Komlavi Loglo (born 30 December 1984) is a professional

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player. He was born in

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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

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singles event in Beijing. He was the first tennis player from

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

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Pure Drive Plus racquet, strung with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour 17 String. He is sponsored by TTK - Tennis Teknology for clothes and

for racquets and shoes.

Singles titles

References

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* * 1984 births Living people Olympic tennis players for Togo People from Plateaux Region, Togo Tennis players from Barcelona Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Togolese expatriates in Spain Togolese male tennis players 21st-century Togolese people {{Togo-tennis-bio-stub