sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

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

Lawal Shehu

Country (sports)	Nigeria
Born	(1985-01-15) 15 January 1985 (age 37) Kaduna, Nigeria
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$13,369
Singles
Career record	3–3 (Davis Cup)
Highest ranking	No. 1074 (5 Mar 2007)
Doubles
Career record	15–11 (Davis Cup)
Highest ranking	No. 666 (10 Mar 2008)
Medal record All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo Doubles

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2005	Senegal F1, Dakar	Hard	Candy Idoko	Dennis Biggemann Amadeus Fulford-Jones	6–7(4), 7–6(6), 6–3
Loss	1–1	Nov 2007	Rwanda F1, Kigali	Clay	Candy Idoko	Matwé Middelkoop Gvidas Sabeckis	6–7(7), 4–6
Loss	1–2	Dec 2007	Nigeria F4, Lagos	Hard	Candy Idoko	Abdul-Mumin Babalola Jonathan Igbinovia	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Mar 2008	Nigeria F2, Benin City	Hard	Abdul-Mumin Babalola	Marek Semjan Ján Stančík	6–3, 6–4

References

External links

• Lawal Shehu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lawal Shehu at the Davis Cup
• Lawal Shehu at the International Tennis Federation

---