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Jonathan Igbinovia (born 27 December 1980) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player.

Jonathan Igbinovia

Country (sports)	Nigeria
Born	(1980-12-27) 27 December 1980 (age 41) Lagos, Nigeria
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$22,970
Singles
Career record	19–12 (Davis Cup)
Highest ranking	No. 461 (25 Apr 2005)
Doubles
Career record	12–8 (Davis Cup)
Highest ranking	No. 506 (7 Feb 2005)
Medal record All-Africa Games 2003 Abuja Doubles

A native of Lagos, Igbinovia had a best singles world ranking of 461 and competed for the Nigeria Davis Cup team from 1998 to 2007, registering 31 overall wins.[1][2] In 2003 he partnered with Sunday Maku to win a silver medal in doubles at the All-Africa Games in Abuja. He played collegiate tennis early in his career, for Georgia Perimeter College.[3]

Igbinovia is also a musician under the name JayAfrotone and says he has invented his own genre of music called "Afrotone", which he describes as a mix of mainstream music and African sounds.[4]

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–2	Mar 2003	Nigeria F2, Benin City	Hard	Arnaud Segodo	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2004	Nigeria F6B, Lagos	Hard	Jasper Smit	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–2	Apr 2005	Nigeria F2, Benin City	Hard	Vadim Davletshin	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2004	Nigeria F2, Benin City	Hard	Sunday Maku	Xavier Audouy Arnaud Segodo	6–7(5), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2004	Canada F4, Lachine	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	Huntley Montgomery Ryan Sachire	0–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3	Aug 2004	Nigeria F3A, Lagos	Hard	Henry Adjei-Darko	Romano Frantzen Floris Kilian	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–3	Aug 2004	Nigeria F3B, Lagos	Hard	Henry Adjei-Darko	Romano Frantzen Floris Kilian	6–7(10), 6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–4	Oct 2004	Nigeria F6A, Lagos	Hard	Henry Adjei-Darko	Raven Klaasen Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya	4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	1–5	Jan 2005	USA F3, Key Biscayne	Hard	Henry Adjei-Darko	Nikita Kryvonos Denis Zivkovic	5–7, 5–7
Win	2–5	Feb 2006	Nigeria F1, Benin City	Hard	Abdul-Mumin Babalola	Fred Gil Nicholas Monroe	6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3
Win	3–5	Mar 2006	Nigeria F2, Benin City	Hard	Abdul-Mumin Babalola	Komlavi Loglo Valentin Sanon	6–1, 7–6(4)
Win	4–5	Dec 2007	Nigeria F4, Lagos	Hard	Abdul-Mumin Babalola	Candy Idoko Lawal Shehu	6–3, 6–4

References

External links

• Jonathan Igbinovia at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jonathan Igbinovia at the Davis Cup
• Jonathan Igbinovia at the International Tennis Federation

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