Rory Chappell (13 January 1959 - 14 August 2014) was a South African professional tennis player.

A left-handed player from Johannesburg, Chappell reached a career best singles ranking of 195 in the world and qualified for the main draw of the 1977 Wimbledon Championships.

[1] Chappell died in 2014 at Rosebank Primary School in Johannesburg, where he worked as a tennis coach.

He was 55 years of age.

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