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Adil Shamasdin

b. 1982

Canadian tennis player

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Born 1982. Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian tennis player.

Adil Shamasdin ( ; born May 23, 1982) is a Canadian former professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 41 on 26 June 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 with James Cerretani, in 2015 at the Grand Prix Hassan II with Rameez Junaid and in 2017 at the Lyon Open with Andrés Molteni. 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. 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. In 2016, he reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon 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 in the third round. They were defeated by the twelfth seeds Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi. Also in 2016, he advanced to the ATP Masters 1000 Rogers Cup second round for the first time of his career, after six unsuccessful attempts. In the first round, he and compatriot Philip Bester defeated the pair of then world No. 1 singles player Novak Djokovic and Nenad Zimonjić, before losing to the seventh seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in their next match.

Personal life Shamasdin grew up in Pickering, Ontario. His parents Kamru and Rozi immigrated to Canada from Kenya. He has two brothers Jamil and Irfan.

ATP career finals Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3)Titles by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–2)

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 61 (31–30) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (24–24)ITF Futures Tour (7–6)Titles by surfaceHard (22–18)Clay (6–11)Grass (2–0)Carpet (1–1)

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2023 Canadian Open.

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Brown University

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Canadian tennis player

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Adil Shamasdin was born on 23 May 1982 in Toronto.

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