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Tessa Shapovalova (Hebrew: טסה שפובלובה; Russian: Тесса Шаповалова born 14 March 1969) is an Israeli-Ukrainian tennis coach and former professional player.[1]

Tessa Shapovalova

Country (sports)	Soviet Union  CIS  Ukraine
Born	(1969-03-14) 14 March 1969 (age 53) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR
Prize money	9,633
Singles
Career record	31–31
Highest ranking	No. 445 (23 March 1992)
Doubles
Career record	33–20
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 301 (4 December 1995)
Coaching career (2016-)
Denis Shapovalov (2016)
Coaching achievements
Coachee singles titles total	1

Shapovalova is the mother of pro tennis player Denis Shapovalov.

Shapovalova was born in Lviv, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union was on the Soviet national tennis team, and moved from the Soviet Union to Tel Aviv with Denis' father (Viktor Shapovalov) when the Soviet Union was collapsing. She eventually became a tennis coach there.[2] She is Jewish.[3][4][5]

Shapovalova has two children, Evgeniy and Denis, born in Israel.[6] The family moved from Israel to Canada before Denis's first birthday.[7] Shapovalova, son Denis Shapovalov worked as a tennis coach for many years.

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 and his mother had the courage to leave her job and open her own tennis Academy in Vaughan called Tessa Tennis.[8][9] Tessa is still coaching at her Academy while Denis lives in the Bahamas. However, Denis’ mother keeps on traveling all over the world with her son even if they have hired former world no.8 Mikhail Youzhny as Shapovalov's coach.[10]

Career finals

Singles Finals (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 July 1991	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Tessa Price	2–6, 0–6

Doubles Finals (4–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	24 May 1993	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Nelly Barkan	Galia Angelova Teodora Nedeva	6–2, 7–6(5)
Winner	2.	3 April 1995	Tiberias, Israel	Hard	Nelly Barkan	Nataly Cahana Oshri Shashua	6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	29 May 1995	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Nelly Barkan	Limor Gabai Pamela Zingman	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	5 June 1995	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Nelly Barkan	Limor Gabai Pamela Zingman	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	20 November 1995	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Kildine Chevalier	Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova	7–5, 3–6, 0–6

References

External links

• Tessa Shapovalova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tessa Shapovalova at the International Tennis Federation

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