Vaughan Snyman

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Vaughan Snyman
Country (sports)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Born (1974-01-30) 30 January 1974 (age 50)
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Prize money$33,087
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 404 (21 July 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (1997)
Wimbledon Q2 (1998)
Doubles
Career record1–1
Highest rankingNo. 160 (20 September 1999)

Vaughan Snyman (born 30 January 1974) is a South African former professional tennis player. [1]

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Born in Port Elizabeth, Snyman played collegiate tennis in the United States, for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was a singles All-American in 1994 and twice earned All-American honours for doubles, forming a top ranked doubles partnership with countryman Paul Rosner. [2]

Snyman competed on the professional tour after graduating from college in 1995. His highlights include featuring in the singles qualifying draws of the 1997 Australian Open and 1998 Wimbledon Championships. He won two doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour and his only ATP Tour main draw appearance also came in doubles, at the 1999 Majorca Open, where he and partner Marcus Hilpert won through to the quarter-finals.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.July 1999 Newcastle, Great BritainClay Flag of Germany.svg Marcus Hilpert Flag of the United States.svg Hugo Armando
Flag of France.svg Cedric Kauffmann 		7–5, 7–6
2.August 1999 Edinburgh, Great BritainClay Flag of Germany.svg Marcus Hilpert Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Roy-Girardi
Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Sávolt 		6–1, 7–6(7–3)

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  2. ↑ "Men's Tennis". University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics.
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