# Adil Shamasdin

Adil Shamasdin (/əˈdiːl ʃəˈmæzɪn/ ə-DEEL shə-MAZ-in; born May 23, 1982) is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 41 on June 26, 2017.

## Tennis career

Shamasdin's junior career saw him finish ranked No. 5 in singles and No. 1 in doubles in Canada. In his senior career, he has won so far three ATP World Tour doubles titles, in 2011 at the SA Tennis Open with James Cerretani, in 2015 at the Grand Prix Hassan II with Rameez Junaid and in 2017 at the Lyon Open with Andrés Molteni. He also has won twenty ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles and seven ITF Futures doubles titles. In 2015 in the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals, he was selected to play his first tie for Canada, losing the doubles match with Daniel Nestor. The next year in the Davis Cup World Group playoffs, he helped his country secure its place in the World Group by winning the match with Vasek Pospisil. In 2016, he reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon with Jonathan Marray as wildcards, beating the fourth seeds and defending champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the opening round, and the fifteenth seeds Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers in the third round. They were defeated by the twelfth seeds Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi. Also in 2016, he advanced to the ATP Masters 1000 Rogers Cup second round for the first time of his career, after six unsuccessful attempts. In the first round, he and compatriot Philip Bester defeated the pair of then world No. 1 singles player Novak Djokovic and Nenad Zimonjić, before losing to the seventh seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in their next match.

## Personal life

Shamasdin grew up in Pickering, Ontario. His parents Kamru and Rozi immigrated to Canada from Kenya. He has two brothers Jamil and Irfan. He attended Brown University in Rhode Island and graduated with a degree in psychology. Shamasdin broke the record for the most combined wins (singles and doubles) in Brown tennis history with over 220.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (2–0)
* Grass (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2011 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 250 Series | Hard | James Cerretani | Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram | 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2011 | Newport, US | 250 Series | Grass | Johan Brunström | Ryan Harrison Matthew Ebden | 6–4, 3–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 2–1 | Apr 2015 | Casablanca, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Rameez Junaid | Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea | 3–6, 6–2, [10–7] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2016 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Philipp Oswald | Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop | 7–5, 6–7$^{(9–11)}$, [6–10] |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jul 2016 | Newport, US | 250 Series | Grass | Jonathan Marray | Sam Groth Chris Guccione | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | May 2017 | Lyon, France | 250 Series | Clay | Andrés Molteni | Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner | 6–3, 3–6, [10–5] |

## Challenger and Futures finals
### Doubles: 61 (31–30)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (24–24)
* ITF Futures Tour (7–6)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (22–18)
* Clay (6–11)
* Grass (2–0)
* Carpet (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2005 | Canada F3, Montreal | Futures | Hard (i) | Peter Polansky | Clay Donato Jesse Levine | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 2008 | Canada F3, Sherbrooke | Futures | Hard (i) | Daniel Chu | Travis Rettenmaier Rylan Rizza | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2008 | Moncton, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Daniel Chu | An Jae-sung Hiroki Kondo | 2–6, 6–2, [10–12] |
| Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2008 | Great Britain F13, London | Futures | Hard | Daniel Danilović | David Brewer Ian Flanagan | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Oct 2008 | Mexico F12, Mazatlán | Futures | Hard | Fabrice Martin | Luis Díaz Barriga Daniel Garza | w/o |
| Win | 3–3 | Oct 2008 | Mexico F13, Ciudad Obregón | Futures | Hard | Fabrice Martin | Christopher Klingemann Milan Pokrajac | 3–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Win | 4–3 | Mar 2009 | Canada F3, Sherbrooke | Futures | Hard (i) | Daniel Chu | Érik Chvojka Michal Pažický | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–7] |
| Win | 5–3 | May 2009 | Mexico F4, Coatzacoalcos | Futures | Hard | Vasek Pospisil | Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–3 | May 2009 | Mexico F5, Puerto Vallarta | Futures | Hard | Vasek Pospisil | Juan Manuel Elizondo César Ramírez | 6–1, 2–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 5–4 | Jul 2009 | France F11, Bourg-en-Bresse | Futures | Clay | Fabrice Martin | Andreas Haider-Maurer Bastian Knittel | 6–3, 5–7, [4–10] |
| Win | 7–4 | Jul 2009 | France F12, Saint-Gervais | Futures | Clay | Fabrice Martin | Baptiste Dupuy Pierrick Ysern | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Sep 2009 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Martin Kližan | Jan Hájek Dušan Karol | 6–4, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Loss | 7–6 | Sep 2009 | France F13, Bagnères-de-Bigorre | Futures | Hard | Fabrice Martin | Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–7 | Oct 2009 | France F19, La Roche-sur-Yon | Futures | Hard (i) | Fabrice Martin | Niels Desein Pierre-Ludovic Duclos | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–1, [5–10] |
| Loss | 7–8 | Oct 2009 | France F20, Rodez | Futures | Hard (i) | Fabrice Martin | Jérémy Blandin Vincent Stouff | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [3–10] |
| Loss | 7–9 | Nov 2009 | Cancún, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Gregory Ouellette | Andre Begemann Leonardo Tavares | 1–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, [8–10] |
| Win | 8–9 | Nov 2009 | Puebla, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Vasek Pospisil | Guillermo Olaso Pere Riba | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–0 |
| Loss | 8–10 | Feb 2010 | Dallas, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Vasek Pospisil | Scott Lipsky David Martin | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8–11 | Mar 2010 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Harsh Mankad | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8–12 | Mar 2010 | Marrakech, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | James Cerretani | Ilija Bozoljac Horia Tecău | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 8–13 | May 2010 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | James Cerretani | Jeff Coetzee Kristof Vliegen | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–13 | May 2010 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | James Cerretani | Dustin Brown Alessandro Motti | 6–3, 2–6, [11–9] |
| Loss | 9–14 | Jul 2010 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | James Cerretani | Rui Machado Daniel Muñoz de la Nava | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 9–15 | Aug 2010 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | James Cerretani | Robin Haase Rogier Wassen | 6–7$^{(14–16)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 10–15 | Sep 2010 | Rijeka, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Lovro Zovko | Carlos Berlocq Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 1–6, 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, [10–5] |
| Loss | 10–16 | Sep 2010 | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Challenger | Clay | Lovro Zovko | James Cerretani David Škoch | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 10–17 | Oct 2010 | Seoul, Korea, Rep. | Challenger | Hard | Vasek Pospisil | Rameez Junaid Frank Moser | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11–17 | Feb 2011 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | James Cerretani | Jamie Delgado Jonathan Marray | 6–3, 5–7, [10–5] |
| Loss | 11–18 | Mar 2011 | Marrakech, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | James Cerretani | Peter Luczak Alessandro Motti | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 12–18 | Jun 2011 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Rik de Voest | Treat Huey Izak van der Merwe | 6–3, 7–6$^{(11–9)}$ |
| Loss | 12–19 | Nov 2011 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | James Cerretani | Andre Begemann Alexander Kudryavtsev | 2–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
| Loss | 12–20 | Nov 2011 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard | James Cerretani | Igor Andreev Evgeny Donskoy | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 13–20 | Mar 2012 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | James Cerretani | Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 14–20 | Nov 2012 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | James Cerretani | Tomasz Bednarek Andreas Siljeström | 6–3, 2–6, [10–4] |
| Win | 15–20 | Nov 2012 | Loughborough, Great Britain | Challenger | Hard (i) | James Cerretani | Purav Raja Divij Sharan | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 16–20 | Jan 2013 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | James Cerretani | Federico Delbonis Renzo Olivo | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–1, [11–9] |
| Loss | 16–21 | Aug 2013 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard | James Cerretani | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 17–21 | Apr 2014 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Challenger | Hard | Tomasz Bednarek | Gero Kretschmer Michael Venus | 7–5, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–8] |
| Win | 18–21 | May 2014 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Stephan Fransen Jesse Huta Galung | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 18–22 | Jun 2014 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Peter Polansky | Andre Begemann Lukáš Rosol | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 19–22 | Jul 2014 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Peter Polansky | Chase Buchanan James McGee | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 20–22 | Sep 2014 | Napa, USA | Challenger | Hard | Peter Polansky | Bradley Klahn Tim Smyczek | 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–1 |
| Loss | 20–23 | Oct 2014 | Sacramento, USA | Challenger | Hard | Peter Polansky | Adam Hubble John-Patrick Smith | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 21–23 | Oct 2014 | Tiburon, USA | Challenger | Hard | Bradley Klahn | Carsten Ball Matt Reid | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 21–24 | Nov 2014 | Champaign, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Frank Dancevic | Ross William Guignon Tim Kopinski | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 21–25 | Mar 2015 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Rameez Junaid | Andreas Beck Jan Mertl | 2–6, 6–3, [3–10] |
| Loss | 21–26 | Apr 2015 | Raanana, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Rameez Junaid | Mate Pavić Michael Venus | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 21–27 | Nov 2015 | Charlottesville, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Peter Polansky | Chase Buchanan Tennys Sandgren | 6–3, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 22–27 | Nov 2016 | Knoxville, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Peter Polansky | Ruben Bemelmans Joris De Loore | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 23–27 | Feb 2017 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Knowle | Dino Marcan Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 24–27 | Mar 2017 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Andrei Vasilevski | Mikhail Elgin Denys Molchanov | 6–3, 3–6, [21–19] |
| Win | 25–27 | Mar 2017 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sam Groth | Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith | 6–3, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 26–27 | Apr 2017 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Leander Paes | Luca Margaroli Caio Zampieri | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 26–28 | May 2017 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Igor Zelenay | Roman Jebavý Antonio Šančić | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 27–28 | Jun 2017 | Ilkley, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Leander Paes | Brydan Klein Joe Salisbury | 6–2, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 28–28 | May 2018 | Braga, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Sander Arends | Ariel Behar Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 29–28 | Mar 2019 | Pau, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Scott Clayton | Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Win | 30–28 | Mar 2019 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | Scott Clayton | Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith | 7–5, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 30-29 | July 2019 | Winnipeg, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Hunter Reese | Peter Polansky Darian King | 6-7$^{(8-10)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 30-30 | Aug 2019 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Treat Huey | Robert Lindstedt Jonny O'Mara | 2-6, 5-7 |
| Win | 31–30 | Sep 2019 | Florence, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Luca Margaroli | Gerard Granollers Pedro Martínez | 7-5, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, [14-12] |

## Doubles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
This table is current through the 2023 Canadian Open.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | QF | 1R | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 19 | 10–19 | 34% |
| National representation ||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | PO | A | A | A | NH | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 0 / 9 | 1–9 | 10% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 9 | 1–9 | 10% |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–7 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 3–6 | 10–9 | 10–12 | 3–10 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 / 65 | 38–66 | 37% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 5–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–7 | 0–1 | 9–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2 / 24 | 23–26 | 47% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 19 | 16–16 | 50% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 15–15 | 4–12 | 2–7 | 4–7 | 16–18 | 16–16 | 15–16 | 3–7 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3 / 108 | 77–108 | 42% |
| Win % | – | – | 14% | 50% | 25% | 22% | 36% | 47% | 50% | 48% | 30% | – | 0% | 50% | – | 0% | 42% | 42% | 42% |
| Year-end ranking | 454 | 182 | 87 | 61 | 98 | 120 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 145 | 138 | 196 | 270 | – | | | | |