Rory Chappell | |
Fullname: | Rory Chappell |
Country Represented: | ![]() |
Birth Date: | 13 January 1959 |
Birth Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Death Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Plays: | Left-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 8–13 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 195 (2 January 1984) |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1977) |
Doublesrecord: | 3–17 |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 1R (1977, 1981, 1982) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1981) |
Rory Chappell (13 January 1959 - 14 August 2014) was a South African professional tennis player.
A left-handed player from Johannesburg, Chappell reached a career best singles ranking of 195 in the world and qualified for the main draw of the 1977 Wimbledon Championships.[1]
Chappell died in 2014 at Rosebank Primary School in Johannesburg, where he worked as a tennis coach. He was 55 years of age.[2]