| Intro | South African tennis player |
| Is |
Athlete Tennis player |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
10 August 1992, Kempton Park |
| Age | 28 years |
Chanel Simmonds (born 10 August 1992 in Kempton Park) is a South African tennis player.
Simmonds has won 17 singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 27 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 158. On 26 August 2012, she peaked at world number 176 in the doubles rankings.
As a junior, Simmonds had a best combined world ranking of number 14 (1 June 2009). In April 2010, she defeated the then world number 85 Klára Zakopalová in the first round of the $100,000+H tournament in Johannesburg.
Since her debut for the South Africa Fed Cup team in 2010, Simmonds has a win–loss record of 17–14 in the competition.
ITF finals (35–23)
Singles (17–11)
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| Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 22 October 2007 | $10,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | Hard | Lizaan du Plessis | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 27 October 2008 | $10,000 | Pretoria, South Africa | Hard | Surina De Beer | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 24 August 2009 | $10,000 | Arezzo, Italy | Clay | Giulia Gatto-Monticone | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 26 October 2009 | $10,000 | Pretoria, South Africa | Hard | Davinia Lobbinger | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2. | 29 March 2010 | $10,000 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Tina Schiechtl | 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Winner | 3. | 17 May 2010 | $10,000 | Durban, South Africa | Hard | Poojashree Venkatesha | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 24 May 2010 | $10,000 | Durban, South Africa | Hard | Daniela Scivetti | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 2 August 2010 | $10,000 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Roxane Vaisemberg | 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 29 November 2010 | $10,000 | Ain Sukhna, Egypt | Clay | Ana Jovanović | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6) |
| Winner | 7. | 16 May 2011 | $25,000 | Goyang, South Korea | Hard | Lee Ye-ra | 6–7(9–11), 6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
| Winner | 8. | 23 May 2011 | $25,000 | Changwon, South Korea | Hard | Yurika Sema | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 26 September 2011 | $25,000 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | Tamaryn Hendler | 7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 28 November 2011 | $25,000 | Rosario, Argentina | Clay | Julia Cohen | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 28 May 2012 | $25,000 | Gimcheon, South Korea | Hard | Duan Yingying | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 10. | 10 September 2012 | $10,000 | Salisbury, Australia | Hard | Zuzana Zlochová | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 15 October 2012 | $25,000 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Cristina Dinu | 5–7, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Winner | 11. | 3 December 2012 | $10,000 | Potchefstroom, South Africa | Hard | Keren Shlomo | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 6 May 2013 | $50,000+H | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Tímea Babos | 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 12. | 17 February 2014 | $10,000 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Yuliya Kalabina | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 24 February 2014 | $10,000 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Irina Khromacheva | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 7 April 2014 | $15,000 | Dakar, Senegal | Hard | Conny Perrin | 0–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 13. | 9 June 2014 | $10,000 | Sun City, South Africa | Hard | Madrie Le Roux | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 14. | 2 March 2015 | $10,000 | Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | Hard | Cristina Sánchez Quintanar | 2–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–4 |
| Winner | 15. | 30 March 2015 | $15,000 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Miyabi Inoue | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 7 March 2016 | $10,000 | Weston, United States | Clay | Katerina Stewart | 6–3, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 16. | 31 October 2016 | $10,000 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | Hard | Kaitlyn Christian | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Winner | 17. | 7 November 2016 | $10,000 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | Hard | Margarita Lazareva | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 14 November 2016 | $10,000 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | Hard | Julyette Steur | 0–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (18–12)
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| Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 5 April 2010 | $10,000 | Ain Sukhna, Egypt | Clay | Audrey Bergot |
Anna Brazhnikova Marta Sirotkina |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 6 December 2010 | $10,000 | Ain Sukhna, Egypt | Clay | Sofiya Kovalets |
Galina Fokina Marina Melnikova |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 3 October 2011 | $25,000 | Palembang, Indonesia | Hard | Tamaryn Hendler |
Ayu Fani Damayanti Jessy Rompies |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 24 October 2011 | $25,000 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Hard | Ajla Tomljanović |
Victoria Duval Allie Kiick |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 27 February 2012 | $25,000 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | Anna Fitzpatrick |
Han Sung-hee Yurina Koshino |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 17 September 2012 | $25,000 | Port Pirie, Australia | Hard | Stephanie Bengson |
Sacha Jones Sally Peers |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 15 October 2012 | $25,000 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Conny Perrin |
Nina Bratchikova Margarita Lazareva |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 22 October 2012 | $25,000 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Conny Perrin |
Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang |
6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Winner | 7. | 5 November 2012 | $25,000 | Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán |
Anamika Bhargava Sylvia Krywacz |
4–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Winner | 8. | 6 May 2013 | $50,000+H | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Magda Linette |
Samantha Murray Jade Windley |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 22 July 2013 | $50,000 | Lexington, United States | Hard | Julia Glushko |
Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 5 August 2013 | $25,000 | Landisville, United States | Hard | Emily Webley-Smith |
Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 21 October 2013 | $25,000 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Conny Perrin |
Fatma Al-Nabhani Gioia Barbieri |
6–1, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Winner | 9. | 31 March 2014 | $25,000 | Jackson, United States | Clay | Maša Zec Peškirič |
Erika Sema Yurika Sema |
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–5] |
| Winner | 10. | 7 April 2014 | $15,000 | Dakar, Senegal | Hard | Emily Webley-Smith |
Conny Perrin Ekaterina Yashina |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 11. | 26 May 2014 | $10,000 | Sun City, South Africa | Hard | Michelle Sammons |
Ilze Hattingh Madrie Le Roux |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner | 12. | 9 June 2014 | $10,000 | Sun City, South Africa | Hard | Michelle Sammons |
Ilze Hattingh Madrie Le Roux |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 13. | 18 August 2014 | $15,000 | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Conny Perrin |
Polina Leykina Isabella Shinikova |
6–3, 6–0 |
| Winner | 14. | 19 January 2015 | $10,000 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Melis Sezer |
Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia |
6–4, 4–6, [10–4] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 2 March 2015 | $10,000 | Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | Hard | Jessica Ho |
Cristina Sánchez Quintanar Clara Tanielian |
5–7, 7–6(11–9), [3–10] |
| Runner-up | 7. | 9 March 2015 | $10,000 | Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | Hard | Magali Kempen |
Myrtille Georges Isabella Shinikova |
6–1, 4–6, [2–10] |
| Runner-up | 8. | 23 March 2015 | $15,000 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Emily Webley-Smith |
Jang Su-jeong Vojislava Lukić |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 15 June 2015 | $25,000 | Ystad, Sweden | Clay | Conny Perrin |
Xenia Knoll Cornelia Lister |
5–7, 6–7(5–7) |
| Runner-up | 10. | 22 June 2015 | $25,000 | Baton Rouge, United States | Hard | Storm Sanders |
Samantha Crawford Emily Harman |
6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
| Winner | 15. | 28 March 2016 | $10,000 | León, Mexico | Hard | Renata Zarazúa |
Sabastiani León Nazari Urbina |
6–0, 6–2 |
| Winner | 16. | 18 April 2016 | $10,000 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | Freya Christie |
Valeria Savinykh Alyona Sotnikova |
6–4, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 18 July 2016 | $50,000 | Sacramento, United States | Hard | Jamie Loeb |
Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 17. | 1 August 2016 | $25,000 | Fort Worth, United States | Hard | Hsu Chieh-yu |
Jacqueline Cako Danielle Lao |
6–0, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 26 September 2016 | $50,000 | Las Vegas, United States | Hard | Jamie Loeb |
Michaëlla Krajicek Maria Sanchez |
5–7, 1–6 |
| Winner | 18. | 31 October 2016 | $10,000 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | Hard | Kaitlyn Christian |
Valeria Bhunu Linnea Malmqvist |
6–0, 7–6(7–3) |