Chanelle Scheepers ( ; 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 professional in 2000 and played two ITF events. In 2001, she reached four finals at 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 Australian Hard Court Championships 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.
Scheepers won four ITF titles in 2004; 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 did not 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. Scheepers has a breakthrough year in 2009, as she made her Grand Slam main-draw debut getting through the qualifying draw in the Australian Open and French Open. She also had 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 quarterfinal in the Malaysian Open, losing to Japanese player Ayumi Morita. She then won in the ITF event of Fort Walton Beach, United States. At 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 straight 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 held match points against Francesca Schiavone, before losing the match in three sets. Following that, she won her first WTA single titles at the Guangzhou International Women's Open as seventh seed, defeating eighth seed Magdaléna Rybáriková in the final. Scheepers achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 37 following the tournament.
In July 2012, she reached the second round of Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, California, USA, losing to Varvara Lepchenko.
At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, she teamed with Shuko Aoyama and reached the semifinals in women's doubles. Scheepers was runner-up at the 2014 Swedish Open, losing to Mona Barthel in the final.
She retired from professional tennis in August 2015, and later started coaching American tennis player Alison Riske.
Personal life Scheepers married Roger Anderson, her former coach, on 10 November 2012, in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
Performance timelines Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Tournament20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015Win%Grand Slam Australian OpenAQ2AQ1AAA1RQ13R1R1R1R1R0 / 62–6 French OpenAQ1AQ1AAQ21R4R2R2R1R1RA0 / 65–6 WimbledonAQ1AQ1AAQ2Q11R1R1R1R2RA0 / 51–5 US OpenAQ1AQ2AQ1Q2Q31R3R1R2R1RA0 / 53–5Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–23–35–41–41–41–40–10 / 2211–22WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 + formerDubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAAAAQ12R1RAAA0 / 21–2Indian Wells OpenAAAAAAAAQ1Q13R2R1R1R0 / 43–4Miami OpenAAAAAAAAA2R3R1R2RQ20 / 44–4Berlin / Madrid OpenAAAAAAAAA2R1R2RQ1A0 / 32–3Italian OpenAAAAAAAAQ21R3RQ11RA0 / 32–3Canadian OpenAAAAAA1RAQ1Q13R1RAA0 / 32–3Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAQ22R2RQ21RA0 / 32–3Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAAAQ1Q1A1RQ2Q1A0 / 10–1China OpenAAAAAAAQ2Q12R1R1RQ1A0 / 31–3Charleston Open (former)AAAAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–20–00–05–69–92–51–40–10 / 2717–27Career statisticsTournament20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015Win%Tournament010000289202621175Career total: 109Titles00000000010000Career total: 1Finals00000000010010Career total: 2Hard win–loss3–01–20–00–00–00–00–13–64–616–1117–175–133–84–31 / 6756–67Clay win–loss0–03–10–22–20–00–00–10–13–24–65–610–711–81–20 / 3339–38Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–10–10–21–20–11–10–00 / 83–8Carpet win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–10–00–00–00 / 11–1Overall win–loss3–04–30–22–20–00–00–24–87–920–1924–2615–2115–175–51 / 10999–114Year-end ranking22624521023432822217213010738608077423$1,949,415
Doubles Tournament20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015Win%Grand Slam Australian OpenAAAAAAAAAA1R2R1R2R0 / 42–4 French OpenAAAAAAAAA1RA1R1RA0 / 30–3 WimbledonAAAAAAAA3R2R2RSF2RA0 / 59–5 US OpenAAAAAAAA1R1R2R1R1RA0 / 51–5Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–21–32–35–40–21–10 / 1712–17WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 + formerDubai / Qatar OpenNMSAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1Indian Wells OpenAAAAAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAAAAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1Berlin / Madrid OpenAAAAAAAAAAAA2RA0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAAAAAAA1R1RAA1RA0 / 30–3Canadian OpenAAAAAA1RAAAA1RAA0 / 20–2Cincinnati OpenNMSAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0China OpenNMSA1RAA1R1RA0 / 30–3Charleston Open (former)AAAAAA2RNMS0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–20–00–20–10–10–30–50–00 / 141–14Career statisticsTournament10010246108815131Career total: 69Titles00000000000100Career total: 1Finals00000001001120Career total: 5Overall win–loss1–21–01–01–10–00–23–46–65–94–75–813–147–131–21 / 6947–68Year-end ranking26631222526715019913514211621114355104371
WTA career finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 WTA Premier WTA International (1–1)
ResultW–L DateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Sep 2011Guangzhou Open, ChinaInternationalHard Magdaléna Rybáriková6–2, 6–2Loss1–1Jul 2014Swedish OpenInternationalClay Mona Barthel3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) Legend Grand Slam WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 WTA PremierWTA International (1–4)
ResultW–L DateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Oct 2009Japan OpenInternationalHard Abigail Spears Lisa Raymond Chuang Chia-jung2–6, 4–6Loss0–2Aug 2012Citi Open, United StatesInternationalHard Irina Falconi Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen5–7, 2–6 Win1–2May 2013Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceInternationalClay Kimiko Date-Krumm Cara Black Marina Erakovic6–4, 3–4, [14–12]Loss1–3Feb 2014Rio Open, BrazilInternationalClay Johanna Larsson Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen2–6, 0–6Loss1–4Apr 2014Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Vania King Lara Arruabarrena Caroline Garcia6–7(5–7), 4–6
ITF Circuit finals Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Singles: 19 (12 titles, 7 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0May 2001ITF Durban, South Africa10,000Hard Lara Van Looyen7–5, 6–2 Win2–0Jun 2001ITF Durban, South Africa10,000Hard Lara Van Looyen4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)Win3–0Jul 2001ITF Evansville, United States10,000Hard Kristen Schlukebir6–1, 6–3 Loss3–1Jun 2002ITF Vaduz, Liechtenstein25,000Clay Myriam Casanova1–6, 3–6Loss3–2Jun 2002ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25,000Clay Eva Birnerová5–7, 4–6Win4–2Oct 2002ITF Mackay, Australia25,000Hard Amanda Grahame7–6(8–6), 7–5 Win5–2Feb 2004ITF Benin City, Nigeria10,000Hard Meghha Vakaria6–1, 6–3Win6–2Feb 2004ITF Benin City, Nigeria10,000Hard Susanne Aigner6–1, 4–6, 6–4 Loss6–3Apr 2004ITF Torre del Greco, Italy10,000Clay Emma Laine6–3, 4–6, 0–6Loss6–4Jun 2004ITF Pétange, Luxembourg25,000Clay Stanislava Hrozenská7–6(14–12), 1–6, 4–6Loss6–5Oct 2004ITF Lagos, Nigeria25,000Hard Sania Mirza6–4, 6–7, 5–7Win7–5Nov 2004ITF Pretoria, South Africa10,000Hard Lizaan du Plessis6–1, 6–3Win8–5Nov 2004ITF Pretoria, South Africa10,000Hard Karoline Borgersen6–1, 6–3Loss8–6Jun 2007ITF Hilton Head, United States10,000Hard Angela Haynes6–3, 2–6, 4–6Win9–6Jun 2007ITF Allentown, United States25,000Hard Angela Haynes6–2, 2–6, 6–1 Win10–6Dec 2007ITF Lagos, Nigeria25,000Hard Zuzana Kučová6–2, 6–0 Loss10–7Jan 2009ITF Laguna Niguel, United States25,000Hard Alexa Glatch1–6, 0–6Win11–7Mar 2009ITF Irapuato, Mexico25,000Hard Natalia Rizhonkova6–1, 7–5Win12–7Mar 2010ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States25,000Hard Sophie Ferguson7–5, 7–5
Doubles: 36 (20 titles, 16 runner-ups)