Michael Shabaz (born August 20, 1987) is an American

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player who won the 2005

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boys' doubles championship with

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. He is an

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tennis player for the

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Cavaliers.

College career

Shabaz teamed with fellow Cavalier

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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. Shabaz teamed with fellow Cavalier Drew Courtney to win the 2010 NCAA men's doubles championship for the second year in a row. Again they defeated John Patrick Smith and Davey Sandgren of the University of Tennessee in the finals 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, 6–3.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Doubles: 7 (2–5)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

References

External links

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Bio and match history

College Tennis Online

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* 1987 births Living people American male tennis players American people of Iranian descent American people of Iranian-Assyrian descent Sportspeople of Iranian descent Sportspeople from Fairfax County, Virginia Tennis players from Virginia Virginia Cavaliers men's tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles {{US-tennisbio-stub