Tessa Shapovalova (Hebrew: טסה שפובלובה; Russian: Тесса Шаповалова born 14 March 1969) is an Israeli-Ukrainian tennis coach and former professional player.
[1] Shapovalova is the mother of pro tennis player Denis Shapovalov.
Shapovalova was born in Lviv, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.
[7] 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.