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Abdul-Mumin Babalola
Abdul-Mumin Babalola (born 15 December 1984) is a Nigerian professional tennis player. Born in Okene, Babalola is a left-hander who plays a serve and volley game. He has competed for the Nigeria Davis Cup team since 2002 and as of 2021 has featured in a record 49 ties. In 2002 he attained Nigeria's number one ranking for the first time and reached his best singles world ranking of 722 in 2007. He has won six ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. ... doubles titles. ITF Futures finals Doubles: 9 (6–3) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Babalola, Abdul-Mumin 1984 births Living people Nigerian male tennis players Sportspeople from Kogi State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okene
Okene is a town in the Nigerian state of Kogi. The town is based in a Local Government Area of the same name. Okene runs along the A2 highway. It had an area of 328 km² and a population of 320,260 at the 2006 census. The predominant people are the Ebira of central Nigeria; the local languages is Ebira. The postal code of the area is 264. People Okene is the birthplace of American Hockey League player and National Hockey League prospect Akim Aliu. Another prominent Nigerian that hails from Okene is Engineer Joseph Makoju, the former managing director of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and currently the Honorary Adviser to Mr President on Electric Power and the Honorary Adviser to the President/CEO Dangote Group on Strategies. Okene is also the birthplace of Governor Yahaya Bello. Education The Federal College of Education is situated in Okene along Okene-Lokoja road. There is also a satellite campus of the Kogi State Polythecnic. There are also different schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komlavi Loglo
Komlavi Loglo (born 30 December 1984) is a professional Togolese tennis player. He was born in Badou, Togo. Career Loglo has spent his career on the Futures circuit, although he has played a handful of Challenger tournaments. He is the top-ranked Togolese player. On March 31, 2008, Komlavi was awarded a Tri-Partite Invitation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics singles event in Beijing. He was the first tennis player from Togo to represent his country at the Olympics. He lost in the first round to South African Kevin Anderson in straight sets. Equipment Loglo plays with a Babolat Pure Drive Plus racquet, strung with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour 17 String. He is sponsored by TTK - Tennis Teknology for clothes and Babolat Babolat is a French tennis, badminton, and padel equipment company, headquartered in Lyon, best known for its strings and tennis racquets which are used by professional and recreational players worldwide. The company has made strings since 187 ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1984 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. * February 8– 19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaja Uzakov
Vaja Uzakov (born 4 June 1988) is an Uzbek tennis player. Uzakov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 698 achieved on 7 June 2010. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 316, achieved on 11 August 2008. Uzakov has represented Uzbekistan at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 0–6. He played at the 2010 Asian Games on singles he lost from the late champion Somdev Devvarman at the 3rd round. On mixed doubles with Nigina Abduraimova lost on 1st round. On the men's team event won the silver medal with Farrukh Dustov, Murad Inoyatov and Denis Istomin Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbek professional tennis player. He has won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in Au .... Future and Challenger finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles 9 (3–6) Davis Cup Participations: (0–6) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paterne Mamata
Paterne Mamata (born 16 July 1986) is a retired French tennis player. Mamata has a career high ATP singles ranking of 879 achieved on 15 August 2011. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 828 achieved on 10 September 2012. Mamata made his ATP main draw debut at the 2010 Open 13 in the doubles draw partnering Gaël Monfils. Mamata represents the Republic of the Congo at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis .... References External links * * 1986 births Living people French male tennis players {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Semjan
Marek Semjan (; born 7 November 1987) is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 30 August 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 218. Career He won over top seed Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ... at the 2012 UniCredit Czech Open in Prostějov in three sets 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4. Challenger finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 2 (2–0) References External links * * 1987 births Living people Slovak male tennis players {{Slovakia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawal Shehu
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 Candy Idoko (born 27 September 1985) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player. Born in Kaduna, Idoko played for the Nigeria Davis Cup team between 2007 and 2010, registering wins in four doubles rubbers. Early in his career he secured fund .... He was based in France during his career. ITF Futures finals Doubles: 4 (2–2) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shehu, Lawal 1985 births Living people Nigerian male tennis players Sportspeople from Kaduna Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Idoko
Candy Idoko (born 27 September 1985) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player. Born in Kaduna, Idoko played for the Nigeria Davis Cup team between 2007 and 2010, registering wins in four doubles rubbers. Early in his career he secured funding from a sponsor in the Netherlands which allowed him to tour internationally. He won two ITF Futures titles in doubles while competing on the professional tour. In 2011 he won a doubles silver medal and singles bronze medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t ... in Maputo. Idoko's younger brother Emmanuel was also a tennis player. ITF Futures finals Doubles: 4 (1–3) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Idoko, Candy 1985 births Living people Nigerian male tennis players Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anas Fattar
Anas Fattar (born 12 May 1987) is a Moroccan tennis player. Fattar has a career high ATP singles ranking of 599 achieved on 15 December 2008. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 455, which was achieved on 9 August 2010. Fattar has won 7 ITF Futures doubles titles. Fattar has represented Morocco at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis .... Future and Challenger finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles 12 (7–5) Davis Cup Participations: (4–2) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface. References External links * * * 1987 births Living people Moroccan male tennis players Sportspeople from Casablanca Competitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reda El Amrani
Reda El Amrani (born 19 May 1988) is a professional tennis player from Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to .... He has a career high-ranking of world No. 160 achieved in June 2010. Career finals: 19 (13–6) Singles: 11 (8–3) Doubles: 8 (5–3) Style of play Reda El Amrani has a powerful serve, he can easily reach . He usually hits approximately 10 aces per match. He sometimes hits a lot of double faults. He has a good forehand, as he hits it spinny most of the time but sometimes flat; he won this way against 2 top 100 players. He has a one handed backhand. He also uses a lot of dropshots. He has had numerous injuries, like a knee injury in 2011. Best results 2010 250 Series: Quarter-finalist Grand Prix Hassan II (Casablanca). Challenger Series: Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of 284,124 inhabitants, and the larger Greater Accra Region, , had a population of 5,455,692 inhabitants. In common usage, the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered .Sum of the land areas of Accra Metropolitan District, Ablekuma Central Municipal District, Ablekuma North Municipal District, Ablekuma West Municipal District, Ayawaso Central Municipal District, Ayawaso East Municipal District, Ayawaso North Municipal District, Ayawaso West Municipal District, Korle Klottey Municipal District, Krowor Municipal District, La Dadekotopon Municipal District, Ledzokuku Municipal District, and Okaikoi North Municipal District, as per the 2021 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
