Abedallah Shelbayh

Abedallah Shelbayh (; also known as Abdullah Shelbayh ; born 16 November 2003) is a Jordanian tennis player. Shelbayh has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 181 achieved on 29 January 2024 and is the first Jordanian tennis player to achieve an ATP world ranking. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 177 achieved on 2 December 2024.

He had a career-high ITF juniors ranking of 27 achieved on 12 July 2021. Shelbayh has won three ITF singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Men's Circuit and one on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Shelbayh represents Jordan at the Davis Cup, where he has a win-loss record of 10–1.

Early life Shelbayh was introduced to tennis by his father, who was a recreational player. He was training in Jordan until he was 14 years old, switching his tennis play to being left-handed in order to emulate his idol, Rafael Nadal. In 2018, Shelbayh moved to Mallorca to join the Rafa Nadal Academy. Princess Lara Faisal asked Toni Nadal to come to Jordan and see if Shelbayh had what it took to join the academy. Toni Nadal was impressed by his talent, prompting Faisal to establish the Rise for Good Sports Fund to help Shelbayh and other young Jordanian prospects in sports.

During his last junior tennis year, Shelbayh enrolled at the University of Florida for a year and played collegiate tennis. In June 2022, he went back to Mallorca to work on turning professional.

Career 2022: Top 500 In September, Shelbayh reached the semifinals of the Manacor Challenger after receiving a wildcard into the main draw, defeating the top seed and world No. 127 Dominic Stricker in his opening match. Shelbayh became the first player from Jordan to win a match in ATP Challenger Tour history.

On December 1, 2022, after one year as part of the Florida Gators men's tennis team at the University of Florida, 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 Trnava, Slovakia, defeating Daniel Rincón in the final.

On December 28, 2022, Shelbayh won the second edition of the Arab Masters Tennis Tournament, held in Kuwait City, defeating Benjamin Hassan 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 Qatar Open in Doha. He became the first Jordanian player in history and the youngest Arab to reach a final at Challenger level. As a result of this run, Shelbayh moved up more than 120 positions in ranking, entering the top 300 for the first time at world No. 276 on 20 February 2023.

Shelbayh made his ATP tour-level main draw debut at the 2023 Qatar ExxonMobil Open as a wildcard, the first Jordanian to play in an ATP Tour match, Later in April, he qualified for the Banja Luka Open in Bosnia and Herzegovina, having received an alternate spot in the qualifying competition. He defeated fellow qualifier Elias Ymer in straight sets in the first round, becoming the first Jordanian player to win an ATP tour-level match.

In October, at the LTP Men's Open in Charleston, Shelbayh defeated wildcard Oliver Crawford to become the first Jordanian player to win a Challenger title. In November, he qualified for the 2023 Moselle Open in Metz, France, where he defeated Hugo Gaston in the first round. He lost in the second round to defending champion Lorenzo Sonego. Shelbayh was announced as the wildcard entry into the 2023 Next Gen ATP Finals.

2025: Second Challenger title

In September, Shelbayh won the second singles Challenger title of his career at the 2025 Las Vegas Challenger, defeating Alex Rybakov in the final.

Performance timeline Singles Current through the 2024 US Open.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (0–0)

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (3–1)

Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)