Jason Weir-Smith (born 8 August 1975) is a former professional

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player from

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Career

Weir-Smith won the doubles title at the Coffee Bowl junior tournament in 1993, with

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as his partner. A doubles specialist, Weir-Smith played collegiate tennis at

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and was a doubles

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while playing with the Horned Frogs in 1996 and 1997.TCU Mens Tennis
/ref> The South African competed in the men's doubles at six

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tournaments during his career, including all four in 2001.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He made the second round at the

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(with

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) and 2001 US Open (with

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). He never reached a final on the

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but was a doubles semi-finalist on four occasions, at

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in 2000, the 2000 Brighton International, the 2001 Heineken Open in Auckland and Munich's

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in 2001. His partner in Umag, Brighton and Auckland was

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and he partnered

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in Munich.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (5)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weir-Smith, Jason 1975 births Living people South African male tennis players TCU Horned Frogs men's tennis players South African expatriate tennis players in the United States Tennis players from Johannesburg