Brayden Schnur

Brayden Schnur
Country (sports)  Canada
Residence Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Born (1995-07-04) 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 $32,648
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 January 2014.

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 left home at the age of 14 and moved to Bradenton, Florida where he would train with Heath Turpin.[1] He was part of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre from 2011 to 2013 under the guidance of Guillaume Marx.[3]

Tennis career

2011–13

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]

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]

2014–15

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 2014, Schnur reached the semifinals in doubles of the 2014 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby.[14] At the 2014 Rogers Cup in August, Schnur qualified for his first ATP main draw with wins over World No. 94 Matthew Ebden and 9th seed Yūichi Sugita.[15] He lost to World No. 51 Andreas Seppi in the first round.[16] In August 2014 at the Futures in Calgary, Schnur captured the third doubles title of his career with Tar Heels teammate Jack Murray after defeating Dimitar Kutrovsky and Dennis Nevolo.[17] In late October 2014, 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]

In June 2015 at the Richmond Futures, Schnur reached the third singles final of his career but fell in three sets to compatriot Philip Bester.[19] In July, he was part of the Canadian team at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto where he made it to the quarterfinals in singles.[20] In August at the 2015 Rogers Cup qualifying, Schnur upset World No. 98 Ruben Bemelmans in straight sets in the first round but was defeated by World No. 76 Lu Yen-hsun in the final round.[21]

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–2)
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)
Runner–up 2. June 28, 2015 Canada F3, Richmond Hard Canada Philip Bester 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)

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 2 "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.
  19. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Pickering's Brayden Schnur eliminated from tennis quarter-final at Pan Am Games". DurhamRegion.con. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Draws". RogersCup.com. Retrieved August 25, 2015.

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