Brayden Schnur
Country (sports) | Canada |
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Residence | Pickering, Ontario, Canada |
Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | July 4, 1995
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 2016 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | North Carolina Tar Heels |
Prize money | $38,793 |
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. 1,040 (August 15, 2016) |
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) |
Last updated on: August 15, 2016. |
Brayden Schnur (born July 4, 1995) is a Canadian professional tennis player. Schnur reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 456 on August 18, 2014. He was a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tennis team from January 2014 to May 2016. Schnur turned professional in July 2016 at the Rogers Cup.[1]
Early life
Schnur was born in Toronto, Ontario to Chris Schnur and Anne-Marie Nielsen and has a younger sister Amanda.[2] He first started playing tennis at the age of eight, on public courts near his home in Pickering, Ontario.[3] Schnur left home at the age of 14 and moved to Bradenton, Florida where he would train with Heath Turpin.[2] He was part of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre from 2011 to 2013 under the guidance of Guillaume Marx.[4]
Tennis career
2011–13
In April 2011, Schnur won his first title of his career on the Junior Circuit at the G5 in Burlington.[5] He played his first professional tournament at the Futures in Indian Harbour Beach in June 2011 where he lost in qualifying.[6] In February 2012, Schnur and fellow Canadian Hugo Di Feo won the doubles title at the G2 junior tournament in La Paz.[7] The pair also won the junior doubles title at the GB1 in Tulsa in October 2012.[8]
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.[9] A month later at the Futures in Calgary, Schnur won the first professional singles of his career with a revenge victory over Bester.[10] At the end of August 2013, he became the first Canadian man to win the G1 junior tournament in Repentigny.[11] In November 2013, Schnur won his first pro doubles title with a win over Alex Llompart and Finn Tearney.[12]
2014
At the Richmond Futures in June, Schnur made it to his second professional doubles final but lost to Rik de Voest and his partner.[13] 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.[14] In July, Schnur reached the semifinals in doubles of the 2014 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby.[15] At the 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.[16] He lost to World No. 51 Andreas Seppi in the first round.[17] In August 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.[18] 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.[19]
2015–16
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.[20] 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.[21] 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.[22]
Schnur captured his second pro singles title in September 2016 after defeating Tim van Rijthoven at the Calgary Futures.[23] Also in September 2016, he won the doubles title at the Niagara Falls Futures with fellow Canadian Filip Peliwo and reached the final in singles.[24]
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
ITF Futures (2–3) |
Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner–up | 1. | July 7, 2013 | Futures | Canada F3, Kelowna | Hard | Philip Bester | 7–6(11–9), 6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | August 18, 2013 | Futures | Canada F5, Calgary | Hard | Philip Bester | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–4) |
Runner–up | 2. | June 28, 2015 | Futures | Canada F3, Richmond | Hard | Philip Bester | 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Winner | 2. | September 4, 2016 | Futures | Canada F6, Calgary | Hard | Tim van Rijthoven | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Runner–up | 3. | September 25, 2016 | Futures | Canada F9, Niagara Falls | Hard (i) | Adam El Mihdawy | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
ITF Futures (4–1) |
Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | November 2, 2013 | Futures | Mexico F17, Quintana Roo | Hard | Hugo Di Feo | Alex Llompart Finn Tearney |
6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
Runner–up | 1. | June 19, 2014 | Futures | Canada F3, Richmond | Hard | Hans Hach | Rik de Voest Matt Seeberger |
7–5, 5–7, [5–10] |
Winner | 2. | July 11, 2014 | Futures | Canada F5, Saskatoon | Hard | Hans Hach | Mousheg Hovhannisyan Alexander Sarkissian |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | August 15, 2014 | Futures | Canada F7, Calgary | Hard | Jack Murray | Dimitar Kutrovsky Dennis Nevolo |
6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
Winner | 4. | September 23, 2016 | Futures | Canada F9, Niagara Falls | Hard (i) | Filip Peliwo | Iván Endara Nicolás Jarry |
6–3, 6–3 |
References
- ↑ "Brayden Schnur turns pro, will forego senior season with UNC men's tennis". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
- 1 2 "North Carolina Tar Heels profile - Brayden Schnur". GoHeels.com. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ↑ "ITF profile - Brayden Schnur". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Future tennis stars on display at Canada Summer Games". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: 29th All Canadian ITF Junior Championships". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: USA F15 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: Condor De Plata". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: Pan American ITF Championships". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Bester to defend title at Kelowna Futures". Kelowna Daily Courier. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Brayden Schnur wins Calgary Futures tournament". Calgary Sun. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Le Canadien Brayden Schnur entre dans l'histoire" (PDF). Internationaux de tennis junior de Repentigny. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: Mexico F17 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: Canada F3 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: Canada F5 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). ChallengerBanqueNationale.com. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Qualifying draw". RogersCup.com. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Singles draw". RogersCup.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: Canada F7 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Schnur Wins Singles Title At USTA/ITA National Indoors". GoHeels.com. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: Canada F3 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Pickering's Brayden Schnur eliminated from tennis quarter-final at Pan Am Games". DurhamRegion.con. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Draws". RogersCup.com. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: Canada F6 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Drawsheet: Canada F9 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
External links
- Brayden Schnur at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Brayden Schnur at the International Tennis Federation
- Brayden Schnur on Twitter
- North Carolina Tar Heels profile