{{Short description|South African tennis player}} {{Use South African English|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Jason Weir-Smith | image = | caption = | country = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|8|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Johannesburg,<br />South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | 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.<ref>[http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10020857 ITF Pro Circuit Profile]</ref>
==Career== Weir-Smith won the doubles title at the Coffee Bowl junior tournament in 1993, with Juan Antonio Marín as his partner.<ref>[http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30009404 ITF Junior Profile]</ref>
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.<ref>[http://gofrogs.tcustory.com/mens-tennis/mens-tennis-the-trophy-case/ TCU Mens Tennis]</ref>
The South African competed in the men's doubles at six Grand Slam tournaments during his career, including all four in 2001.<ref name=ATP>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/We/J/Jason-Weir-Smith.aspx ATP World Tour Profile]</ref> He made the second round at the 2001 French Open (with Neville Godwin) and 2001 US Open (with Aleksandar Kitinov).<ref name=ATP/>
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.<ref name=ATP/> His partner in Umag, Brighton and Auckland was Paul Rosner and he partnered John-Laffnie de Jager in Munich.<ref name=ATP/>
==Challenger titles==
===Doubles: (5)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !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 |{{flagicon|USA}} Mitch Sprengelmeyer |{{flagicon|GER}} Dirk Dier<br />{{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Hilpert |6–3, 6–1 |- |2. |1999 |Binghamton, United States |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Mitch Sprengelmeyer |{{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Kim<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} Hyung-Taik Lee |5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |- |3. |1999 |San Antonio, United States |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Mitch Sprengelmeyer |{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Painter<br />{{flagicon|RSA}} Byron Talbot |6–3, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup> |- |4. |2000 |Segovia, Spain |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Ashley Fisher |{{flagicon|AUS}} Jordan Kerr<br />{{flagicon|RSA}} Damien Roberts |7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–1 |- |5. |2001 |Wroclaw, Poland |Hard |{{flagicon|ZIM}} Wayne Black |{{flagicon|AUT}} Julian Knowle<br />{{flagicon|GER}} Michael Kohlmann |6–3, 6–4 |}
==References== {{reflist|1}}
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