Daniela Hantuchova
Strong Is Beautiful
Francesca Schiavone

Chanelle Scheepers

Rsa
Residence: Harrismith, South Africa
DOB: March 13, 1984
Birthplace: Harrismith, South Africa
Height: 5' 9" (1.76 m)
Weight: 146 lbs. (66 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro
JANUARY - Fell 1r at Brisbane (l. to S.Williams); reached 2r at Sydney (l. to Li); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Kuznetsova).
2000 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Won three singles titles and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2002 - Played first WTA qualifying at Casablanca; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Played first WTA main draw at Gold Coast, reaching 2r (as qualifier); fell in qualifying seven times (incl. all four majors); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Won four singles titles and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Fell in WTA qualifying nine times (incl. all four majors).

2006 - Won three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Fell in WTA qualifying three times (incl. US Open); won two singles titles and six doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Fell 1r twice and in qualifying 10 times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open).

2009 - Reached 2r four times; fell 1r four times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros) and in qualifying 10 times (incl. other two majors); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2010 - QF at Kuala Lumpur (l. to Morita); reached first Grand Slam 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Dementieva); reached 2r twice and 1r five times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open) and fell in qualifying 15 times (incl. Australian Open); made Top 100 debut on June 7 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.131 to No.84); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2011 - Breakthrough first Top 100 season (finishing No.38); won first WTA title at Guangzhou (d. Rybarikova in final); made Top 50 debut afterwards on September 26 (rose from No.73 to No.41); QF at Osaka; reached 3r three times (incl. Australian Open and US Open - l. to Schiavone 57 76(5) 63; held mp at 5-4 second set) and 2r seven times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r eight times (incl. Wimbledon and Fès - l. to Hercog 67(6) 76(1) 62; held mp at 5-4 second set) and in qualifying five times.
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2011 - Guangzhou; 2010 - ITF/Fort Walton Beach-USA; 2009 - ITF/Irapuato-MEX; 2007 - ITF/Allentown-USA, ITF/Lagos 2-NGR; 2004 - ITF/Benin City 1-NGR, ITF/Benin City 2-NGR, ITF/Pretoria 1-RSA, ITF/Pretoria 2-RSA; 2002 - ITF/Mackay-AUS; 2001 - ITF/Durban-RSA, ITF/Durban 2-RSA, ITF/Evansville-USA.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2010 - ITF/Fort Walton Beach-USA (w/Larsson); 2009 - ITF/Saint-Gaudens-FRA (w/Fujiwara); 2007 - ITF/Toluca-MEX (w/Nagle), ITF/Coatzacoalcos-MEX (w/Stephenson), ITF/Saltillo-MEX (w/Esperon), ITF/San Luis Potosi-MEX (w/Feys), ITF/Lagos-NGR, ITF/Lagos 2-NGR (w/Anderson); 2006 - ITF/Tampa-USA (w/Tsoubanos), ITF/Grado-ITA (w/Dabek), ITF/Gorizia-ITA (w/Esperon); 2004 - ITF/Benin City 2-NGR (w/Broderick), ITF/Torre del Greco-ITA (w/Mens), ITF/Lagos 2-NGR (w/de Beer), ITF/Pretoria 2-RSA (w/Berry); 2003 - ITF/Rabat-MAR (w/Klemenschits); 2001 - ITF/Durban-RSA, ITF/Durban 2-RSA (both w/Van Rooyen), ITF/Algiers 1-ALG, ITF/Algiers 2-ALG (both w/Vermeulen).
Finalist (1): 2009 - Osaka (w/Spears).
Coached by Roger Anderson ... Father is Piet; mother is Nici; brother is Jozua ... Enjoys reading, shopping and watching movies.
- At Guangzhou in September 2011, became first South African to win a WTA title in eight years (last one was Amanda Coetzer at Acapulco in 2003).