Chanel Simmonds

Chanel Simmonds

Full name	Chanel Simmonds
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	(1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 Kempton Park, South Africa
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$221,153
Singles
Career record	288–155
Career titles	17 ITF
Highest ranking	158 (27 May 2013)
Current ranking	351 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2013)
French Open	Q1 (2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2012)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	178–120
Career titles	18 ITF
Highest ranking	176 (26 August 2013)
Current ranking	261 (21 November 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	17–14
Medal record Representing  South Africa All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo women's singles 2011 Maputo women's doubles
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

Chanel Simmonds (born 10 August 1992 in Kempton Park) is a South African tennis player.

Simmonds has won 17 singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 27 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 158. On 26 August 2012, she peaked at world number 176 in the doubles rankings.

As a junior, Simmonds had a best combined world ranking of number 14 (1 June 2009).^[1] In April 2010, she defeated the then world number 85 Klára Zakopalová in the first round of the $100,000+H tournament in Johannesburg.^[2]

Since her debut for the South Africa Fed Cup team in 2010, Simmonds has a win–loss record of 17–14 in the competition.

ITF finals (35–23)

Singles (17–11)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 October 2007	$10,000	Cape Town, South Africa	Hard	Lizaan du Plessis	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	27 October 2008	$10,000	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Surina De Beer	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	24 August 2009	$10,000	Arezzo, Italy	Clay	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	5–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	26 October 2009	$10,000	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Davinia Lobbinger	6–1, 6–0
Winner	2.	29 March 2010	$10,000	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Tina Schiechtl	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	3.	17 May 2010	$10,000	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Poojashree Venkatesha	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	24 May 2010	$10,000	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Daniela Scivetti	6–1, 6–4
Winner	5.	2 August 2010	$10,000	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Roxane Vaisemberg	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	6.	29 November 2010	$10,000	Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Ana Jovanović	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6)
Winner	7.	16 May 2011	$25,000	Goyang, South Korea	Hard	Lee Ye-ra	6–7(9–11), 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	8.	23 May 2011	$25,000	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Yurika Sema	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	26 September 2011	$25,000	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Tamaryn Hendler	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	28 November 2011	$25,000	Rosario, Argentina	Clay	Julia Cohen	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	28 May 2012	$25,000	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Duan Yingying	2–6, 1–6
Winner	10.	10 September 2012	$10,000	Salisbury, Australia	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	6.	15 October 2012	$25,000	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Cristina Dinu	5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	11.	3 December 2012	$10,000	Potchefstroom, South Africa	Hard	Keren Shlomo	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	6 May 2013	$50,000+H	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Tímea Babos	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 1–6
Winner	12.	17 February 2014	$10,000	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Yuliya Kalabina	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	24 February 2014	$10,000	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	9.	7 April 2014	$15,000	Dakar, Senegal	Hard	Conny Perrin	0–6, 5–7
Winner	13.	9 June 2014	$10,000	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	6–2, 6–2
Winner	14.	2 March 2015	$10,000	Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar	2–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–4
Winner	15.	30 March 2015	$15,000	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Miyabi Inoue	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	10.	7 March 2016	$10,000	Weston, United States	Clay	Katerina Stewart	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Winner	16.	31 October 2016	$10,000	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Kaitlyn Christian	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	17.	7 November 2016	$10,000	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Margarita Lazareva	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	14 November 2016	$10,000	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Julyette Steur	0–6, 4–6

Doubles (18–12)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 April 2010	$10,000	Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Audrey Bergot	Anna Brazhnikova Marta Sirotkina	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	6 December 2010	$10,000	Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Sofiya Kovalets	Galina Fokina Marina Melnikova	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	3 October 2011	$25,000	Palembang, Indonesia	Hard	Tamaryn Hendler	Ayu Fani Damayanti Jessy Rompies	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	24 October 2011	$25,000	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Hard	Ajla Tomljanović	Victoria Duval Allie Kiick	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	27 February 2012	$25,000	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Anna Fitzpatrick	Han Sung-hee Yurina Koshino	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	17 September 2012	$25,000	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Stephanie Bengson	Sacha Jones Sally Peers	4–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	15 October 2012	$25,000	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Conny Perrin	Nina Bratchikova Margarita Lazareva	6–1, 6–1
Winner	6.	22 October 2012	$25,000	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Conny Perrin	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	7.	5 November 2012	$25,000	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	Anamika Bhargava Sylvia Krywacz	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Winner	8.	6 May 2013	$50,000+H	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Magda Linette	Samantha Murray Jade Windley	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	22 July 2013	$50,000	Lexington, United States	Hard	Julia Glushko	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	5 August 2013	$25,000	Landisville, United States	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	21 October 2013	$25,000	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Conny Perrin	Fatma Al-Nabhani Gioia Barbieri	6–1, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	9.	31 March 2014	$25,000	Jackson, United States	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Erika Sema Yurika Sema	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–5]
Winner	10.	7 April 2014	$15,000	Dakar, Senegal	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Conny Perrin Ekaterina Yashina	6–4, 7–5
Winner	11.	26 May 2014	$10,000	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Ilze Hattingh Madrie Le Roux	7–5, 6–3
Winner	12.	9 June 2014	$10,000	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Ilze Hattingh Madrie Le Roux	6–3, 6–3
Winner	13.	18 August 2014	$15,000	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Conny Perrin	Polina Leykina Isabella Shinikova	6–3, 6–0
Winner	14.	19 January 2015	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Melis Sezer	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Runner-up	6.	2 March 2015	$10,000	Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Jessica Ho	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar Clara Tanielian	5–7, 7–6(11–9), [3–10]
Runner-up	7.	9 March 2015	$10,000	Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Magali Kempen	Myrtille Georges Isabella Shinikova	6–1, 4–6, [2–10]
Runner-up	8.	23 March 2015	$15,000	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Jang Su-jeong Vojislava Lukić	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	15 June 2015	$25,000	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Conny Perrin	Xenia Knoll Cornelia Lister	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	10.	22 June 2015	$25,000	Baton Rouge, United States	Hard	Storm Sanders	Samantha Crawford Emily Harman	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Winner	15.	28 March 2016	$10,000	León, Mexico	Hard	Renata Zarazúa	Sabastiani León Nazari Urbina	6–0, 6–2
Winner	16.	18 April 2016	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Freya Christie	Valeria Savinykh Alyona Sotnikova	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	11.	18 July 2016	$50,000	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey	4–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	1 August 2016	$25,000	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Jacqueline Cako Danielle Lao	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	26 September 2016	$50,000	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Michaëlla Krajicek Maria Sanchez	5–7, 1–6
Winner	18.	31 October 2016	$10,000	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Kaitlyn Christian	Valeria Bhunu Linnea Malmqvist	6–0, 7–6(7–3)

References

External links

• Chanel Simmonds at the Women's Tennis Association
• Chanel Simmonds at the International Tennis Federation
• Chanel Simmonds at the Fed Cup