Brayden Schnur

Brayden Schnur
Country  Canada
Residence Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Born July 4, 1995
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College North Carolina Tar Heels
Prize money $24,766
Singles
Career record 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 456 (August 18, 2014)
Current ranking No. 563 (September 8, 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior 1R (2013)
French Open Junior Q1 (2013)
US Open Junior Q2 (2012)
Doubles
Career record 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 412 (September 8, 2014)
Current ranking No. 412 (September 8, 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior 2R (2013)
Last updated on: September 8, 2014.

Brayden Schnur (born July 4, 1995) is a Canadian tennis player. Schnur reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 456 on August 18, 2014. He is currently studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is part of their tennis team since September 2013, being mentored by Robert Kelly and playing behind tennis legend Ronnie Schneider. His dreams include becoming American, being able to grow facial hair, and winning a practice set against his teammate Jack Murray (something he has never done).[1]

Early life

Schnur was born in Toronto, Ontario to Chris Schnur and Anne-Marie Nielsen and has a younger sister Amanda.[1] He first started playing tennis at the age of eight, on public courts near his home in Pickering, Ontario.[2] Schnur was part of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre from 2011 to 2013.[3]

Tennis career

2011–2012

In April 2011, Schnur won his first title of his career on the Junior Circuit at the G5 in Burlington.[4] He played his first professional tournament at the Futures in Indian Harbour Beach in June 2011 where he lost in qualifying.[5] In February 2012, Schnur and fellow Canadian Hugo Di Feo won the doubles title at the G2 junior tournament in La Paz.[6] The pair also won the junior doubles title at the GB1 in Tulsa in October 2012.[7]

2013

In July 2013, Schnur reached his first professional singles final at the Futures in Kelowna but was defeated in three sets by compatriot Philip Bester.[8] A month later at the Futures in Calgary, Schnur won the first professional singles of his career with a revenge victory over Bester.[9] At the end of August 2013, he became the first Canadian man to win the G1 junior tournament in Repentigny.[10] In November 2013, Schnur won his first pro doubles title with a win over Alex Llompart and Finn Tearney.[11]

2014

At the Richmond Futures in June 2014, Schnur made it to his second professional doubles final but lost to Rik de Voest and his partner.[12] Two weeks later at the Futures in Saskatoon, he captured the second pro doubles title of his career with a straight sets victory over Mousheg Hovhannisyan and Alexander Sarkissian.[13] In July, Schnur reached the semifinals in doubles of the Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby.[14] At the Rogers Cup in August, Schnur qualified for his first ATP main draw with wins over Matthew Ebden and Yūichi Sugita.[15] He lost to World No. 51 Andreas Seppi in the first round.[16] In August at the Futures in Calgary, Schnur captured the third doubles title of his career, with the aforementioned teammate Jack Murray, with a victory over Dimitar Kutrovsky and Dennis Nevolo.[17] In late October Schnur captured the NCAA regional singles title, providing him with a bid into the 2014 National Indoor Championships in New York. Schnur then went on to take the 2014 Singles National Indoor Championships.[18]

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

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

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. July 7, 2013 Canada F3, Kelowna Hard Canada Philip Bester 7–6(11–9), 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Winner 1. August 18, 2013 Canada F5, Calgary Hard Canada Philip Bester 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (3–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. November 2, 2013 Mexico F17, Quintana Roo Hard Canada Hugo Di Feo Puerto Rico Alex Llompart
New Zealand Finn Tearney		 6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner–up 1. June 19, 2014 Canada F3, Richmond Hard Mexico Hans Hach South Africa Rik de Voest
United States Matt Seeberger		 7–5, 5–7, [5–10]
Winner 2. July 11, 2014 Canada F5, Saskatoon Hard Mexico Hans Hach United States Mousheg Hovhannisyan
United States Alexander Sarkissian		 6–2, 6–3
Winner 3. August 15, 2014 Canada F7, Calgary Hard United States Jack Murray Bulgaria Dimitar Kutrovsky
United States Dennis Nevolo		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "North Carolina Tar Heels profile - Brayden Schnur". GoHeels.com. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "ITF profile - Brayden Schnur". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Future tennis stars on display at Canada Summer Games". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bester to defend title at Kelowna Futures". Kelowna Daily Courier. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Brayden Schnur wins Calgary Futures tournament". Calgary Sun. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Le Canadien Brayden Schnur entre dans l’histoire" (PDF). Internationaux de tennis junior de Repentigny. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). ChallengerBanqueNationale.com. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Qualifying draw". RogersCup.com. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Singles draw". RogersCup.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Schnur Wins Singles Title At USTA/ITA National Indoors". GoHeels.com. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

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