Denis Shapovalov

Denis Shapovalov
Shapovalov 2018
Nation:	Canada
Birthday:	April 15, 1999
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	75 kg
1st professional season:	2017
Playing hand:	Left, one-handed backhand
Trainer:	Mikhail Juschny Tessa Shapovalova
Prize money:	$ 4,535,961
singles
Career record:	84:70
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	15 (November 4, 2019)
Current placement:	15th
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	20:25
Highest ranking:	49 (November 4, 2019)
Current placement:	49
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: November 4th, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Denis Shapovalov (born April 15, 1999 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) is a Canadian tennis player .

Private

Denis Shapovalov was born in Tel Aviv , Israel . His father, Viktor, a former volleyball player, and his mother, Tessa, a tennis coach, are Russian . The family moved to Richmond Hill , Canada when Denis was less than a year old. Since he was five years old, he trained with his mother, who opened a tennis club in Vaughan - also to offer her son a training base.

Career

Junior Tour

At the age of 14, Shapovalov first played on the Junior Tour in 2013. In the same year he won his first title. He celebrated his greatest successes on the tour in 2016, where he reached the semi-finals at the French Open and at Wimbledon , where he defeated Alex De Minaur in the final . In addition, he won the doubles competition at the US Open in 2015 and made it to the double finals of Wimbledon in 2016. The success led Shapovalov to second place in the junior world rankings.

As of 2016

After Shapovalov had already celebrated small successes in ITF Future Tour tournaments in 2015 (including a semi-final and a double title), the Canadian played more with the professionals in 2016. Here he won his first single future title at the end of January. A little later he successfully played a tournament on the ATP Challenger Tour in Drummondville for the first time , in which he was able to participate thanks to a wildcard . Here he advanced to the semi-finals after victories against the number 101 in the world Austin Krajicek and Renzo Olivo . With this success he moved up to the top 500 in the world rankings.

After two future titles and his success at Wimbledon, after which he no longer played junior tournaments, Shapovalov was able to take part in an ATP World Tour tournament for the first time thanks to a wildcard with the Citi Open in Washington, DC . Here Lukáš Lacko was a size too big in three sentences. A month later at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, however, he succeeded with a win against the world number 19. Nick Kyrgios a big surprise. He won 7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3, but lost to Grigor Dimitrov in round two . Until the end of the year he only played Challengers, where he reached a semifinals again - in Gatineau . The 17-year-old finished the year in 250th place, almost 1000 places better than last year.

In March 2017 Shapovalov celebrated his first title win on the ATP Challenger Tour in Drummondville when he defeated Ruben Bemelmans 6: 3, 6: 2 in the final . With this success he made it into the top 200 of the world rankings for the first time. Shapovalov reached the semi-finals of a Masters for the first time at the Rogers Cup in Montreal in August 2017 . He initially defeated number one seed Rafael Nadal in three sets in the round of 16 . After a quarter-final victory against Adrian Mannarino , he lost to eventual tournament winner Alexander Zverev in straight sets. With this success, Shapovalov made it into the top 100 in the world rankings for the first time .

After a mixed season in 2018, Shapovalov reached his second Masters semifinals in Miami in March 2019 . In this he lost 2: 6 4: 6 against Roger Federer . On October 20, 2019, Shapovalov won his first title on the ATP tour in Stockholm . In the final he defeated the Serb Filip Krajinović 6: 4 6: 4. When he reached the finals at the Masters in Paris for the first time , Shapovalov achieved his best ranking to date with 15th place in the world rankings.

Davis Cup

In 2015 Denis Shapovalov won the junior edition of the Davis Cup with Félix Auger-Aliassime and Benjamin Sigouin. The title was Canada's first win at the event.

He then played for the first time in 2016 for the Canadian Davis Cup team in the world group relegation against Chile. There he played in the no longer relevant fourth match against Christian Garín , given the score of 3-0, and won in two sets.

In the first round encounter of the Davis Cup 2017 against Great Britain, Shapovalov played the fifth and decisive game against Kyle Edmund . Disappointed with his own mistakes, he knocked a ball away when the score was 0: 2 and hit the chair referee in the eye. Shapovalov was disqualified for it, Great Britain won the match.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam ATP World Tour Finals ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour 500 ATP World Tour 250 (1) ATP Challenger Tour (2)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (1) Sand (0) Lawn (0)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	20th October 2019	Stockholm	Hard court (i)	Filip Krajinović	6: 4, 6: 4

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	19th March 2017	Drummondville	Hard court (i)	Ruben Bemelmans	6: 3, 6: 2
2.	23rd July 2017	Gatineau	Hard court	Peter Polansky	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 3

Double

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 16, 2019	Stuttgart	race	Rohan Bopanna	John Peers Bruno Soares	5: 7, 3: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2016	2017	2018	2019	Career
Australian Open	-	-	2	3	3
French Open	-	Q1	2	1	2
Wimbledon	-	1	2		2
US Open	-	AF	3		AF

Web links

Commons : Denis Shapovalov  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Denis Shapovalov (English)
• ITF Profile of Denis Shapovalov (English)
• ITF junior profile Denis Shapovalov (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Denis Shapovalov (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marvin Glassman: Israeli tennis coach and Jewish player lead Canada. In: cjnews.com. November 1, 2015, accessed January 12, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Sandra Harwitt: Shapovalov the Canadian champion at Wimbledon. In: itftennis.com. July 10, 2016, accessed January 12, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Rachel Brady: Is Denis Shapovalov the next big thing in Canadian tennis? In: theglobeandmail.com. July 15, 2016, accessed July 15, 2016 . 
4. ^ Q&A with Denis Shapovalov. In: merchantoftennis.com. Retrieved January 12, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Canadians shoot referee with ball. In: spiegel.de. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017 .