Lawal Shehu

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Lawal Shehu
Country (sports)Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Born (1985-01-15) 15 January 1985 (age 37)
Kaduna, Nigeria
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$13,369
Singles
Career record3–3 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 1074 (5 Mar 2007)
Doubles
Career record15–11 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 666 (10 Mar 2008)
Medal record
All-Africa Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Maputo Doubles

Lawal Shehu (born 15 January 1985) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player. [1] [2]

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A native of Kaduna, Shehu competed for the Nigeria Davis Cup team from 2005 to 2016, primarily used as a specialist doubles player. [3] He won two ITF Futures titles in doubles. In 2011 he was a doubles silver medalist at the All-Africa Games in Maputo, partnering Candy Idoko. He was based in France during his career. [4]

ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2005Senegal F1, Dakar Hard Flag of Nigeria.svg Candy Idoko Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Biggemann
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Amadeus Fulford-Jones		6–7(4), 7–6(6), 6–3
Loss1–1Nov 2007Rwanda F1, Kigali Clay Flag of Nigeria.svg Candy Idoko Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matwé Middelkoop
Flag of Lithuania.svg Gvidas Sabeckis 		6–7(7), 4–6
Loss1–2Dec 2007Nigeria F4, Lagos Hard Flag of Nigeria.svg Candy Idoko Flag of Nigeria.svg Abdul-Mumin Babalola
Flag of Nigeria.svg Jonathan Igbinovia 		3–6, 4–6
Win2–2Mar 2008Nigeria F2, Benin City Hard Flag of Nigeria.svg Abdul-Mumin Babalola Flag of Slovakia.svg Marek Semjan
Flag of Slovakia.svg Ján Stančík		6–3, 6–4

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References

  1. ↑ Osha, Bamidele (19 January 2004). "Lawal drops tennis for school". Daily Independent Online.
  2. ↑ "Lawal Set To 'Dump' Nigeria". Eye On The News.com. 5 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Team Nigeria departs for Davis Cup". Tribune Online . 7 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Ekeng, Asuquo (27 October 2004). "Nigeria: Malaria Stops Shehu Lawal". P.M. News . AllAfrica.
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