# Rory Chappell

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{{short description|South African tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Rory Chappell
| image =
| fullname = Rory Chappell
| country_represented = {{flag|South Africa|1928}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|1|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg), South Africa
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|8|14|1959|1|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa
| plays = Left-handed
| careerprizemoney = 
| singlesrecord = 8–13
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = No. 195 (2 January 1984)
| Wimbledonresult = 1R ([1977](/source/1977_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
| doublesrecord = 3–17
| doublestitles =
| highestdoublesranking = 
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([1977](/source/1977_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles), [1981](/source/1981_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles), [1982](/source/1982_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles))
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R ([1981](/source/1981_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles))
}}
'''Rory Chappell''' (13 January 1959 - 14 August 2014) was a South African professional [tennis](/source/tennis) player.

A left-handed player from [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg), Chappell reached a career best singles ranking of 195 in the world and qualified for the main draw of the [1977 Wimbledon Championships](/source/1977_Wimbledon_Championships).<ref>{{cite web |title=Wimbledon |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/wimbledon/gbr/1977/m-sl-gbr-01a-1977/ |website=www.itftennis.com}}</ref>

Chappell died in 2014 at Rosebank Primary School in [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg), where he worked as a tennis coach. He was 55 years of age.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rory Chappell dies aged 55 |url=https://www.sport24.co.za/Tennis/Rory-Chappell-dies-aged-55-20140814 |work=[News24](/source/News24_(website)) |date=14 August 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}

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Category:1959 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:South African male tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Johannesburg
Category:20th-century South African sportsmen

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