Michael Shabaz

Michael Shabaz

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Southern California, United States
Born	(1987-08-20) August 20, 1987 Virginia, United States
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Virginia
Prize money	US$ 68,742
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 394 (23 December 2013)
Doubles
Career record	0–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 482 (14 January 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
Last updated on: 5 August 2022.

Michael Shabaz (born August 20, 1987) is an 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.

College career

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.

Shabaz teamed with fellow Cavalier Drew Courtney to win the 2010 NCAA men's doubles championship for the second year in a row. Again they defeated John Patrick Smith and Davey Sandgren of the University of Tennessee in the finals 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, 6–3.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–1) ITF Futures (4–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2010	Charlottesville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2012	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Adam El Mihdawy	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–1	Dec 2012	India F17, Belgaum	Futures	Hard	Torsten Wietoska	6–0, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	2–2	Jun 2013	USA F17, Rochester	Futures	Clay	Jarmere Jenkins	7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Jul 2013	USA F18, Pittsburgh	Futures	Clay	Jason Tahir	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win	4–2	Jul 2013	USA F20, Godfrey	Futures	Hard	Noah Rubin	6–3, 7–5
Loss	4–3	Dec 2013	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Tihomir Grozdanov	6–7(8–10), 3–6
Loss	4–4	Sep 2018	USA F26, Fountain Valley	Futures	Hard	Takuto Niki	3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (2–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (2–5)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2006	USA F3, Boca Raton	Futures	Hard	Jesse Levine	Brian Wilson Jeremy Wurtzman	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–2	Jul 2006	USA F17, Peoria	Futures	Clay	Marcus Fugate	Shannon Nettle Daniel Wendler	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2012	USA F3, Weston	Futures	Clay	Vahid Mirzadeh	Daniel Kosakowski Dennis Novikov	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–4	Feb 2012	USA F4, Palm Coast	Futures	Clay	Vahid Mirzadeh	Christian Lindell Pedro Sousa	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	0–5	Feb 2012	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Amrit Narasimhan	Marvin Barker Chris Letcher	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–5	Dec 2012	India F16, Dharwad	Futures	Hard	Amrit Narasimhan	Ajai Selvaraj Ashwin Vijayragavan	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	2–5	Dec 2012	India F17, Belgaum	Futures	Hard	Amrit Narasimhan	Vijay Sundar Prashanth Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	7–6(7–3), 7–5

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Jesse Levine	Sam Groth Andrew Kennaugh	6–4, 6–1

External links

• Michael Shabaz at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Michael Shabaz at the International Tennis Federation
• Bio and match history
• College Tennis Online
• Virginia Sports