rizhonkova	6–1, 7–5
Win	12–7	Mar 2010	ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States	25,000	Hard	Sophie Ferguson	7–5, 7–5

Doubles: 36 (20 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2000	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Carien Venter	Natalie Grandin Nicole Rencken	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2001	ITF Durban, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Lara Van Rooyen	Maretha van Niekerk Karin Vermeulen	7–6(7–2), 6–0
Win	2–1	Jun 2001	ITF Durban, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Lara Van Rooyen	Marcela Evangelista Letícia Sobral	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–1	Jun 2001	ITF Algiers, Algeria	10,000	Clay	Karin Vermeulen	Evghenia Ablovatchi Lenka Tvarošková	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win	4–1	Jul 2001	ITF Algiers, Algeria	10,000	Clay	Karin Vermeulen	Isabel Collischonn Marnie Mahler	7–5, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Nov 2002	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	25,000	Hard	Jane O'Donoghue	Daniella Dominikovic Evie Dominikovic	walkover
Win	5–2	Mar 2003	ITF Rabat, Morocco	10,000	Clay	Daniela Klemenschits	Helena Ejeson Helena Norfeldt	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Feb 2004	ITF Benin City, Nigeria	10,000	Hard	Jennifer Schmidt	Zuzana Černá Franziska Etzel	0–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	6–3	Mar 2004	ITF Benin City, Nigeria	10,000	Hard	Alanna Broderick	Zuzana Černá Franziska Etzel	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–3	Apr 2004	ITF Torre del Greco, Italy	10,000	Clay	Jolanda Mens	Michelle Gerards Marielle Hoogland	6–3, 6–0
Loss	7–4	Oct 2004	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Surina De Beer	Shelley Stephens Sania Mirza	1–6, 4–6
Win	8–4	Oct 2004	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Surina De Beer	Shelley Stephens Sania Mirza	6–0, 6–0
Win	9–4	Dec 2004	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Melissa Berry	Karoline Borgersen Leonie Mekel	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Win	10–4	Jan 2006	ITF Tampa, United States	25,000	Hard	Aleke Tsoubanos	Chan Chin-Wei Hsu Wen-hsin	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	10–5	Jan 2006	ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States	25,000	Hard	Zuzana Kučová	Maureen Drake Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	10–6	Mar 2006	ITF Clearwater, United States	25,000	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Kelly Liggan Lina Stančiūtė	3–6, 1–6
Loss	10–7	Apr 2006	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Tiffany Dabek	Tetiana Luzhanska Romana Tedjakusuma	4–6, 1–6
Win	11–7	May 2006	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Tiffany Dabek	Mailyne Andrieux Nika Ožegović	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win	12–7	Jun 2006	ITF Gorizia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Soledad Esperón	Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves Sílvia Soler Espinosa	6–4, 6–3
Loss	12–8	Oct 2006	ITF Troy, United States	50,000	Hard	Neha Uberoi	Nicole Kriz Leanne Baker	7–6(7–1), 5–7, 3–6
Loss	12–9	Oct 2006	ITF Augusta, United States	25,000	Hard	Neha Uberoi	Nicole Kriz Leanne Baker	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	12–10	Oct 2006	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	3–6, 5–7
Win	13–10	Mar 2007	ITF Toluca, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Courtney Nagle	María Irigoyen Andrea Benítez	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	13–11	Mar 2007	ITF Mérida, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Robin Stephenson	Maria Fernanda Alves Vanina García Sokol	3–6, 2–6
Win	14–11	Mar 2007	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Robin Stephenson	Līga Dekmeijere Story Tweedie-Yates	6–2, 6–2
Loss	14–12	Apr 2007	ITF Sea Island, United States	50,000	Clay	Anda Perianu	Raquel Kops-Jones Lilia Osterloh	5–7, 3–6
Win	15–12	Oct 2007	ITF Saltillo, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Soledad Esperón	Debbrich Feys Leonie Mekel	6–0, 6–4
Win	16–12	Oct 2007	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Debbrich Feys	Estefanía Craciún Betina Jozami	6–1, 6–4
Win	17–12	Dec 2007	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Kelly Anderson	Iryna Brémond Ágnes Szatmári	0–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	18–12	Dec 2007	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Kelly Anderson	Iryna Brémond Ágnes Szatmári	1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	18–13	Mar 2008	ITF Noida, India	25,000	Hard	Kelly Anderson	Teodora Mirčić Lenka Tvarošková	2–6, 7–6 (9–7) , [6–10]
Loss	18–14	May 2008	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Hsieh Su-wei Marie-Ève Pelletier	4–6, 0–6
Loss	18–15	Mar 2009	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Soledad Esperón	Jorgelina Cravero Veronica Spiegel	1–6, 0–6
Win	19–15	May 2009	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Rika Fujiwara	Kimiko Date-Krumm Sun Tiantian	7–5, 6–4
Win	20–15	Mar 2010	ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States	25,000	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	2–6, 7–6, [10–7]
Loss	20–16	Nov 2010	ITF Grapevine, United States	50,000	Hard	Julie Ditty	Ahsha Rolle Mashona Washington	7–5, 2–6, 2–6