Sunday Maku (born 3 April 1979) is a Nigerian former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Born in

Ondo State Ondo State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to t ...

, Maku was a number one ranked player in the national rankings and competed for the

Nigeria Davis Cup team The Nigeria men's national tennis team represents Nigeria in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Nigeria Tennis Federation. Nigeria currently compete in Africa Zone Group III. They reached the Group I semifinals in 1988 and 1 ...

between 2002 and 2006. He was unbeaten in his nine Davis Cup doubles rubbers. In 2003 he won medals for Nigeria at both the

All-Africa Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (AN ...

and

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ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maku, Sunday 1979 births Living people Nigerian male tennis players People from Ondo State African Games medalists in tennis African Games silver medalists for Nigeria Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games