Lawal Shehu
Nigerian tennis player
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| Intro | Nigerian tennis player | |
| Places | Nigeria | |
| is | Athlete Tennis player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
| Gender |
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| Birth | 15 January 1985 | |
| Age | 40 years | |
| Star sign | Capricorn |
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Biography
Lawal Shehu (born 15 January 1985) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player.
A native of Kaduna, Shehu competed for the Nigeria Davis Cup team from 2005 to 2016, primarily used as a specialist doubles player. 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.
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 | Aug 2005 | Senegal F1, Dakar | Hard | Candy Idoko | Dennis Biggemann Amadeus Fulford-Jones | 6–7, 7–6, 6–3 | |
| Loss | Nov 2007 | Rwanda F1, Kigali | Clay | Candy Idoko | Matwé Middelkoop Gvidas Sabeckis | 6–7, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Dec 2007 | Nigeria F4, Lagos | Hard | Candy Idoko | Abdul-Mumin Babalola Jonathan Igbinovia | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | Mar 2008 | Nigeria F2, Benin City | Hard | Abdul-Mumin Babalola | Marek Semjan Ján Stančík | 6–3, 6–4 |