Jason Weir-Smith Explained

Jason Weir-Smith
Country:	South Africa
Birth Date:	8 August 1975
Birth Place:	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height:	6 ft 2 in
Turnedpro:	1997
Plays:	Left-handed
Careerprizemoney:	$99,336
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 548 (4 Oct 1999)
Doublesrecord:	16-30
Doublestitles:	0
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 81 (18 Jun 2001)
Australianopendoublesresult:	1R (2001)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	2R (2001)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	1R (2001)
Usopendoublesresult:	2R (2001)

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

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]

width=30	No.	width=50	Year	width=200	Tournament	width=55	Surface	width=190	Partner	width=190	Opponents	width=100	Score
1.	1999	Eisenach, Germany	Clay	Mitch Sprengelmeyer	Dirk Dier Marcus Hilpert	6–3, 6–1
2.	1999	Binghamton, United States	Hard	Mitch Sprengelmeyer	Kevin Kim Hyung-Taik Lee	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
3.	1999	San Antonio, United States	Hard	Mitch Sprengelmeyer	Andrew Painter Byron Talbot	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
4.	2000	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
5.	2001	Wroclaw, Poland	Hard	Wayne Black	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6–3, 6–4