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Canadian tennis player
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23 May 1982(Toronto)
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Pickering
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Biography
Introduction
Adil Shamasdin (born May 23, 1982) is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world no. 55 on April 20, 2015.
Career
Shamasdin's junior career saw him finish ranked no. 5 in singles and no. 1 in doubles in Canada. He currently plays with Philipp Oswald but has also played with Rameez Junaid, Philipp Marx, Peter Polansky, Daniel Chu, Fabrice Martin, Vasek Pospisil, Dustin Brown, Harsh Mankad and James Cerretani in the long term. Shamasdin has won two ATP World Tour doubles titles, in 2011 at the SA Tennis Open and in 2015 at the Grand Prix Hassan II. He also has won fifteen ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles and seven ITF Futures doubles titles in his senior career.
Personal life
Shamasdin grew up in Pickering, Ontario. His parents immigrated to Canada from Kenya. He attended Brown University in Rhode Island.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
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| Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | February 6, 2011 | 250 Series | SA Tennis Open, South Africa | Hard |  James Cerretani | Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram | 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Runner–up | 1. | July 10, 2011 | 250 Series | Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States | Grass |  Johan Brunström | Ryan Harrison Matthew Ebden | 6–4, 3–6, [5–10] |
| Winner | 2. | April 11, 2015 | 250 Series | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | Clay | Rameez Junaid |  Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea | 3–6, 6–2, [10–7] |
| Runner–up | 2. | February 7, 2016 | 250 Series | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | Hard (i) |  Philipp Oswald |  Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop | 7–5, 6–7(9–11), [6–10] |
| Runner–up | 3. | July 16, 2016 | 250 Series | Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States | Grass |  Jonathan Marray | Sam Groth Chris Guccione | 4–6, 3–6 |
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures doubles titles (22)
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| ATP Challenger Tour (15) |
| ITF Futures (7) |
| No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 1. | March 22, 2008 | Futures | Canada F3, Sherbrooke | Hard (i) |  Daniel Chu | Travis Rettenmaier Rylan Rizza | 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–7] |
| 2. | October 19, 2008 | Futures | Mexico F12, Mazatlán | Hard |  Fabrice Martin |  Luís Díaz-Barriga Daniel Garza | Walkover |
| 3. | October 26, 2008 | Futures | Mexico F13, Ciudad Obregón | Hard | Fabrice Martin | Chris Klingemann Milan Pokrajac | 3–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| 4. | March 22, 2009 | Futures | Canada F3, Sherbrooke | Hard (i) | Daniel Chu | Érik Chvojka Michal Pazicky | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7] |
| 5. | May 10, 2009 | Futures | Mexico F4, Coatzacoalcos | Hard | Vasek Pospisil | Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 6. | May 17, 2009 | Futures | Mexico F5, Puerto Vallarta | Hard | Vasek Pospisil | Juan-Manuel Elizondo César Ramírez | 6–1, 2–6, [10–7] |
| 7. | July 19, 2009 | Futures | France F12, Saint-Gervais | Clay | Fabrice Martin | Baptiste Dupuy Pierrick Ysern | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 8. | November 29, 2009 | Challenger | Puebla, Mexico | Hard | Vasek Pospisil |  Guillermo Olaso Pere Riba | 7–6(9–7), 6–0 |
| 9. | May 16, 2010 | Challenger | Biella, Italy | Clay | James Cerretani |  Dustin Brown Alessandro Motti | 6–3, 2–6, [11–9] |
| 10. | September 12, 2010 | Challenger | Rijeka, Croatia | Clay |  Lovro Zovko |  Carlos Berlocq Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 1–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–5] |
| 11. | February 13, 2011 | Challenger | Quimper, France | Hard (i) | James Cerretani | Jamie Delgado Jonathan Marray | 6–3, 5–7, [10–5] |
| 12. | June 12, 2011 | Challenger | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Grass |  Rik de Voest |  Treat Conrad Huey Izak Van der Merwe | 6–3, 7–6(11–9) |
| 13. | March 18, 2012 | Challenger | Guadalajara, Mexico | Hard | James Cerretani |  Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
| 14. | November 4, 2012 | Challenger | Eckental, Germany | Carpet (i) | James Cerretani | Tomasz Bednarek Andreas Siljeström | 6–3, 2–6, [10–4] |
| 15. | November 10, 2012 | Challenger | Loughborough, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | James Cerretani | Purav Raja Divij Sharan | 6–4, 7–5 |
| 16. | January 6, 2013 | Challenger | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | James Cerretani | Federico Delbonis Renzo Olivo | 6–7(5–7), 6–1, [11–9] |
| 17. | April 6, 2014 | Challenger | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Hard | Tomasz Bednarek |  Gero Kretschmer Michael Venus | 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8] |
| 18. | May 3, 2014 | Challenger | Tunis, Tunisia | Clay | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Stephan Fransen Jesse Huta Galung | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
| 19. | July 26, 2014 | Challenger | Lexington, United States | Hard | Peter Polansky | Chase Buchanan James McGee | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 20. | September 28, 2014 | Challenger | Napa, United States | Hard | Peter Polansky | Bradley Klahn Tim Smyczek | 7–6(7–0), 6–1 |
| 21. | October 12, 2014 | Challenger | Tiburon, United States | Hard | Bradley Klahn | Carsten Ball Matt Reid | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 22. | November 13, 2016 | Challenger | Knoxville, United States | Hard (i) | Peter Polansky |  Ruben Bemelmans Joris De Loore | 6–1, 6–3 |
Doubles performance timeline
This table is current through the 2017 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||
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| Australian Open | Absent | 2R | Absent | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | ||||||||||
| French Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | Absent | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | QF | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% | |||||||||
| US Open | A | 1R | Absent | 3R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | |||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 14 | 8–14 | 36% | ||||||||