Michael Shabaz

Michael Shabaz (born August 20, 1987) is an Assyrian-American tennis player who won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship with Jesse Levine. He is an NCAA tennis player for the University of Virginia Cavaliers. Shabaz was born and raised in the United States.

Michael Shabaz

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Southern California, United States
Born	(1987-08-20) August 20, 1987 (age 36) Virginia, United States
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Virginia
Prize money	US$ 68,742
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 394 (23 December 2013)
Doubles
Career record	0–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 482 (14 January 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
Last updated on: 5 August 2022.

College career

Shabaz teamed with fellow Cavalier Dominic Inglot to win the 2009 NCAA men's doubles championship. They defeated doubles teams from Pepperdine, Texas Tech, and North Carolina before meeting John Patrick Smith and Davey Sandgren of the University of Tennessee in the finals. Shabaz, then a sophomore, and Inglot, a senior, bested Smith and Sandgren in three sets, 3–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–4.^[1]

Shabaz teamed with fellow Cavalier Drew Courtney to win the 2010 NCAA men's doubles championship for the second year in a row. Again they defeated John Patrick Smith and Davey Sandgren of the University of Tennessee in the finals 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, 6–3.^[2]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–1) ITF Futures (4–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2010	Charlottesville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2012	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Adam El Mihdawy	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–1	Dec 2012	India F17, Belgaum	Futures	Hard	Torsten Wietoska	6–0, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	2–2	Jun 2013	USA F17, Rochester	Futures	Clay	Jarmere Jenkins	7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Jul 2013	USA F18, Pittsburgh	Futures	Clay	Jason Tahir	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win	4–2	Jul 2013	USA F20, Godfrey	Futures	Hard	Noah Rubin	6–3, 7–5
Loss	4–3	Dec 2013	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Tihomir Grozdanov	6–7^(8–10), 3–6
Loss	4–4	Sep 2018	USA F26, Fountain Valley	Futures	Hard	Takuto Niki	3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (2–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (2–5)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2006	USA F3, Boca Raton	Futures	Hard	Jesse Levine	Brian Wilson   Jeremy Wurtzman	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	0–2	Jul 2006	USA F17, Peoria	Futures	Clay	Marcus Fugate	Shannon Nettle   Daniel Wendler	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2012	USA F3, Weston	Futures	Clay	Vahid Mirzadeh	Daniel Kosakowski   Dennis Novikov	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	0–4	Feb 2012	USA F4, Palm Coast	Futures	Clay	Vahid Mirzadeh	Christian Lindell   Pedro Sousa	7–6^(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	0–5	Feb 2012	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Amrit Narasimhan	Marvin Barker   Chris Letcher	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–5	Dec 2012	India F16, Dharwad	Futures	Hard	Amrit Narasimhan	Ajai Selvaraj   Ashwin Vijayragavan	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	2–5	Dec 2012	India F17, Belgaum	Futures	Hard	Amrit Narasimhan	Vijay Sundar Prashanth   Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	7–6^(7–3), 7–5

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Jesse Levine	Sam Groth   Andrew Kennaugh	6–4, 6–1

References

1. Croome, Richard (May 26, 2009). "Inglot, Shabaz grab title". The Daily Progress. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
2. "Courtney and Shabaz Win NCAA Doubles Championship". VirginiaSports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

External links

• Michael Shabaz at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
• Michael Shabaz at the International Tennis Federation  
• College Tennis Online
• Reid, Whitelaw (May 15, 2008). "Shabaz turns a corner". The Daily Progress. Retrieved January 27, 2018.