Denis Shapovalov

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Denis Shapovalov
Country (sports)  Canada
Residence Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Born (1999-04-15) April 15, 1999 (age 25)
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $16,874
Singles
Career record 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 393 (May 9, 2016)
Current ranking No. 400 (May 23, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior 2R (2015)
French Open Junior 2R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior 3R (2015)
US Open Junior 3R (2015)
Doubles
Career record 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 486 (May 23, 2016)
Current ranking No. 486 (May 23, 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior 1R (2015)
French Open Junior 1R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior 1R (2015)
US Open Junior W (2015)
Last updated on: May 23, 2016.

Denis Shapovalov (Russian: Денис Викторович Шаповалов; born April 15, 1999) is a Canadian junior tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 393 on May 9, 2016 and a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 25 on January 25, 2016. Shapovalov won the 2015 US Open junior doubles title with compatriot Félix Auger-Aliassime.[1]

Early life

Shapovalov was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to Russian parents Viktor Shapovalov and Tessa Shapovalova. He started to play tennis at the club his mother was coaching at when he was 5 years old and he is still coached by her along with Adriano Fuorivia. His mother Tessa opened up her own tennis club in Vaughan named TessaTennis to help give him a home base to train at and to coach other juniors.[2]

Tennis career

2013–14

In October 2013, Shapovalov won his first junior singles title at the ITF G5 in Burlington.[3] He captured his second singles title in April 2014 at the junior ITF G5 in Burlington.[4] In July 2014, Shapovalov won the singles and doubles titles at the junior ITF G4 in San José.[5]

2015

In January at the junior Australian Open, Shapovalov advanced to the second round in singles as a qualifier. He lost in the first round in doubles.[6] At the junior Wimbledon in June, Shapovalov once again successfully qualified for the singles main draw and reached the third round. He was defeated in the opening round of the doubles event.[7] In late August in College Park, he made it to his first junior ITF G1 singles final but was defeated by fellow Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime.[8] At the junior US Open in September, Shapovalov qualified in singles and made it to the third round for his second straight Grand Slam. In doubles, he won the title with compatriot Félix Auger-Aliassime.[1] In October, Shapovalov and fellow Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Benjamin Sigouin captured the first Junior Davis Cup title for Canada in its history.[9] In late November, he won his first professional doubles title at the ITF Futures in Pensacola.[10]

2016

In January, Shapovalov reached the doubles final at the ITF Futures in Sunrise.[11] A week later, he captured his first professional singles title with a straight-set victory over Pedro Sakamoto at the ITF Futures in Weston.[12] In March, he reached the semifinals of the Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville, beating his first top 100 player in Austin Krajicek before losing to Daniel Evans in three sets.[13] In April, Shapovalov won his second and third singles title after defeating World No. 286 Tennys Sandgren at the ITF 25K in Memphis and winning the ITF 10K in Orange Park over Miomir Kecmanović two weeks later.[14] He also won the doubles title in Orange Park.[15]

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. January 31, 2016 USA F5, Weston Clay Brazil Pedro Sakamoto 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Winner 2. April 10, 2016 USA F12, Memphis Hard United States Tennys Sandgren 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Winner 3. April 24, 2016 USA F14, Orange Park Clay Serbia Miomir Kecmanović 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. November 21, 2015 USA F33, Pensacola Clay Hungary Péter Nagy United States Christopher Ephron
Brazil Bruno Savi		 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 1. January 24, 2016 USA F4, Sunrise Clay Hungary Péter Nagy Sweden Isak Arvidsson
Japan Kaichi Uchida		 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. April 23, 2016 USA F14, Orange Park Clay Hungary Péter Nagy Philippines Ruben Gonzales
United States Dennis Nevolo		 6–2, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2015 US Open Hard Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime United States Brandon Holt
United States Riley Smith		 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

References

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