Lesedi Sheya Jacobs

Lesedi Sheya Jacobs

Country (sports)	Namibia
Born	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26) Windhoek, Namibia
Plays	Right-handed
College	University of Kentucky
Prize money	$3,395
Singles
Career record	15–8
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 871 (31 October 2016)
Doubles
Career record	7–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 1065 (26 September 2016)

Lesedi Sheya Jacobs (born 1 October 1997) is a female Namibian tennis player.

Jacobs has won one singles title on the ITF Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 871 on 31 October 2016.

Playing for Namibia Fed Cup team, Jacobs has a win–loss record of 10–16 (as of July 2024). ^[1]

On the ITF Junior Circuit, she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 88 on 8 June 2015.

Jacobs is attending the University of Kentucky from 2015.

ITF finals

Singles (1–0)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0)

Result	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	8 November 2015	10,000	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Luisa Marie Huber	7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1

Doubles (0–1)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0)

Result	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	7 November 2015	10,000	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Valeria Bhunu	Madrie Le Roux Erika Vogelsang	6–7(6–8), 2–6

Fed Cup participation

Singles (3–7)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	16 April 2012	Cairo, Egypt	Lithuania	Clay	Lina Stančiūtė	L	1–6, 0–6
		17 April 2012		Egypt		Mai El Kamash	L	1–6, 3–6
		20 April 2012		Cyprus		Joanna Nena Savva	L	6–7(6–8), 3–6
2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	5 February 2014	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	Hard (i)	Kaia Kanepi	L	1–6, 1–6
		6 February 2014		Armenia		Ani Amiraghyan	L	2–6, 0–6
	P/O	8 February 2014		Norway		Melanie Stokke	L	2–6, 1–6
2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	14 April 2015	Ulcinj, Montenegro	Macedonia	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	L	6–7(1–7), 0–6
		15 April 2015		Mozambique		Cláudia Sumaia	W	6–1, 6–1
		16 April 2015		Moldova		Daniela Ciobanu	W	6–1, 6–3
	P/O	17 April 2015		Iceland		Hjördís Rósa Guðmundsdóttir	W	6–1, 6–1

Doubles (3–6)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	16 April 2012	Cairo, Egypt	Tunisia	Clay	Carita Moolman	Justina Mikulskytė Lina Stančiūtė	L	2–6, 0–6
		17 April 2012		Egypt		Carita Moolman	Menna El Nadgy Mora Eshak	L	4–6, 2–6
		19 April 2012		Moldova		Liniques Theron	Julia Helbet Melisa Martinov	W	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	5 February 2014	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	Hard (i)	Liniques Theron	Eva Paalma Tatjana Vorobjova	L	5–7, 2–6
		6 February 2014		Armenia		Liniques Theron	Ani Amiraghyan Milena Avetisyan	W	7–6(7–5), 6–2
	P/O	8 February 2014		Norway		Liniques Theron	Ida Seljevoll Skancke Melanie Stokke	L	2–6, 3–6
2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	14 April 2015	Ulcinj, Montenegro	Macedonia	Clay	Lize-Elfrida Moolman	Lina Gjorcheska Magdalena Stoilkovska	L	1–6, 2–6
		15 April 2015		Mozambique		Lize-Elfrida Moolman	Marieta de Lyubov Nhamitambo Cláudia Sumaia	W	6–0, 6–0
		16 April 2015		Moldova		Liniques Theron	Julia Helbet Alexandra Perper	L	3–6, 2–6

References

1. Lesedi Sheya Jacobs at the Billie Jean King Cup

External links

• Lesedi Jacobs at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lesedi Sheya Jacobs at the International Tennis Federation
• Lesedi Sheya Jacobs at the Billie Jean King Cup