Background
Schnur was born in Toronto, Ontario to Chris Schnur and Anne-Marie Nielsen and has a younger sister Amanda.
Schnur was born in Toronto, Ontario to Chris Schnur and Anne-Marie Nielsen and has a younger sister Amanda.
Schnur reached a career high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of Number. 456 on August 18, 2014. He is currently studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is part of their tennis team since January 2014.
He first started playing tennis at the age of eight, on public courts near his home in Pickering, Ontario.
Schnur left home at the age of 14 and moved to Bradenton, Florida where he would train with Heath Turpin. He was part of Tennis Canada"s National Training Centre from 2011 to 2013 under the guidance of Guillaume Marx.
2011-2013
He played his first professional tournament at the Futures in Indian Harbour Beach in June 2011 where he lost in qualifying. In July 2013, Schnur reached his first professional singles final at the Futures in Kelowna but was defeated in three sets by compatriot Philip Bester.
2014-2015
Two weeks later at the Futures in Saskatoon, he captured the second pro doubles title of his career with a straight sets victory over Mousheg Hovhannisyan and Alexander Sarkissian.
In July 2014, Schnur reached the semifinals in doubles of the 2014 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby. At the 2014 Rogers Cup in August, Schnur qualified for his first Association of Tennis Professionals main draw with wins over World Number. 94 Matthew Ebden and 9th seed Yūichi Sugita.
He lost to World Number.
51 Andreas Seppi in the first round. In August 2014 at the Futures in Calgary, Schnur captured the third doubles title of his career with Tar Heels teammate Jack Murray after defeating Dimitar Kutrovsky and Dennis Nevolo. In late October 2014, Schnur captured the National Collegiate Athletic Association regional singles title, providing him with a bid into the 2014 National Indoor Championships in New New York
Schnur then went on to take the 2014 Singles National Indoor Championships.
In June 2015 at the Richmond Futures, Schnur reached the third singles final of his career but fell in three sets to compatriot Philip Bester. In July, he was part of the Canadian team at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto where he made it to the quarterfinals in singles.
In August at the 2015 Rogers Cup qualifying, Schnur upset World Number. 98 Ruben Bemelmans in straight sets in the first round but was defeated by World Number.
76 Lu Yen-hsun in the final round.
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up).