Adil Shamasdin

Adil Shamasdin

Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Born	(1982-05-23) May 23, 1982 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Brown Bears
Prize money	US$564,379
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 748 (August 17, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	73–97
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 41 (June 26, 2017)
Current ranking	No. 90 (May 28, 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	3R (2017)
Wimbledon	QF (2016)
US Open	3R (2015)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (2015)
Last updated on: November 20, 2017.

Adil Shamasdin (/əˈdiːl ʃəˈmæzɪn/ ə-DEEL shə-MAZ-in; 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 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. He attended Brown University 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)

Legend Grand 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 surface Hard (1–1) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2011	SA Tennis Open, South Africa	250 Series	Hard	James Cerretani	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	1–1	Jul 2011	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	250 Series	Grass	Johan Brunström	Ryan Harrison Matthew Ebden	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	2–1	Apr 2015	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss	2–2	Feb 2016	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Philipp Oswald	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	7–5, 6–7(9–11), [6–10]
Loss	2–3	Jul 2016	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	250 Series	Grass	Jonathan Marray	Sam Groth Chris Guccione	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–3	May 2017	Lyon Open, France	250 Series	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures doubles titles (28)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (21)
ITF Futures (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Mar 2008	Canada F3, Sherbrooke	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Chu	Travis Rettenmaier Rylan Rizza	7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–7]
2.	Oct 2008	Mexico F12, Mazatlán	Futures	Hard	Fabrice Martin	Luís Díaz-Barriga Daniel Garza	Walkover
3.	Oct 2008	Mexico F13, Ciudad Obregón	Futures	Hard	Fabrice Martin	Chris Klingemann Milan Pokrajac	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
4.	Mar 2009	Canada F3, Sherbrooke	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Chu	Érik Chvojka Michal Pazicky	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
5.	May 2009	Mexico F4, Coatzacoalcos	Futures	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble	6–3, 6–4
6.	May 2009	Mexico F5, Puerto Vallarta	Futures	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	Juan-Manuel Elizondo César Ramírez	6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
7.	Jul 2009	France F12, Saint-Gervais	Futures	Clay	Fabrice Martin	Baptiste Dupuy Pierrick Ysern	6–2, 6–4
8.	Nov 2009	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	Guillermo Olaso Pere Riba	7–6(9–7), 6–0
9.	May 2010	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	James Cerretani	Dustin Brown Alessandro Motti	6–3, 2–6, [11–9]
10.	Sep 2010	Rijeka, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Lovro Zovko	Carlos Berlocq Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	1–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–5]
11.	Feb 2011	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	James Cerretani	Jamie Delgado Jonathan Marray	6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
12.	Jun 2011	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Rik de Voest	Treat Conrad Huey Izak Van der Merwe	6–3, 7–6(11–9)
13.	Mar 2012	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	James Cerretani	Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin	7–6(7–5), 6–1
14.	Nov 2012	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	James Cerretani	Tomasz Bednarek Andreas Siljeström	6–3, 2–6, [10–4]
15.	Nov 2012	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard (i)	James Cerretani	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	6–4, 7–5
16.	Jan 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	James Cerretani	Federico Delbonis Renzo Olivo	6–7(5–7), 6–1, [11–9]
17.	Apr 2014	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Challenger	Hard	Tomasz Bednarek	Gero Kretschmer Michael Venus	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
18.	May 2014	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Stephan Fransen Jesse Huta Galung	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
19.	Jul 2014	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Peter Polansky	Chase Buchanan James McGee	6–4, 6–2
20.	Sep 2014	Napa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Peter Polansky	Bradley Klahn Tim Smyczek	7–6(7–0), 6–1
21.	Oct 2014	Tiburon, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Klahn	Carsten Ball Matt Reid	7–5, 6–2
22.	Nov 2016	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Peter Polansky	Ruben Bemelmans Joris De Loore	6–1, 6–3
23.	Feb 2017	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	Dino Marcan Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–3, 6–3
24.	Mar 2017	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andrei Vasilevski	Mikhail Elgin Denys Molchanov	6–3, 3–6, [21–19]
25.	Mar 2017	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sam Groth	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
26.	Apr 2017	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Leander Paes	Luca Margaroli Caio Zampieri	6–1, 6–4
27.	Jun 2017	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Leander Paes	Brydan Klein Joe Salisbury	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
28.	May 2018	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Sander Arends	Ariel Behar Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–2, 6–1

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

This table is current through the 2018 French Open.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	1–5	17%
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	1R	A	3R	1R	0 / 6	3–6	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	2R	Q2	Q1	Q1	1R	QF	1R		0 / 4	4–4	50%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R		0 / 4	2–4	33%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–4	3–3	2–4	0–2	0 / 19	10–19	34%
National Representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	PO	A		0 / 1	1–1	50%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R		0 / 8	1–8	11%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 8	1–8	11%
Career Statistics
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	0	6	16	12	7	7	18	16	17	7	106
Titles	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
Finals	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	6
Hardcourt Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	6–7	2–8	1–6	3–6	10–9	10–12	3–10	2–3	1 / 63	37–62	37%
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–4	5–5	1–2	0–0	0–0	6–7	0–1	9–3	1–4	2 / 24	23–26	47%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	6–3	3–3	0–0	0 / 19	16–16	50%
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–6	15–15	4–12	2–7	4–7	16–18	16–16	15–16	3–7	3 / 106	76–104	42%
Win %	–	–	14%	50%	25%	22%	36%	47%	50%	48%	30%	42.22%
Year-End Ranking	454	182	87	61	98	120	75	69	68	62		$564,379

External links

• Adil Shamasdin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Adil Shamasdin at the International Tennis Federation
• Adil Shamasdin at the Davis Cup
• Brown Bears profile