Adil Shamasdin

Adil Shamasdin

Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Born	(1982-05-23) May 23, 1982 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Brown Bears
Prize money	$426,617
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 748 (August 17, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	52–75 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 55 (April 20, 2015)
Current ranking	No. 61 (August 15, 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	2R (2012)
Wimbledon	QF (2016)
US Open	3R (2015)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
Last updated on: August 15, 2016.

Adil Shamasdin (born May 23, 1982) is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world no. 55 on April 20, 2015.

Career

Shamasdin's junior career saw him finish ranked no. 5 in singles and no. 1 in doubles in Canada. He currently plays with Philipp Oswald but has also played with Rameez Junaid, Philipp Marx, Peter Polansky, Daniel Chu, Fabrice Martin, Vasek Pospisil, Dustin Brown, Harsh Mankad and James Cerretani in the long term. Shamasdin has won two ATP World Tour doubles titles, in 2011 at the SA Tennis Open and in 2015 at the Grand Prix Hassan II.^[1][2] He also has won fifteen ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles and seven ITF Futures doubles titles in his senior career.^[3]

Personal life

Shamasdin grew up in Pickering, Ontario. His parents immigrated to Canada from Kenya.^[1] He attended Brown University in Rhode Island.^[4]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	February 6, 2011	250 Series	SA Tennis Open, South Africa	Hard	James Cerretani	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner–up	1.	July 10, 2011	250 Series	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	Grass	Johan Brunström	Ryan Harrison Matthew Ebden	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner	2.	April 11, 2015	250 Series	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Runner–up	2.	February 7, 2016	250 Series	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	Hard (i)	Philipp Oswald	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	7–5, 6–7(9–11), [6–10]
Runner–up	3.	July 16, 2016	250 Series	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	Grass	Jonathan Marray	Sam Groth Chris Guccione	4–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures doubles titles (22)

No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	March 22, 2008	Futures	Canada F3, Sherbrooke	Hard (i)	Daniel Chu	Travis Rettenmaier Rylan Rizza	7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–7]
2.	October 19, 2008	Futures	Mexico F12, Mazatlán	Hard	Fabrice Martin	Luís Díaz-Barriga Daniel Garza	walkover
3.	October 26, 2008	Futures	Mexico F13, Ciudad Obregón	Hard	Fabrice Martin	Chris Klingemann Milan Pokrajac	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
4.	March 22, 2009	Futures	Canada F3, Sherbrooke	Hard (i)	Daniel Chu	Érik Chvojka Michal Pazicky	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
5.	May 10, 2009	Futures	Mexico F4, Coatzacoalcos	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble	6–3, 6–4
6.	May 17, 2009	Futures	Mexico F5, Puerto Vallarta	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	Juan-Manuel Elizondo César Ramírez	6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
7.	July 19, 2009	Futures	France F12, Saint-Gervais	Clay	Fabrice Martin	Baptiste Dupuy Pierrick Ysern	6–2, 6–4
8.	November 29, 2009	Challenger	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	Guillermo Olaso Pere Riba	7–6(9–7), 6–0
9.	May 16, 2010	Challenger	Biella, Italy	Clay	James Cerretani	Dustin Brown Alessandro Motti	6–3, 2–6, [11–9]
10.	September 12, 2010	Challenger	Rijeka, Croatia	Clay	Lovro Zovko	Carlos Berlocq Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	1–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–5]
11.	February 13, 2011	Challenger	Quimper, France	Hard (i)	James Cerretani	Jamie Delgado Jonathan Marray	6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
12.	June 12, 2011	Challenger	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Rik de Voest	Treat Conrad Huey Izak Van der Merwe	6–3, 7–6(11–9)
13.	March 18, 2012	Challenger	Guadalajara, Mexico	Hard	James Cerretani	Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin	7–6(7–5), 6–1
14.	November 4, 2012	Challenger	Eckental, Germany	Carpet (i)	James Cerretani	Tomasz Bednarek Andreas Siljeström	6–3, 2–6, [10–4]
15.	November 10, 2012	Challenger	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	James Cerretani	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	6–4, 7–5
16.	January 6, 2013	Challenger	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	James Cerretani	Federico Delbonis Renzo Olivo	6–7(5–7), 6–1, [11–9]
17.	April 6, 2014	Challenger	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Hard	Tomasz Bednarek	Gero Kretschmer Michael Venus	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
18.	May 3, 2014	Challenger	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Stephan Fransen Jesse Huta Galung	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
19.	July 26, 2014	Challenger	Lexington, United States	Hard	Peter Polansky	Chase Buchanan James McGee	6–4, 6–2
20.	September 28, 2014	Challenger	Napa, United States	Hard	Peter Polansky	Bradley Klahn Tim Smyczek	7–6(7–0), 6–1
21.	October 12, 2014	Challenger	Tiburon, United States	Hard	Bradley Klahn	Carsten Ball Matt Reid	7–5, 6–2
22.	November 13, 2016	Challenger	Knoxville, United States	Hard (i)	Peter Polansky	Ruben Bemelmans Joris De Loore	6–1, 6–3

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2016 US Open.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adil Shamasdin.

• Adil Shamasdin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Adil Shamasdin at the International Tennis Federation
• Adil Shamasdin at the Davis Cup
• Brown Bears profile

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top Canadian male doubles tennis players as of 28 November 2016
1. Daniel Nestor (15 ) 2. Vasek Pospisil (20 ) 3. Adil Shamasdin (68 ) 4. Peter Polansky (139 1) 5. Philip Bester (151 1)
6. Denis Shapovalov (552 71) 7. Milos Raonic (572 2) 8. Steven Diez (630 8) 9. Martin Beran (636 10) 10. Filip Peliwo (648 13)