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 39)
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 – second place 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

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Doubles: 4 (2–2)

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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

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  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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