Denis Shapovalov ( SHAH-p?-VAH-l?v, -?l?f; Hebrew: ???? ????????; Russian: ????? ?????????? ????????? [??p?'va??f]; born April 15, 1999) is an Israeli-born Canadian professional tennis player.
Shapovalov is currently ranked in the top 20 of the ATP rankings, and was the youngest to crack the top 30 since 2005.
He has since reached another Masters semifinal at the 2018 Madrid Open, and became the top-ranked Canadian on May 21 as part of his ongoing climb in the ATP rankings.
Although not known for being a doubles player, in May 2019 he partnered with Fernando Verdasco to reach the last 16 at the 2019 Italian Open.
He then partnered with Rohan Bopanna to reach the finals at the 2019 MercedesCup in June 2019, bringing him to a career-high doubles ranking of 130 and moving him past Adil Shamasdin as the No.
1 ranked Canadian doubles player.
An appearance in the quarterfinal at the 2019 season-ending Paris Masters, again with Bopanna, took him into the top-50 in doubles for the first time, making him the highest-ranked doubles player under the age of 25.As a junior, Shapovalov reached a career-high ITF junior ranking of No.
2 behind a Wimbledon grand slam singles title in 2016, and a US Open grand slam doubles title with Auger-Aliassime in 2015.