Denis Shapovalov

Denis Shapovalov
Country (sports)  Canada
Residence Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Born (1999-04-15) April 15, 1999
Tel Aviv, Israel
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $64,432
Singles
Career record 2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 238 (November 7, 2016)
Current ranking No. 238 (November 7, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior 2R (2015)
French Open Junior SF (2016)
Wimbledon Junior W (2016)
US Open Junior 3R (2015)
Doubles
Career record 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 459 (November 7, 2016)
Current ranking No. 459 (November 7, 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior 1R (2015)
French Open Junior 2R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior F (2016)
US Open Junior W (2015)
Last updated on: November 7, 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. 238 on November 7, 2016 and a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 2 on July 11, 2016. Shapovalov won the 2016 Wimbledon junior singles title[1][2] and the 2015 US Open junior doubles title[3] with compatriot Félix Auger-Aliassime.

Early life

Shapovalov was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Russian parents Viktor, involved in volleyball, and tennis coach Tessa. The family moved to Canada before Denis' first birthday.[4][5] 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.[6][7]

Tennis career

2013–14

In October 2013, Shapovalov won his first junior singles title at the ITF G5 in Burlington.[8] He captured his second singles title in April 2014 at the junior ITF G5 in Burlington.[9] In July 2014, Shapovalov won the singles and doubles titles at the junior ITF G4 in San José.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] 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.[3] In October, Shapovalov and fellow Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Benjamin Sigouin captured the first Junior Davis Cup title for Canada in its history.[14] In late November, he won his first professional doubles title at the ITF Futures in Pensacola.[15]

2016

In January, Shapovalov reached the doubles final at the ITF Futures in Sunrise.[16] A week later, he captured his first professional singles title with a straight-set victory over Pedro Sakamoto at the ITF Futures in Weston.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19] He also won the doubles title in Orange Park.[20] At the junior French Open in May, he advanced to the semifinals in singles and to the second round in doubles.[21] At the beginning of July, he captured his first G1 singles title after winning in Roehampton.[22] A week later, Shapovalov became the third Canadian to win a junior Grand Slam singles title with a three-set victory over Alex De Minaur at Wimbledon. He also reached the doubles final with Félix Auger-Aliassime.[1] Shapovalov was awarded a wildcard for the tournament in Washington, his first ATP main draw appearance. He was defeated by Lukáš Lacko in three sets.[23] Shapovalov then was awarded a wildcard for the Rogers Cup. In the first round he upset world no. 19 Nick Kyrgios, beating him in three sets to win his first tour level match.[24] He was defeated by no. 40 Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the next round.[25]

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Result No. Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. January 31, 2016 Futures USA F5, Weston Clay Brazil Pedro Sakamoto 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Winner 2. April 10, 2016 Futures USA F12, Memphis Hard United States Tennys Sandgren 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Winner 3. April 24, 2016 Futures 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)
Result No. Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. November 21, 2015 Futures USA F33, Pensacola Clay Hungary Péter Nagy United States Christopher Ephron
Brazil Bruno Savi 		6–3, 6–2
Runner–up 1. January 24, 2016 Futures USA F4, Sunrise Clay Hungary Péter Nagy Sweden Isak Arvidsson
Japan Kaichi Uchida		 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. April 23, 2016 Futures USA F14, Orange Park Clay Hungary Péter Nagy Philippines Ruben Gonzales
United States Dennis Nevolo		 6–2, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner2016WimbledonGrassAustralia Alex De Minaur4–6, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner2015US OpenHardCanada Félix Auger-AliassimeUnited States Brandon Holt
United States Riley Smith		7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Runner–up2016WimbledonGrassCanada Félix Auger-AliassimeEstonia Kenneth Raisma
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas		6–4, 4–6, 2–6

References

  1. 1 2 "Canadian teen Denis Shapovalov wins boys' Wimbledon title". The Star. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Junior tennis rising stars: players to watch". Deuce Court. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Canadian junior boys win U.S. Open doubles final". CBC Sports. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Israeli tennis coach and Jewish player lead Canada". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Shapovalov the Canadian champion at Wimbledon". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Q&A with Denis Shapovalov". Merchant of Tennis. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Is Denis Shapovalov the next big thing in Canadian tennis?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Drawsheet: Ace Tennis U18 ITF Canadian World Ranking Event 2". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Drawsheet: 32nd All Canadian Junior Championships". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Drawsheet: Copa Cariari 2014". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Drawsheet: Australian Open Junior Championships". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Drawsheet: The Junior Championships, Wimbledon". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Drawsheet: Prince George's County International Hard Court Junior Tennis Championship ITF". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Czechs and Canadians crowned Junior champions". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Drawsheet: USA F33 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Drawsheet: USA F4 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Drawsheet: USA F5 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Résultats". ChallengerBanqueNationale.com. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Drawsheet: USA F12 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Drawsheet: USA F14 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Drawsheet: Roland Garros Junior French Championships". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Drawsheet: Nike Junior International Roehampton". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Lukas Lacko a vaincu Denis Shapovalov en trois manches". RDS.ca. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Shapovalov stuns Kyrgios in Toronto". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Canada's Milos Raonic moves on, Denis Shapovalov, Vasek Pospisil out at Rogers Cup". Metro News Canada. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
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