Country (sports) | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ondo, Nigeria | 3 April 1979|||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 1–2 (Davis Cup) | |||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 993 (20 Aug 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 9–0 (Davis Cup) | |||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 785 (2 Aug 2004) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sunday Maku (born 3 April 1979) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player. [1] [2] [3]
Born in Ondo State, Maku was a number one ranked player in the national rankings and competed for the Nigeria Davis Cup team between 2002 and 2006. [4] He was unbeaten in his nine Davis Cup doubles rubbers. [5]
In 2003 he won medals for Nigeria at both the All-Africa Games and Afro-Asian Games. [6]
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | Mar 04 | Nigeria F2, Benin City | Hard | Jonathan Igbinovia | Xavier Audouy Arnaud Segodo | 6–7(5), 4–6 |
Loss | Aug 05 | Nigeria F3, Lagos | Hard | Abdul-Mumin Babalola | Henry Adjei-Darko Gunther Darkey | 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | Aug 05 | Nigeria F4, Lagos | Hard | Abdul-Mumin Babalola | Henry Adjei-Darko Gunther Darkey | 6–4, 6–2 |
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