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. 41 on June 26, 2017.
Tennis career
Shamasdin's junior career saw him finish ranked No. 5 in singles and No. 1 in doubles in
Canada. In his senior career, he has won so far three
ATP World Tour doubles titles, in 2011 at the
SA Tennis Open
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The tournament was played on outdoor hard courts, each February at Montecasino in Johannesburg. It started as a Grand Prix t ...
with
James Cerretani
Jamie Cerretani, (born October 2, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he has won four ATP World Tour titles in his career. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 45 on July 21, 2008.
Amateur car ...
,
in 2015 at the
Grand Prix Hassan II with
Rameez Junaid and in 2017 at the
Lyon Open with
Andrés Molteni
Andrés Molteni (; ; born 15 March 1988) is a professional tennis player from Argentina who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 31 on 21 March 2022 and his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 181 in May 2011. H ...
.
He also has won twenty
ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles and seven
ITF Futures doubles titles.
In 2015 in the
Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals, he was selected to play his first tie for Canada, losing the doubles match with
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; sr, Данијел Нестор, Danijel Nestor; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal
...
.
The next year in the
Davis Cup World Group playoffs, he helped his country secure its place in the World Group by winning the match with
Vasek Pospisil
Vasek Pospisil ( ; cs, Vašek Pospíšil, ; known in born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high world singles ranking of No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 ...
.
In 2016, he reached the quarterfinals at
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
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* ...
with
Jonathan Marray as wildcards, beating the fourth seeds and defending champions
Jean-Julien Rojer and
Horia Tecău in the opening round, and the fifteenth seeds
Pablo Cuevas and
Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers h ...
in the third round. They were defeated by the twelfth seeds
Treat Huey
Treat Conrad Huey (; born August 28, 1985) is a Filipino-American tennis player who represents the Philippines in international competitions. He turned professional in 2008 and he started representing the Philippines in the Davis Cup and the ...
and
Max Mirnyi.
Also in 2016, he advanced to the ATP Masters 1000
Rogers Cup
The Canadian Open (french: Tournoi de tennis du Canada), also known as the Canada Masters, and currently branded as the National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons, is an annual tennis tournament held in Ontario and Quebec. T ...
second round for the first time of his career, after six unsuccessful attempts. In the first round, he and compatriot
Philip Bester
Philip Bester (born October 6, 1988) is a Canadian former professional tennis player from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian male to reach ...
defeated the pair of then world No. 1 singles player
Novak Djokovic and
Nenad Zimonjić, before losing to the seventh seeds
Raven Klaasen
Raven Klaasen ( ; born 16 October 1982) is a South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, includi ...
and
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...
in their next match.
Personal life
Shamasdin grew up in
Pickering, Ontario
Pickering (2021 population 99,186) is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada, immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region.
Beginning in the 1770s, the area was settled by primarily ethnic British colonists. An increase in population occurre ...
. His parents Kamru and Rozi immigrated to Canada from
Kenya. He has two brothers Jamil and Irfan.
He attended
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
in Rhode Island and graduated with a degree in psychology. Shamasdin broke the record for the most combined wins (singles and doubles) in Brown tennis history with over 220.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)
Challenger and Futures finals
Doubles: 61 (31–30)
Doubles performance timeline
''This table is current through the
2021 Singapore Tennis Open
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.''
References
External links
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Brown Bears profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shamasdin, Adil
1982 births
Living people
Brown Bears men's tennis players
Canadian male tennis players
Canadian people of Kenyan descent
People from Pickering, Ontario
Tennis players from Toronto