Canadian tennis player Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov was born on April 15, 1999. Denis in Israel’s Tel Aviv. Tessa Shapovalova, his mother, was a tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.

Shapovalov lost his opening match to Dan Evans when he represented Canada in the Davis Cup World Group match against Great Britain in February 2017.

Shapovalov made his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon in July after being given a wildcard for the main tournament. Jerzy Janowicz defeated him in the first round. At the end of the month, he defeated fellow countryman Peter Polansky in the 75K final in Gatineau to win his second ATP Challenger championship.

He has been rated as high as world No. 10 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first reached in September 2020. He is the third highest-ranked Canadian male player in history, trailing only Félix Auger-Aliassime (world No. 6 in 2022) and Milos Raonic (world No. 3 in 2016).

He has one ATP Tour singles championship and his finest Grand Slam achievement came at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the semifinals. Shapovalov also has a career-high doubles rating of world No. 44, which he achieved in February 2020.

Who is Denis Shapoavalov’s coach Jeremy Chardy?

On February 12, 1987, Jérémy Chardy, a French professional tennis player and coach, was born. Ryan Sweeting won the 2005 US Open Boys’ Singles match against Chardy. At the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, Chardy also prevailed in the Boys’ Singles competition.

Junior singles player Chardy has a 65-28 win-loss record and reached his highest ranking of No. 3 in September 2005. He has only ever won a single ATP Tour match, which he did in Stuttgart in 2009. His best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the Australian Open semifinals in 2013, while in doubles he and compatriot Fabrice Martin advanced to the French Open final in 2019. He peaked at No. 25 in the ATP singles rankings on January 28, 2013, and No. 24 in the doubles rankings on February 3, 2020, respectively.