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)
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)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

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