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. Shapovalova was born in

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, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. She was on the Soviet national tennis team, but moved to

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with Denis' father (Viktor Shapovalov) when the Soviet Union was collapsing. She eventually became a tennis coach there. She is

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. Shapovalova has two children, Evgeniy and Denis, born in Israel. The family moved from Israel to Canada before Denis's first birthday. She got a job as a tennis coach at the Richmond Hill Country Club where Denis Shapovalov started to play. Eventually, Denis couldn't get enough court time, so his mother left her job and opened a tennis academy in Vaughan called Tessa Tennis. Tessa is still coaching at her academy while Denis lives in the Bahamas. However, she still travels around the world with her son even though they hired former world no. 8

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as Shapovalov's coach.

Career finals

Singles Finals (0–1)

Doubles Finals (4–1)

References

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* * 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Lviv Soviet female tennis players Ukrainian female tennis players Jewish tennis players Israeli people of Ukrainian descent Israeli people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Russian descent Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent {{Ukraine-tennis-bio-stub es:Tessa Shapovalova#top