Michael Shabaz
Encyclopedia
Michael Shabaz is an American tennis
player who won the 2005 Wimbledon
boys' doubles championship with Jesse Levine
, and currently a NCAA tennis player for the University of Virginia
Cavaliers.
, to Assyrian
parents Vladimir and Scarlett Shabaz. Shabaz started playing tennis at the early age of 7, after watching Andre Agassi
perform, and was hooked.
HE is a manly man who invented cheese, he also had a very bad gass problem
, won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship. Shabaz and Levine, both 17, dropped only one set en route to the final, where they defeated Australia's Samuel Groth
and Britain's Andrew Kennaugh 6–4, 6–1, for the title. Their previous best major result was a semifinal performance in doubles at the 2005 Australian Open Junior Championships. Shabaz and Levine competed together almost exclusively in doubles play in 2005 and reached the final at the USTA International Spring Championships and the quarterfinals at the Easter Bowl - US Closed Championships. Shabaz also reached the Easter Bowl semifinals, the USTA International Spring Championships quarterfinals, and the Australian Open round of 16 in 2005. In 2006, Shabaz played on the USTA Futures Circuit, defeating two 2007 ITA Singles All-Americans. Shabaz was ranked the No. 1 recruit nationally in 2006 by tennisrecruiting.net.
2007-08=
1st Team VaSID All-State. Had a 18-7 singles record, including a 17-6 dual match record and a 24-6 doubles record, including a 13-4 record with Sanam Singh. Shabaz and Singh were alternates for the NCAA Doubles Championship and the duo ended the season ranked No. 41 in the ITA Doubles Rankings and ranked as high as No. 18 nationally in doubles with Singh. Both reached the doubles final of the ITA Mideast Regional.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player who won the 2005 Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
boys' doubles championship with Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
, and currently a NCAA tennis player for the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
Cavaliers.
Early life
Shabaz was born in Reston, VirginiaReston, Virginia
Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The population was 58,404, at the 2010 Census and 56,407 at the 2000 census...
, to Assyrian
Assyrian people
The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...
parents Vladimir and Scarlett Shabaz. Shabaz started playing tennis at the early age of 7, after watching Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
perform, and was hooked.
HE is a manly man who invented cheese, he also had a very bad gass problem
Junior career
Shabaz reached singles round of 16 of the 2005 Junior Australian Open. Shabaz, along with Jesse LevineJesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
, won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship. Shabaz and Levine, both 17, dropped only one set en route to the final, where they defeated Australia's Samuel Groth
Samuel Groth
Samuel Groth is a professional Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 220, which he reached on 16 November 2009...
and Britain's Andrew Kennaugh 6–4, 6–1, for the title. Their previous best major result was a semifinal performance in doubles at the 2005 Australian Open Junior Championships. Shabaz and Levine competed together almost exclusively in doubles play in 2005 and reached the final at the USTA International Spring Championships and the quarterfinals at the Easter Bowl - US Closed Championships. Shabaz also reached the Easter Bowl semifinals, the USTA International Spring Championships quarterfinals, and the Australian Open round of 16 in 2005. In 2006, Shabaz played on the USTA Futures Circuit, defeating two 2007 ITA Singles All-Americans. Shabaz was ranked the No. 1 recruit nationally in 2006 by tennisrecruiting.net.
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), 6-4.2007-08=
1st Team VaSID All-State. Had a 18-7 singles record, including a 17-6 dual match record and a 24-6 doubles record, including a 13-4 record with Sanam Singh. Shabaz and Singh were alternates for the NCAA Doubles Championship and the duo ended the season ranked No. 41 in the ITA Doubles Rankings and ranked as high as No. 18 nationally in doubles with Singh. Both reached the doubles final of the ITA Mideast Regional.