Full name | Duncan Kasumba Mugabe | ||||||||
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Country (sports) | ![]() | ||||||||
Born | 27 November 1990 | ||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||
Prize money | $17,926 | ||||||||
Singles | |||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 659 (30 Nov 2009) | ||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 721 (21 Sep 2015) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Duncan Kasumba Mugabe (born 27 November 1990) is a Ugandan professional tennis player. [1] [2] [3]
Mugabe was raised in a large family in the Lugogo area of the capital Kampala. He has seven siblings, including national cricketer Danniel Ruyange and basketball player Brian Kasumba. His breakthrough win came in the ITF East Africa under 13s in 2003, after which he received a training placement in South Africa and ultimately a five-year scholarship. During this time he studied at Clapham High School in Pretoria. [4] [5]
Mugabe reached his best singles world ranking of 659 in 2009. [6] The following year he became the first Ugandan player to win the Kenyan Open for 31 years. [7] He represented Uganda at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where he was beaten in the first round of the singles by Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. In 2011 he earned a singles bronze medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games. He was a single quarter-finalist at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games. [8]
Mugabe has had an at times fractious relationship with the Uganda Tennis Association, which in 2018 banned him for six-months, citing instances of indiscipline. [9]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2009 | Kenya F1, Nairobi | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–7(4), 0–6 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2008 | Burundi F1, Bujumbura | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(1), 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2009 | Rwanda F1, Kigali | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2–1 | Nov 2009 | Senegal F1, Dakar | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(5), 3–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2010 | Uganda F1, Kampala | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(8), 2–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jun 2015 | Mozambique F1, Maputo | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–3 | Jun 2015 | Mozambique F2, Maputo | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2015 | Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–4 | May 2018 | Uganda F4, Kampala | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
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