Brayden Schnur

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Brayden Schnur
Birthdate July 4, 1995
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Residence Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Height 6’4” (1,93m)
Style of play Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Turned pro 2016
Best ATP singles ranking No. 92 (August 19, 2019)
Best ATP doubles ranking No. 251 (March 8, 2021)
Profile on CdnTennis.ca

Biography

Brayden Schnur (born July 4, 1995 in Pickering, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 92 on August 19, 2019 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 251 on March 8, 2021.

In 2013, Schnur became the first Canadian man to win the G1 junior tournament in Repentigny. At the Rogers Cup in 2014, he qualified for his first ATP main draw with wins over world No. 94 Matthew Ebden and 9th seed Yūichi Sugita. He lost to world No. 51 Andreas Seppi in the first round. In 2015, he was part of the Canadian team at the Pan American Games in Toronto where he made it to the quarterfinals in singles. Schnur was a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tennis team from January 2014 to May 2016. He turned professional in July 2016 at the Rogers Cup. In 2019, Schnur reached his first ATP final at the 250 Series in Uniondale, defeating his first two top-50 players world No. 34 Steve Johnson and world No. 49 Sam Querrey respectively in the second round and in the semifinals. He was defeated by Reilly Opelka in three sets in the final.

Schnur was born in Pickering, Ontario to Chris Schnur and Anne-Marie Nielsen and has a younger sister Amanda. He first started playing tennis at the age of eight, on public courts near his home in Pickering, Ontario. Schnur left home at the age of 14 and moved to Bradenton, Florida where he would train with Heath Turpin. He was part of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montréal from 2011 to 2013 under the guidance of Guillaume Marx.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2019 New York Open, United States 250 Series Hard (i) Reilly Opelka (USA) 1–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(7–9)

Other finals

Team competitions: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Date Tournament Surface Team Partners Opponent team Opponent players Score
Loss Nov 2019 Davis Cup, Madrid, Spain Hard (i) Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP)
Marcel Granollers (ESP)
Feliciano López (ESP)
Rafael Nadal (ESP)
0–2
Win Jan 2022 ATP Cup, Sydney, Australia Hard Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
Steven Diez (CAN)
Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
Pedro Martínez (ESP)
Albert Ramos Viñolas (ESP)
2–0

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger 175 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 125 (0–1)
ATP Challenger 110 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 100 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 90 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 80 (0–2)
ATP Challenger 75 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 50 (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour prior to 2019 (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2018 Playford, Australia $75,000 Hard Jason Kubler (AUS) 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2019 Newport Beach, United States 125 Series Hard Taylor Fritz (USA) 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2019 Winnipeg, Canada 80 Series Hard Norbert Gombos (SVK) 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 0–4 Nov 2019 Charlottesville, United States 80 Series Hard (i) Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger 175 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 125 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 110 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 100 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 90 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 80 (0–1)
ATP Challenger 75 (0–0)
ATP Challenger 50 (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour prior to 2019 (0–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2021 Potchefstroom, South Africa 80 Series Hard Peter Polansky (CAN) Marc-Andrea Hüsler (SUI)
Zdeněk Kolář (CZE)
4–6, 6–2, [4–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Legend
ITF $25,000 tournaments / ITF M25 (4–1)
ITF $15,000 tournaments / ITF M15 (1–2)
ITF $10,000 tournaments (0–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 Canada F3, Kelowna $15,000 Hard Philip Bester (CAN) 7–6(11–9), 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2013 Canada F5, Calgary $15,000 Hard Philip Bester (CAN) 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–2 Jun 2015 Canada F3, Richmond $15,000 Hard Philip Bester (CAN) 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 2–2 Sep 2016 Canada F6, Calgary (2) $25,000 Hard Tim van Rijthoven (NED) 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Sep 2016 Canada F9, Niagara-on-the-Lake $25,000 Hard (i) Adam El Mihdawy (USA) 6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Win 3–3 Dec 2016 USA F40, Tallahassee $25,000 Hard (i) JC Aragone (USA) 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Win 4–3 Apr 2017 USA F13, Little Rock $25,000 Hard Philip Bester (CAN) 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 5–3 May 2017 Nigeria F1, Abuja $25,000 Hard Fabiano de Paula (BRA) 7–6(7–2), 6–4

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF $25,000 tournaments / ITF M25 (1–0)
ITF $15,000 tournaments / ITF M15 (2–1)
ITF $10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2013 Mexico F17, Quintana Roo $10,000 Hard Hugo Di Feo (CAN) Alex Llompart (PUR)
Finn Tearney (NZL)
6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 1–1 Jun 2014 Canada F3, Richmond $15,000 Hard Hans Hach (MEX) Rik de Voest (RSA)
Matt Seeberger (USA)
7–5, 5–7, [5–10]
Win 2–1 Jul 2014 Canada F5, Saskatoon $15,000 Hard Hans Hach (MEX) Mousheg Hovhannisyan (USA)
Alexander Sarkissian (USA)
6–2, 6–3
Win 3–1 Aug 2014 Canada F7, Calgary $15,000 Hard Jack Murray (USA) Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL)
Dennis Nevolo (USA)
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 4–1 Sep 2016 Canada F9, Niagara-on-the-Lake $25,000 Hard (i) Filip Peliwo (CAN) Iván Endara (ECU)
Nicolás Jarry (CHI)
6–3, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

This table is current as of January 10, 2022.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A A A Q2 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A Q3 1R NH Q2 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A Q1 A 1R A Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Year-end championships
ATP Finals Did Not Qualify 0 / 0 0–0
ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells A A A A A A A NH Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami A A A A A A A NH Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Monte-Carlo A A A A A A A NH A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid A A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canada A 1R Q2 Q1 1R Q1 1R NH 1R A Q2 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai A A A A A A Q1 Not Held A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%
National representation
Olympic Games Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0
Davis Cup A A A A PO A F NH RR QR A 0 / 1 0–3 0%
ATP Cup Not Held A A W Not Held 1 / 1 0–1 0%
United Cup Not Held A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 1 3 1 0 0 16
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hardcourt Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 4–6 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 13 4–16 20%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 4–8 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 16 4–19 17%
Win % 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% 0% 0% 17.39%
Year-end ranking 547 606 657 548 198 189 103 208 234 910 866

Notes

  • NB The ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati was played in New York City, the French Open was played in September and after the US Open, and the Italian Open was also played in September and after the ATP Masters 1000 in New York City/Cincinnati, and the 2020 Olympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
  • NB The ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells was played in October and after the tournament in Cincinnati due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

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