Background
Shapovalov was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to Russian parents Viktor Shapovalov and Tessa Shapovalova. He started to play tennis at the club his mother was coaching at when he was 5 years old and he is still coached by her along with Adriano Fuorivia. His mother Tessa opened up her own tennis club in Vaughan named TessaTennis to help give him a home base to train at and to coach other juniors.
Career
He reached a career high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of Number. 551 on March 21, 2016 and a career high International Tennis Federation junior ranking of Number. 25 on January 25, 2016.
2013-2014
He captured his second singles title in April 2014 at the junior International Tennis Federation G5 in Burlington.
2015
In January at the junior Australian Open, Shapovalov advanced to the second round in singles as a qualifier. He lost in the first round in doubles.
At the junior Wimbledon in June, Shapovalov once again successfully qualified for the singles main draw and reached the third round. He was defeated in the opening round of the doubles event.
In late August in College Park, he made it to his first junior International Tennis Federation G1 singles final but was defeated by fellow Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime.
At the junior United States Open in September, Shapovalov qualified in singles and made it to the third round for his second straight Grand Slam. 2016
In January, Shapovalov reached the doubles final at the International Tennis Federation Futures in Sunrise. A week later, he captured his first professional singles title with a straight-set victory over Pedro Sakamoto at the International Tennis Federation Futures in Weston.
In March, he reached the semifinals of the Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville, losing to Daniel Evans in three sets.
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (1 title).