Sylvester Emmanuel (born 4 April 1998) is a Nigerian tennis player.

Sylvester Emmanuel
Country (sports) Nigeria
Born (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26)
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Prize money$10,375
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 1,097 (12 December 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1,888 (1 February 2021)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 867 (19 June 2017)
Current rankingNo. 1,639 (1 February 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup13–7
Last updated on: 1 February 2021.

Emmanuel has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1097 achieved on 12 December 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 867, achieved on 19 June 2017.[1] Emmanuel hasn't won ITF title.[2]

Emmanuel has represented Nigeria at Davis Cup, where he has a win-loss record of 13–7.[3]

Future and Challenger finals

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Doubles 1 (0–1)

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Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 1 (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 13 May 2017   Abuja, Nigeria F2 Hard   Calvin Hemery   Alessandro Bega
  Viktor Durasovic
4–6, 0–6

Davis Cup

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Participations: (13–7)

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Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (13–7)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (13–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (10–5)
Doubles (3–2)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
 0–3; 10 September 2014; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 1 I Singles   Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock 3–6, 3–6
 3–0; 11 September 2014; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 2 I Singles   Congo Pagnol Madzou 6–0, 6–0
Victory 3 III Doubles (with Henry Atseye) (dead rubber) Pagnol Madzou / Armel Mokobo 6–0, 6–1
 0–3; 12 September 2014; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 4 I Singles   Madagascar Tony Rajaobelina 2–6, 0–6
Defeat III Doubles (with Henry Atseye) (dead rubber) Tony Rajaobelina / Lofo Ramiaramanana WO *
 1–2; 11 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 5 I Singles   Namibia Jean Erasmus 6–2, 6–3
 1–2; 13 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 6 I Singles   Morocco Yassine Idmbarek 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 0–6
 3–0; 14 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 7 I Singles   Cameroon Augustin Ntouba 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
 3–0; 15 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 8 I Singles   Mozambique Armindo Junior Nhavene 6–1, 6–1
 2–1; 16 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III 5th-6th Playoff; Clay surface
Victory 9 I Singles   Kenya Kevin Cheruiyot 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
 0–3; 17 July 2017; Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 10 II Singles   Egypt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 0–6, 3–6
 1–2; 19 July 2017; Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 11 II Singles   Zimbabwe Takanyi Garanganga 6–3, 7–5
Defeat 12 III Doubles (with Abdul-Mumin Babalola) Takanyi Garanganga / Benjamin Lock 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6
 3–0; 21 July 2017; Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 13 III Doubles (with Joseph Imeh Ubon) (dead rubber)   Rwanda Etienne Niyigena / Fabrice Tuyishime 6–1, 6–3
 2–0; 21 July 2017; Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III 5th-6th Playoff; Clay surface
Victory 14 II Singles   Algeria Youcef Ghezal 6–3, 6–4
 3–0; 19 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 15 I Singles   Rwanda Ernest Habiyambere 6–1, 7–5
 2–1; 21 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 16 I Singles   Cameroon Etienne Teboh 6–4, 6–4
Victory 17 III Doubles (with Joseph Imeh Ubon) Blaise Nkwenti / Cédric Ngoumtsa 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
 0–3; 22 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 18 I Singles   Benin Delmas N'tcha 4–6, 3–6
 1–2; 23 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Europe/Africa Zone Group III 1st-4th Playoff; Clay surface
Victory 19 I Singles   Namibia Jean Erasmus 6–1, 6–2
Defeat 20 III Doubles (with Joseph Imeh Ubon) Jean Erasmus / Tukhula Jacobs 6–7(1–7), 4–6

* Walkover doesn't count in his overall record.

Record against other players

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Emmanuel's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 100, with those who are active in boldface.
ATP Tour, Challenger and Future tournaments' main draw and qualifying matches are considered.

Opponent Highest
ranking
Matches Won Lost Win % Last match
  Sebastian Korda 38 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–4, 2–6, 4–6) at 2016 United States F7 Q2
  Pere Riba 65 1 0 1 0% Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2015 Nigeria F3 2R
  Brayden Schnur 92 1 0 1 0% Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Nigeria F2 2R
Total 3 0 3 0% * Statistics correct as of 25 October 2021

References

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  1. ^ "Sylvester Emmanuel". ATP. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Sylvester Emmanuel". ITF. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Sylvester Emmanuel". Davis Cup. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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