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{{Short description|New Zealand tennis player}}
{{for|the Canadian Olympic shooter|Bob Cheyne}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Rob Cheyne
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| fullname = Robert Cheyne
| country_represented = {{NZL}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|20|df=yes}}
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| singlesrecord = 1–1 <small>(Davis Cup)</small>
| singlestitles = 
| highestsinglesranking = No. 790 (28 May 2001)
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| highestdoublesranking = No. 617 (21 July 2003)
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'''Robert Cheyne''' (born 20 October 1976) is a New Zealand former professional [[tennis]] player.

Cheyne grew up in [[Tītahi Bay]] and was a collegiate player for [[California State University, Fresno|Fresno State]], before competing professionally.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dando |first1=Kris |title=From backhands to bones |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/kapi-mana-news/3389949/From-backhands-to-bones |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=1 March 2010 |language=en}}</ref> He won two [[ITF Futures]] doubles titles, both with [[Mark Nielsen (tennis)|Mark Nielsen]]. In 2003 he represented the [[New Zealand Davis Cup team]] in ties against Pakistan and India. Soon after he left the tour to become an assistant coach for [[Baylor University]] and helped guide the team to an NCAA championship in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rutledge |first1=John |title=Baylor tennis team takes title_61404 |url=https://www.baptiststandard.com/archives/2004-archives/baylor-tennis-team-takes-title61404/ |work=[[Baptist Standard]] |date=11 June 2004}}</ref> He previously worked in New Zealand as a chiropractor for Cheyne & Sissons Chiropractic<ref>{{cite news |title=Texas Colleges - Baylor |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/college/article/TEXAS-COLLEGES-1927222.php |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=25 August 2005}}</ref>and is now back in the United States, again working as a chiropractor, according to his [[LinkedIn|Linkedln]].

==ITF Futures finals==
===Doubles: 3 (2–1)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|{{dts|Aug 2002}}
|Austria F3, [[Kramsach]]
|Clay
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Stefan Wauters]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Cinkuš <br> {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Krešimir Ritz]]
|4–6, 6–7<sup>(4)</sup>
|-style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–1</small>
|{{dts|Apr 2003}}
|Japan F1, [[Kōfu]]
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Mark Nielsen (tennis)|Mark Nielsen]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Katsushi Fukuda <br> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Michael Ryderstedt]]
|4–6, 6–4, 6–3
|-style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–1</small>
|{{dts|Apr 2003}}
|Japan F2, [[Tokyo]]
|Hard
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Mark Nielsen (tennis)|Mark Nielsen]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Joji Miyao]] <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} Yasuo Miyazaki
|6–0, 6–4
|}

==See also==
*[[List of New Zealand Davis Cup team representatives]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ATP|c571}}
* {{Davis Cup player|800195360}}
* {{ITF profile|robert-cheyne/800195360/nzl}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheyne, Rob}}
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New Zealand male tennis players]]
[[Category:Fresno State Bulldogs men's tennis players]]
[[Category:New Zealand expatriate tennis players in the United States]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Porirua]]