Abdul-Mumin Babalola
Abdul-Mumin Babalola (born 15 December 1984) is a Nigerian professional tennis player.[1][2][3]
Country (sports) | Nigeria | |||||||||||
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Born | Okene, Nigeria | 15 December 1984|||||||||||
Plays | Left-handed | |||||||||||
Prize money | $18,764 | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 722 (30 Jul 2007) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 550 (20 Nov 2006) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[4] He has won six ITF Futures doubles titles.[5]
ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 9 (6–3)
Finals by surface |
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Clay (0–1) |
Hard (6–2) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2005 | Nigeria F3, Lagos | Hard | Sunday Maku | Henry Adjei-Darko Gunther Darkey |
6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 2005 | Nigeria F4, Lagos | Hard | Sunday Maku | Henry Adjei-Darko Gunther Darkey |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 2–1 | Feb 2006 | Nigeria F1, Benin City | Hard | Jonathan Igbinovia | Fred Gil Nicholas Monroe |
6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3 |
Win | 3–1 | Mar 2006 | Nigeria F2, Benin City | Hard | Jonathan Igbinovia | Komlavi Loglo Valentin Sanon |
6–1, 7–6(4) |
Win | 4–1 | Oct 2006 | Nigeria F6, Lagos | Hard | Komlavi Loglo | Ivan Dodig Zlatan Kadrić |
7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 4–2 | Oct 2006 | Ghana F1, Accra | Clay | Komlavi Loglo | Reda El Amrani Anas Fattar |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5–2 | Dec 2007 | Nigeria F4, Lagos | Hard | Jonathan Igbinovia | Candy Idoko Lawal Shehu |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 6–2 | Mar 2008 | Nigeria F2, Benin City | Hard | Lawal Shehu | Marek Semjan Ján Stančík |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–3 | Oct 2011 | Nigeria F4, Lagos | Hard | Daouda Ndiaye | Paterne Mamata Vaja Uzakov |
5–7, 6–3, [6–10] |
References
- "Nigeria: Players Upbeat About Victory in Governor's Cup Tennis". Daily Trust. 20 October 2011.
- Busari, Niyi (15 May 2022). "Nigeria Tennis Players Need More Competitions For Rankings - Babalola". bsnsports.com.
- Bada, Ayo (2 October 2018). "Lagos Open: Babalola Promises To Bounce Back". Independent.
- "It's unfortunate I'm still No.1 tennis player - Babalola". Vanguard. 2 May 2013.
- "Abdul-Mumin Babalola - Tennis Explorer". www.tennisexplorer.com.
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