Vaughan Snyman

Vaughan Snyman
Country (sports) 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 OpenQ3 (1997)
WimbledonQ2 (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]

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. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. July 1999 Newcastle, Great Britain Clay Germany Marcus Hilpert United States Hugo Armando
France Cedric Kauffmann 		7–5, 7–6
2. August 1999 Edinburgh, Great Britain Clay Germany Marcus Hilpert Spain Marcos Roy-Girardi
Hungary Attila Sávolt 		6–1, 7–6(7–3)

References

  1. ^ "Hero of the day". The Herald. 8 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Men's Tennis". University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics.