Jason Weir-Smith

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Jason Weir-Smith
Country (sports) Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Born (1975-08-08) 8 August 1975 (age 45)
Johannesburg,
South Africa
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Turned pro1997
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$99,336
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 548 (4 Oct 1999)
Doubles
Career record16-30
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 81 (18 Jun 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2001)
French Open 2R (2001)
Wimbledon 1R (2001)
US Open 2R (2001)

Jason Weir-Smith (born 8 August 1975) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. [1]

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Career

Weir-Smith won the doubles title at the Coffee Bowl junior tournament in 1993, with Juan Antonio Marín as his partner. [2]

A doubles specialist, Weir-Smith played collegiate tennis at Texas Christian University and was a doubles All-American while playing with the Horned Frogs in 1996 and 1997. [3]

The South African competed in the men's doubles at six Grand Slam tournaments during his career, including all four in 2001. [4] He made the second round at the 2001 French Open (with Neville Godwin) and 2001 US Open (with Aleksandar Kitinov). [4]

He never reached a final on the ATP Tour but was a doubles semi-finalist on four occasions, at Umag in 2000, the 2000 Brighton International, the 2001 Heineken Open in Auckland and Munich's BMW Open in 2001. [4] His partner in Umag, Brighton and Auckland was Paul Rosner and he partnered John-Laffnie de Jager in Munich. [4]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (5)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1999 Eisenach, GermanyClay Flag of the United States.svg Mitch Sprengelmeyer Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Dier
Flag of Germany.svg Marcus Hilpert
6–3, 6–1
2.1999 Binghamton, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Mitch Sprengelmeyer Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Kim
Flag of South Korea.svg Hyung-Taik Lee
5–7, 6–4, 6–2
3.1999 San Antonio, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Mitch Sprengelmeyer Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Painter
Flag of South Africa.svg Byron Talbot
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
4.2000 Segovia, SpainHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Fisher Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr
Flag of South Africa.svg Damien Roberts
7–6(7–5), 6–1
5.2001 Wroclaw, PolandHard Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Wayne Black Flag of Austria.svg Julian Knowle
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
6–3, 6–4

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References

  1. ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ITF Junior Profile
  3. TCU Mens Tennis
  4. 1 2 3 4 ATP World Tour Profile