Who is Denis Shapovalov?
The Canadian professional tennis player has already shown some wonderful performances on the ATP Tour as a Teenager. He has already reached the top-10 of the ATP rankings and is one of the youngest players to reach the top-10 since 2005. He is also the fifth-youngest player ranked within the ATP 100.
He is currently ranked number 10 in the world and was the youngest to enter the top 30 in 2018. His career-high ATP singles ranking is No. 10 in the world.
Quick Facts
Titles | Description |
Real Name | Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov |
Nickname | Shapo |
Birth Place | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Date of Birth | 15th April 1999. |
Nationality | Canadian |
Religion | Christianity. |
Source of Income | Professional tennis player |
Age | 22 years. (As of 2021). |
Father’s name | Viktor Shapovalov |
Mother’s name | Tessa Shapovalov |
Siblings | One sibling, his older brother Evgeniy |
Star sign | Aries |
Residence | Nassau, Bahamas |
School | Aries |
Residence | Nassau, Bahamas |
School | Stephen Lewis Secondary School in Vaughan |
Height | 6 feet 1 inches /185 Cm. |
Weight | 75 Kg / 167 Lbs. |
Hair Color | Blonde |
Eye Color | Blue |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Profession | Professional tennis player |
Become Professional | 2016 |
Playing Style | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Career Records (Singles) | 126–104 (54.8% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career Titles (Singles) | 1 |
Career Highest ranking (singles) | No. 10 (21st September 2020). |
Current ranking (Singles) | No. 10 (12th July 2021) |
Grand Slam Results (Singles) | |
Australian Open | 3R (2019, 2021) |
French Open | 2R (2018, 2020) |
Wimbledon | SF (2021) |
US Open | QF (2020) |
Grand Slam Results (Doubles) | |
Career Records | 34–37 (47.9% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup). |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 44 (24 February 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 67 (16 August 2021) |
Australian Open | 2R (2021) |
French Open | 1R (2020) |
US Open | QF (2020) |
Prize Money | $ 6,391,083 (Rs 47.39 Cr). |
Coach | Tessa Shapovalova Mikhail Youzhny |
Endorsements | Nike, Tag Heuer, Yonex |
Achievements | Male Player of the Year Lionel Conacher Award ATP Star of Tomorrow. |
Twitter/Denis Shapovalov | |
Instagram/Denis Shapovalov | |
FaceBook/Denis Shapovalov | |
Net Worth | $ 2 million (Rs 14.85 Cr). |
Last Updated | September 2021. |
Early Life
He was born on 15th April 1999 in Tel Aviv, Israel, the son of his parents Tessa and Viktor Shapovalov. His mother eventually became a tennis coach there. His mother is a Ukrainian Jew and his father is a Russian Orthodox Christian. He attended Stephen Lewis Secondary School in Vaughan.
Career
In November 2015, he won his first professional doubles title at the ITF Futures in Pensacola. In January 2016, he reached the doubles final at the ITF Futures in Sunrise. A week later, he achieved his first professional singles title with a straight-set victory over Pedro Sakamoto at the ITF Futures in Weston. In March 2016, he reached the semifinals of the Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville, beating his first top 100 players in American Austin Krajicek before losing to British professional Daniel Evans in three sets.
In April 2016, he won his second and third singles titles after defeating world No. 286 American professional Tennys Sandgren at the ITF 25K in Memphis and winning the ITF 10K in Orange Park over Serbian Miomir Kecmanović two weeks later. In July 2016, he was awarded a wildcard for the tournament in Washington, his first ATP main draw appearance. He was defeated by Slovak tennis player Lukas Lacko in three sets. He then was awarded a wildcard for the 2016 Rogers Cup the next week. He was defeated by No. 40 Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the next round.
In February 2017, he was selected to play for the Canada Davis Cup team in the World Group 1st round tie against Great Britain and lost his opener to Dan Evans. In the deciding rubber against British professional Kyle Edmund.
In 2017 Wimbledon July, he made his Grand Slam debut after he was awarded a wildcard for the main draw. He was defeated by Polish Jerzy Janowicz in the opening round.
He defeated world No. 31Argentine professional Juan Martin del Potro in the second round and world No. 2 Spanish Rafael Nadal in the next round, which was his first-ever match against a top 10 player.
After his achievements at the Rogers Cup, he had to qualify to enter the main draw of the US Open. In the qualifying rounds, he defeated American Denis Kudla, Portuguese professional Gastao Elias, and Czech tennis player Jan Satral. In the main draw, he defeated Russian professional Daniil Medvedev in the first round, then-No. 8 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second.
At the 2019 Australian Open, he defeated Pablo Andujar and Taro Daniel before being stopped in four sets by six-time and eventual champion Serbian Novak Djokovic in their first singles match.
In his Miami Open campaign both were defeated by veteran champions; Auger-Aliassime by defending champion John Isner, and he by eventual champion Roger Federer in their first singles match.
At the 2020 Australian Open he was seeded 13th but lost in four sets in the first round to Marton Fucsovics of Hungary. At the 2021 Geneva Open, he reached his third final overall and first on clay after defeating clay-court specialists Serbian professional Laslo Đere and Uruguayan professional Pablo Cuevas also an experienced clay-court veteran who came through qualifications. He lost to Norwegian professional Casper Ruud in the championship match.
Career Statistics
Grand Slam Tournament (Single)
Grand Slam Tournament (Doubles)
Social Media Portfolio
He has 118.4k followers on Twitter, 526k followers on Instagram & on his Facebook page, there are 119K followers over the globe as of September 2021.
Who is Denis Shapovalov father?
Viktor Shapovalov.
Where does Denis Shapovalov come from?
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
How many languages does Denis Shapovalov speak?
English, French, Russian, Hebrew.
How old is Denis Shapovalov?
22 years. (As of 2021).
How tall is Denis Shapovalov?
6 feet 1 inches /185 Cm.
Denis Shapovalov instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/denis.shapovalov/
Denis Shapovalov coach.
Tessa Shapovalova & Mikhail Youzhny.
Denis Shapovalov world ranking.
10
Denis Shapovalov age.
22 years. (As of 2021).