Abedallah Shelbayh (also known as Abdullah Shelbayh; born 16 November 2003) is a

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ian

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player. Shelbayh has a career high ATP singles ranking of 469 achieved on December 12, 2022, making him the first Jordanian tennis player to achieve a world rank. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 927, achieved on November 8, 2021. He has a career high ITF juniors ranking of 27 achieved on 12 July, 2021. Shelbayh has won 3 ITF singles titles and 2 doubles titles on the

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. Shelbayh represents

at the

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, where he has a win–loss record of 10–1.

Career

2022

In September 2022, Shelbayh reached the semifinals of the Manacor Challenger after receiving a wildcard into the main draw, defeating the No. 1 seed and world No. 127

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in his opening match. Following this run, Shelbayh made his debut in the world's top 500. On December 1, 2022, after one year as part of the

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team at the

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, Shelbayh announced that he would forego his remaining collegiate eligibility in order to turn professional. The following week, Shelbayh won his third ITF singles title in

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, defeating Daniel Rincón in the final. On December 28, 2022, Shelbayh won the second edition of the Arab Masters Tennis Tournament, held in

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, defeating

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in the final. In addition to prize money of $25,000, the win gave Shelbayh a wildcard to compete in the main draw of the 2023

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ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3–0)

Doubles 4 (2–2)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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* * * 2003 births Living people Jordanian male tennis players Florida Gators men's tennis players {{Jordan-sport-bio-stub