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) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (4–3)Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Charlottesville, United StatesChallengerHard Robert Kendrick2–6, 2–6Win1–1Guatemala F1, Guatemala CityFuturesHard Adam El Mihdawy6–1, 6–4Win2–1India F17, BelgaumFuturesHard Torsten Wietoska6–0, 7–6(7–3)Loss2–2USA F17, RochesterFuturesClay Jarmere Jenkins7–5, 2–6, 2–6Win3–2USA F18, PittsburghFuturesClay Jason Tahir5–7, 6–2, 6–4Win4–2USA F20, GodfreyFuturesHard Noah Rubin6–3, 7–5Loss4–3Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHard Tihomir Grozdanov6–7(8–10), 3–6Loss4–4USA F26, Fountain ValleyFuturesHard Takuto Niki3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Doubles: 7 (2–5) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (2–5)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (0–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1USA F3, Boca RatonFuturesHard Jesse Levine Brian Wilson Jeremy Wurtzman2–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss0–2USA F17, PeoriaFuturesClay Marcus Fugate Shannon Nettle Daniel Wendler3–6, 3–6Loss0–3USA F3, WestonFuturesClay Vahid Mirzadeh Daniel Kosakowski Dennis Novikov4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss0–4USA F4, Palm CoastFuturesClay Vahid Mirzadeh Christian Lindell Pedro Sousa7–6(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]Loss0–5Guatemala F1, Guatemala CityFuturesHard Amrit Narasimhan Marvin Barker Chris Letcher4–6, 4–6Win1–5India F16, DharwadFuturesHard Amrit Narasimhan Ajai Selvaraj Ashwin Vijayragavan6–4, 3–6, [10–7]Win2–5India F17, BelgaumFuturesHard Amrit Narasimhan Vijay Sundar Prashanth Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan7–6(7–3), 7–5
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2005WimbledonGrass Jesse Levine Sam Groth Andrew Kennaugh6–4, 6–1
References
External links
Bio and match history College Tennis Online Virginia Sports