Canadian tennis player
1.94 m (6 ft
4+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro | 2016 |
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Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
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College | North Carolina Tar Heels |
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Coach | Raheel Manji |
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Prize money | US$887,903 |
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Singles |
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Career record | 4–19 (17.4%) |
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Career titles | 0 |
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Highest ranking | No. 92 (19 August 2019) |
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Current ranking | No. 917 (14 August 2023) |
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Grand Slam singles results |
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Australian Open | Q2 (2020) |
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French Open | Q2 (2020) |
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Wimbledon | 1R (2019) |
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US Open | 1R (2019) |
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Doubles |
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Career record | 1–6 (14.3%) |
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Career titles | 0 |
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Highest ranking | No. 251 (8 Mar 2021) |
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Last updated on: 18 August 2023. |
Brayden Schnur (born July 4, 1995) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 92 in August 2019. Schnur was a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tennis team from January 2014 to May 2016. He turned professional in July 2016 at the Rogers Cup.[1] Schnur was a member of the Canadian team that won the 2022 ATP Cup.[2]
Early life
Schnur was born in Pickering, Ontario, to Chris Schnur and Anne-Marie Nielsen; he has a younger sister named Amanda.[3] He first started playing tennis at the age of eight, on public courts near his home in Pickering.[4] Schnur left home at the age of 14 and moved to Bradenton, Florida, where he trained with Heath Turpin.[3] He was part of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre from 2011 to 2013 under the guidance of Guillaume Marx.[5]
Tennis career
2011–13
In April 2011, Schnur won the first title of his career on the Junior Circuit at the G5 in Burlington.[6] He played his first professional tournament at the Futures in Indian Harbour Beach in June 2011 where he lost in qualifying.[7] In February 2012, Schnur and fellow Canadian Hugo Di Feo won the doubles title at the G2 junior tournament in La Paz.[8] The pair also won the junior doubles title at the GB1 in Tulsa in October 2012.[9]
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.[10] A month later at the Futures in Calgary, Schnur won the first professional singles of his career with a revenge victory over Bester.[11] At the end of August 2013, he became the first Canadian man to win the G1 junior tournament in Repentigny.[12] In November 2013, Schnur won his first pro doubles title with a win over Alex Llompart and Finn Tearney.[13]
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.[14] 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.[15] In July, Schnur reached the semifinals in doubles of the 2014 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby.[16] 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.[17] He lost to world No. 51 Andreas Seppi in the first round.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20]
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.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23]
Schnur captured his second pro singles title in September 2016 after defeating Tim van Rijthoven at the Calgary Futures.[24] Also in September 2016, he won the doubles title at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Futures with fellow Canadian Filip Peliwo and reached the final in singles.[25] In December 2016, he won his third Futures singles title with a victory over JC Aragone in Tallahassee.[26]
2017–18
Schnur won the fourth ITF singles title of his career in April 2017at the 25K in Little Rock with a victory over compatriot Philip Bester.[27] He captured his second straight Futures title three weeks later in Abuja, defeating Fabiano de Paula in the final.[28]
In January 2018, at his first tournament of the season, he reached the final of his first ATP Challenger at the 75K in Playford, but was defeated by Jason Kubler.[29]
2019
In February 2019, the Canadian reached the singles final of the New York Open, where he lost to Reilly Opelka. After reaching the final, his ranking moved to a then career-high 107th in the world. Schnur made the men's singles draw of a Grand Slam for the first time at Wimbledon, when he replaced Borna Ćorić as a lucky loser after the Croatian player withdrew with an injury. He also entered at the US Open as a direct entry, his only other Major participation.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend | Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) | ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) | ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1) | | Titles by surface | Hard (0–1) | Clay (0–0) | Grass (0–0) | | Titles by setting | Outdoor (0–0) | Indoor (0–1) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2019 | New York Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Reilly Opelka | 1–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(7–9) |
Other finals
Team competitions: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 12 (5–7)
Legend (singles) | ATP Challenger Tour (0–4) | ITF Futures Tour (5–3) | | Titles by surface | Hard (5–7) | Clay (0–0) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2013 | Canada F3, Kelowna | Futures | Hard | Philip Bester | 7–6(11–9), 6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 2013 | Canada F5, Calgary | Futures | Hard | Philip Bester | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2015 | Canada F3, Richmond | Futures | Hard | Philip Bester | 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 2–2 | Sep 2016 | Canada F6, Calgary | Futures | Hard | Tim van Rijthoven | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–3 | Sep 2016 | Canada F9, Niagara-on-the-Lake | Futures | Hard (i) | Adam El Mihdawy | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Dec 2016 | USA F40, Tallahassee | Futures | Hard (i) | JC Aragone | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
Win | 4–3 | Apr 2017 | USA F13, Little Rock | Futures | Hard | Philip Bester | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
Win | 5–3 | May 2017 | Nigeria F1, Abuja | Futures | Hard | Fabiano de Paula | 7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
Loss | 5–4 | Jan 2018 | Playford, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Jason Kubler | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–5 | Jan 2019 | Newport Beach, USA | Challenger | Hard | Taylor Fritz | 6–7(7–9), 4–6 |
Loss | 5–6 | Jul 2019 | Winnipeg, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Norbert Gombos | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 5–7 | Nov 2019 | Charlottesville, USA | Challenger | Hard | Vasek Pospisil | 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 2–6 |
Doubles: 6 (4–2)
Legend (doubles) | ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) | ITF Futures Tour (4–1) | | Titles by surface | Hard (4–2) | Clay (0–0) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Nov 2013 | Mexico F17, Quintana Roo | Futures | Hard | Hugo Di Feo | Alex Llompart Finn Tearney | 6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2014 | Canada F3, Richmond | Futures | Hard | Hans Hach | Rik de Voest Matt Seeberger | 7–5, 5–7, [5–10] |
Win | 2–1 | Jul 2014 | Canada F5, Saskatoon | Futures | Hard | Hans Hach | Mousheg Hovhannisyan Alexander Sarkissian | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 3–1 | Aug 2014 | Canada F7, Calgary | Futures | Hard | Jack Murray | Dimitar Kutrovsky Dennis Nevolo | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
Win | 4–1 | Sep 2016 | Canada F9, Niagara-on-the-Lake | Futures | Hard (i) | Filip Peliwo | Iván Endara Nicolás Jarry | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 4–2 | Feb 2021 | Potchefstroom, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | Peter Polansky | Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Zdeněk Kolář | 4–6, 6–2, [4–10] |
Singles performance timeline
Key W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current through the 2022 Australian Open.
References
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