107 Facts About Denis Shapovalov

Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov was born on April 15,1999 and is a Canadian professional tennis player.

Denis Shapovalov has been ranked as high as world No 10 in singles by the ATP, which he first achieved on September 21,2020.

Denis Shapovalov has a career-high doubles ranking of world No 44, which he achieved on February 24,2020.

Denis Shapovalov is the third highest-ranked Canadian singles male player in history behind Milos Raonic and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Denis Shapovalov won two junior Grand Slam titles, his first being the doubles title at the 2015 US Open with Auger-Aliassime and his second being the singles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

The next year, Denis Shapovalov continued his success with a second Masters semi-final appearance at the 2018 Madrid Open and ended the year ranked inside the top 30, making him the youngest player in the group.

In 2019, Denis Shapovalov won his first ATP title at the 2019 Stockholm Open and made his first Masters finals appearance at the 2019 Paris Masters, after which he ended the year ranked No 15.

For 2020, Denis Shapovalov reached his maiden Grand Slam quarter-final at the 2020 US Open and his fourth Masters semi-final at the 2020 Italian Open, taking him to his career-high ranking of world No 10.

Denis Shapovalov made two more tour final appearances in 2021.

Denis Shapovalov often plays serve-and-volley to quick endpoints, which has rewarded him on faster surfaces.

Denis Shapovalov's mother Tessa Shapovalova was born in Soviet Ukraine, and is a former tennis player in Israel who played for the USSR national tennis team.

Denis Shapovalov immigrated from the then USSR to Tel Aviv, Israel, along with Denis' father Viktor Shapovalov during the Collapse of the Soviet Union.

Denis Shapovalov eventually became a tennis coach in Vaughan, Ontario.

Denis Shapovalov has one sibling, an older brother named Evgeniy, who was born in Israel.

Denis Shapovalov started playing tennis at the Richmond Hill Country Club, where his mother got a job as a coach two weeks after arriving in Toronto from Tel Aviv.

Denis Shapovalov began playing tennis at age 5 and quickly became obsessed with the game.

When Denis Shapovalov was 13, his training needs were too much for his mother to handle on her own.

In October 2013, Denis Shapovalov won his first junior singles title at the ITF G5 in Burlington, Ontario.

Denis Shapovalov captured his second singles title in April 2014 at the ITF G5 in Burlington.

In July 2014, Denis Shapovalov won the singles and doubles titles at the ITF G4 in San Jose.

In late November 2015, Denis Shapovalov won his first professional doubles title at the ITF Futures in Pensacola.

In July 2016, Denis Shapovalov was awarded a wildcard for the tournament in Washington, his first ATP main draw appearance.

Denis Shapovalov was defeated by Lukas Lacko in three sets.

Denis Shapovalov then was awarded a wildcard for the 2016 Rogers Cup the next week.

Denis Shapovalov was defeated by No 40 Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the next round.

In February 2017, Denis Shapovalov 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.

Denis Shapovalov was defeated by Jerzy Janowicz in the opening round.

Denis Shapovalov went on to defeat world No 42 Adrian Mannarino in the quarter-finals before bowing out to world No 8 Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals, thus becoming the youngest player ever to reach an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final.

Denis Shapovalov reached the fourth round by defeating Kyle Edmund in four sets, becoming the youngest player to reach the fourth round since Michael Chang in 1989.

Denis Shapovalov was defeated by world No 19 Pablo Carreno Busta in the fourth round, after which he reached his then career-high ATP ranking of world No 51 on September 11,2017.

Denis Shapovalov lost in the first round of the Paris Masters two weeks later to Julien Benneteau.

Denis Shapovalov began his 2018 season at the Brisbane International, where he lost in the first round in both singles, to Kyle Edmund, and doubles, to eventual winners Henri Kontinen and John Peers.

Denis Shapovalov then made his debut at the Delray Beach Open where he reached the semi-finals.

Denis Shapovalov defeated Ivo Karlovic, Jared Donaldson, and Taylor Fritz in the first three rounds, before falling to eventual champion Frances Tiafoe.

The next week at the Mexican Open, Denis Shapovalov defeated former world No 4 Kei Nishikori in three sets in the first round but lost to world No 6 Dominic Thiem in the second round.

Denis Shapovalov lost however to 30th seed Pablo Cuevas in the second round.

Denis Shapovalov was defeated by Borna Coric in the fourth round.

Denis Shapovalov started off his maiden clay court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters, where he lost in straight sets to qualifier Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round.

Denis Shapovalov then defeated Kyle Edmund to become the youngest semi-finalist in Madrid Open history.

Denis Shapovalov subsequently lost in straight sets to world No 3 and eventual champion Alexander Zverev.

Denis Shapovalov became the youngest top-30 player since Richard Gasquet in 2005.

Denis Shapovalov continued the momentum at the French Open defeating John Millman in straight sets in the first round, but lost to Maximilian Marterer in the next round.

Denis Shapovalov next entered the Stuttgart Open, his first tournament of the season on grass, but lost in the first round to qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran.

Denis Shapovalov started the 2018 North American summer hard court swing leading up to the US Open seeded 9th at the Citi Open in Washington, DC, where he defeated Daniil Medvedev before losing to 7th seed Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals.

Denis Shapovalov handily defeated Jeremy Chardy and fiery Italian Fabio Fognini in straight sets, before being knocked out of his home tournament in the Round of 16 by Robin Haase.

Denis Shapovalov then defeated Andreas Seppi in a five-set marathon in the next round, but then fell in the round of 32 to 5th seed Kevin Anderson in another five-set match that lasted close to four hours.

Denis Shapovalov began his 2019 season at the Auckland Open, where seeded seventh, he was defeated by Joao Sousa in three sets.

Denis Shapovalov was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open, but was able to defeat perennial Top-10 player Tomas Berdych before being defeated by former champion Stan Wawrinka.

Denis Shapovalov defeated former US Open champion Marin Cilic before being stopped by Hubert Hurkacz in the Round of 16.

On 20 October 2019, Denis Shapovalov won his first ATP title at the Stockholm Open, defeating Filip Krajinovic in straight sets.

At the Paris Masters, the tour's final tournament of the year, Denis Shapovalov secured a top 20 year-end finish after beating Gilles Simon, Fabio Fognini, Alexander Zverev, and Gael Monfils to reach the semi-finals.

Denis Shapovalov finished the season at a career-high ranking of number 15.

Shapovalov began his 2020 at the ATP Cup in Brisbane, where he was the No 1 player for Team Canada and pitted against the Greek, Australian, and German teams in Group F In his first match, Shapovalov beat Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight tie-break sets.

Denis Shapovalov concluded the year's Australian swing as the thirteenth seed at the Australian Open, but he suffered a disappointing exit in the first round at the hands of Marton Fucsovics in four sets.

Denis Shapovalov faced Pospisil in his first match there in the second round, but lost in straight sets.

Denis Shapovalov entered the Open 13 next as the fourth seed and snapped his three-match losing streak after fending off Marin Cilic in three sets in the second round to reach the quarter-finals and join Auger-Aliassime and Pospisil, making it the first time three Canadian men had reached the quarter-finals of an ATP Tour tournament together since 1990.

Denis Shapovalov fought off Sebastian Korda in the first round and Kwon Soon-woo in the second round, both in four sets.

Denis Shapovalov then closed the fourth set and the match by breaking Goffin's serve on match point to reach his first major quarter-final.

Denis Shapovalov played the doubles tournament with Bopanna and the pair made the quarter-finals after notching an upset win over top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.

Denis Shapovalov closed out the year's clay swing with his third bid at a major in the year at the French Open by defeating Gilles Simon in four sets in the first round, but losing to Roberto Carballes Baena in the second round in five sets after twice serving for the match.

Denis Shapovalov started his season at the ATP Cup, where he lost to Serbia's Novak Djokovic and to Germany's Alexander Zverev.

Denis Shapovalov entered the Estoril Open as the top seed, but lost to Corentin Moutet in his first match.

Denis Shapovalov's struggles continued in Madrid when he lost to Alexander Bublik in the second round after hitting fourteen double faults, and in Rome after he lost to Rafael Nadal in the third round, despite holding two match points.

Denis Shapovalov issued a statement the following day, announcing his withdrawal from the French Open due to his lingering shoulder injury.

Denis Shapovalov then defeated Andy Murray and eighth seed Roberto Bautista Agut, both in straight sets, to reach his first Wimbledon quarter-final.

Denis Shapovalov instead entered the Swiss Open as the top seed, but was upset by qualifier Vit Kopriva in his first match there.

Denis Shapovalov faced consecutive setbacks as he embarked on the North American hard court swing.

Denis Shapovalov lost his opening matches at both the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Masters, to Frances Tiafoe and Benoit Paire respectively.

Denis Shapovalov entered the inaugural San Diego Open as the fourth seed, defeating Taylor Fritz before a straight-sets loss to Norrie in the quarter-finals.

Denis Shapovalov reached his second final of the year following wins over Andrea Vavassori, Arthur Rinderknech, and Auger-Aliassime.

Denis Shapovalov then lost to Rafael Nadal in five sets.

At the 2022 Qatar Open, Denis Shapovalov lost in straight sets to Arthur Rinderknech at the quarter-finals.

Denis Shapovalov reached the semi-finals of the 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships but lost to Jiri Vesely in an epic three setter.

Denis Shapovalov was then knocked out by Reilly Opelka in the third round of the 2022 Indian Wells Masters.

Denis Shapovalov was ousted by Lloyd Harris in the first round of the 2022 Miami Open.

At Wimbledon, Denis Shapovalov lost in the second round to Brandon Nakashima in four sets.

At the Cincinnati Masters, Denis Shapovalov lost in the third round to world No 1 Daniil Medvedev in a tough match featuring a ninth game lasting nine minutes 42 seconds.

At the 2022 Davis Cup, Denis Shapovalov teamed up with Felix Auger-Aliassime and Vasek Pospisil for Canada's first Davis Cup Finals win.

Denis Shapovalov started his 2023 season at the Adelaide International 1.

At the beginning of February 2023, Denis Shapovalov played at the Dallas Open as a wildcard.

Denis Shapovalov was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by third seed and 2020 finalist, Taylor Fritz.

Denis Shapovalov started his clay-court season at the 2023 Barcelona Open.

Denis Shapovalov lost in the third round to top seed, Carlos Alcaraz, in straight sets.

Denis Shapovalov was defeated in the second round by ninth seed, world No 22, and two-time finalist, Alexander Zverev.

Denis Shapovalov reached the fourth round of a Major for the first time since the 2022 Australian Open at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Denis Shapovalov was defeated by Roman Safiullin in the fourth round, playing with a knee injury.

Denis Shapovalov withdrew from the Paris Masters and put an early end of the 2023 season at the end of October, having withdrawn from the North American hardcourt Summer and the Asian swings and the European indoors tournaments earlier.

Denis Shapovalov received a wildcard for his home Masters, the 2024 National Bank Open in Montreal.

Denis Shapovalov lost to 14th seed Ben Shelton in straight sets for the third time in the season.

Denis Shapovalov won his second ATP Tour title, five years after his first, at the 2024 Belgrade Open, defeating Hamad Medjedovic in the final.

Denis Shapovalov started the season at the 2025 ATP Hong Kong Tennis Open, losing to eventual finalist Kei Nishikori in the first round.

In February, Denis Shapovalov won the 2025 Dallas Open, defeating en route the top 3 seeds and top 10 players Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, and Casper Ruud.

Denis Shapovalov became the fourth player with 3 Top 10 wins in ATP 250 or 500 event.

Denis Shapovalov often plays serve-and-volley, particularly on quick surfaces, in a bid to catch his opponent off-guard and quickly close points.

However, due to the aggressive overall nature of his style of play, in addition to making many winners, Denis Shapovalov is known to produce a similarly high amount of unforced errors in matches.

Denis Shapovalov developed his one-handed backhand at the age of six and his net instincts all under her direction.

That same month, Denis Shapovalov reunited with his junior coach, Adriano Fuorivia, who had coached him to his 2016 Wimbledon boys' singles title.

Former world No 8 Mikhail Youzhny has been added to the coaching team as Denis Shapovalov's new "shot selection" coach in August 2019 at the 2019 Winston-Salem Open.

Youzhny helped Denis Shapovalov develop his backhand slice, among other adjustments.

Denis Shapovalov ended his association with Delgado after the Italian Open in 2022, opting to go with frequent Davis Cup teammate Peter Polansky as a full-time coach after Polansky initially joined Denis Shapovalov's coaching team on a temporary basis.

Denis Shapovalov is sponsored by Nike for his apparel and footwear and was the face of the company's 2018 US Open collection along with Sloane Stephens.

Denis Shapovalov has been sponsored by BioSteel Sports Nutrition since 2016 and has been a brand ambassador for TAG Heuer since 2017.

Denis Shapovalov has been in a relationship with Swedish tennis player Mirjam Bjorklund since June 26,2019.

Denis Shapovalov gave his first interview in Russian to Russian Eurosport commentators in 2018.

Denis Shapovalov holds Canadian citizenship and currently resides in Nassau, Bahamas.

At the 2019 Indian Wells Masters, Denis Shapovalov debuted a sample of a rap he had quickly written before his third-round match after agreeing to the stadium emcee's request that he perform it for the crowd were he to win.

In 2020, during the suspension of professional tennis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Denis Shapovalov began writing and experimenting with lyrics to record and he constructed his own in-home studio to produce his music.