Michael Shabaz
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Michael Shabaz (born August 20, 1987) is an Assyrian American tennis player who won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship with Jesse Levine. He is an NCAA tennis player for the University of Virginia Cavaliers.
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Early life [edit]
Shabaz was born in Reston, Virginia, to Assyrian parents Vladimir and Scarlett Shabaz. Shabaz started playing tennis at the age of seven, after watching Andre Agassi perform.
Junior career [edit]
Shabaz reached singles round of 16 of the 2005 Junior Australian Open. Shabaz, along with Jesse Levine, won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship. Shabaz and Levine, both 17, dropped only one set en route to the final, where they defeated Australia's Samuel Groth and Britain's Andrew Kennaugh 6–4, 6–1, for the title. Their previous best major result was a semifinal performance in doubles at the 2005 Australian Open Junior Championships. Shabaz and Levine competed together almost exclusively in doubles play in 2005 and reached the final at the USTA International Spring Championships and the quarterfinals at the Easter Bowl - US Closed Championships. Shabaz also reached the Easter Bowl semifinals, the USTA International Spring Championships quarterfinals, and the Australian Open round of 16 in 2005. In 2006, Shabaz played on the USTA Futures Circuit, defeating two 2007 ITA Singles All-Americans. Shabaz was ranked the No. 1 recruit nationally in 2006 by tennisrecruiting.net.
College career [edit]
Shabaz teamed with fellow Cavalier Dominic Inglot to win the 2009 NCAA men's doubles championship. They defeated doubles teams from Pepperdine, Texas Tech, and North Carolina before meeting John Patrick Smith and Davey Sandgren of the University of Tennessee in the finals. Shabaz, then a sophomore, and Inglot, a senior, bested Smith and Sandgren in three sets, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.[1]
2007-08 [edit]
1st Team VaSID All-State. Had a 18-7 singles record, including a 17-6 dual match record and a 24-6 doubles record, including a 13-4 record with Sanam Singh. Shabaz and Singh were alternates for the NCAA Doubles Championship and the duo ended the season ranked No. 41 in the ITA Doubles Rankings and ranked as high as No. 18 nationally in doubles with Singh. Both reached the doubles final of the ITA Mideast Regional.
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