Jason Weir-Smith

Jason Weir-Smith
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	8 August 1975 (age 49); Johannesburg,; South Africa
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Turned pro	1997
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$99,336
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 548 (4 Oct 1999)
Doubles
Career record	16-30
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 81 (18 Jun 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2001)
French Open	2R (2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2001)
US Open	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]

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	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