PlayerTenille Van Der Merwe
CountryRSA
Ranking
Last Ranking
Highest Ranking28 ( Apr 2008 )
DATE OF BIRTH 13th May 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH PARYS, SOUTH AFRICA
LIVES PARYS, SOUTH AFRICA
COACH RICHARD CASTLE
RACKET GRAYS
STRINGS POINTFORE
SHOES ASICS
CLOTHING GRAYS
OTHER ENDORSEMENTS PRO-NUTRITION
HANDED RIGHT HANDED
AGE BEGAN PLAYING 11
TIMES PLAYED FOR COUNTRY SENIOR : 4 JUNIOR : 3
SENIOR NATIONAL TITLES WON SA NATIONAL CHAMPION 2005,2006 & 2007, 2009
SQUASH ACHIEVEMENTS SA NATIONAL CHAMPION 2005,2006 & 2007, 2009
BEST RESULTS SO FAR REACHING A WORLD RANKING OF 28 IN MARCH 2008
AMBITIONS TO BECOME ONE OF THE BEST SQUASH PLAYERS IN THE WORLD
HOBBIES RUNNING, MOUNTAINEERING AND BRAAI'S
OTHER Tenille grew up in small town called Parys in South Africa and started playing squash when she was eight years old.

Although she hasn't had a full time coach (currently living in
Pretoria and coached by Graham Prior once a week) she has enjoyed outstanding junior success.

She held top spot in the national junior rankings from the age of eleven. In 2005 she reached the British Junior Open final and lost in the semis at the
World Juniors in Belgium that year. But even before then in 2004 she was selected for the South African women's team for the Women's World Team Championship in Amsterdam.

Tenille is now the number one woman player of her country and busy playing squash full time and training at a High Performance centre in Pretoria.