Shelby Cannon

{{short description|American tennis player}}

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Shelby Cannon (born August 19, 1966) is an American retired professional tennis player.

Cannon enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional six times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 27 in 1993.

Cannon played college tennis for the Tennessee Volunteers. While on tour, Cannon kept a residence in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Grand Slam, Grand Prix and ATP Tour finals

=Doubles (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)=

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!style="width:180px"|Partner

!style="width:180px"|Opponents

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style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 1989

| Montreal, Canada

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Beckman

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Kelly Evernden
{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Witsken

| 3–6, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 1990

| São Paulo, Brazil

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|VEN}} Alfonso Mora

| {{flagicon|NED}} Mark Koevermans
{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Luiz Mattar

| 6–7, 6–3, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2.

| 1991

| Guarujá, Brazil

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Greg Van Emburgh

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Delaître
{{flagicon|FRA}} Rodolphe Gilbert

| 2–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 1992

| Genoa, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Greg Van Emburgh

| {{flagicon|NED}} Paul Haarhuis
{{flagicon|NED}} Mark Koevermans

| 6–1, 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3.

| 1993

| Doha, Qatar

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Melville

| {{flagicon|GER}} Boris Becker
{{flagicon|GER}} Patrik Kühnen

| 2–6, 4–6

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| 1993

| Barcelona, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Melville

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Casal
{{flagicon|ESP}} Emilio Sánchez

| 7–6, 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| 1993

| Nice, France

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Melville

| {{flagicon|AUS}} David Macpherson
{{flagicon|AUS}} Laurie Warder

| 4–3, RET.

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| 5.

| 1994

| Doha, Qatar

| Hard

| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Byron Talbot

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Delaître
{{flagicon|FRA}} Stephane Simian

| 3–6, 3–6

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| 6.

| 1995

| Santiago, Chile

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Francisco Montana

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Novák
{{flagicon|CZE}} David Rikl

| 4–6, 6–4, 1–6