Dovydas Šakinis (born July 2, 1992) is a

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player and a member of

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. Šakinis started playing tennis at the age of six, he trained at the Šiauliai tennis school. As a junior player he reached the world No. 73 combined ranking on ITF junior circuit (on January 4, 2010). Šakinis studied liberal arts at

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in the

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from 2012 to 2016.

Davis Cup

Šakinis is a member of the

, having posted a 3–5 record in singles and a 1–3 record in doubles in ten ties played.

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Dovydas Šakinis at the Šiauliai tennis school
Lithuanian male tennis players Sportspeople from Šiauliai 1992 births Living people 21st-century Lithuanian people {{Lithuania-tennis-bio-stub