Paul Wekesa

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Paul Wekesa
Country Flag of Kenya Kenya
Residence Nairobi, Kenya
Date of birth July 2, 1967 (1967-07-02) (age 40)
Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Weight 79 kg (170 lb)
Turned pro 1987
Retired 1996
Plays right
Career prize money US$448,114
Singles
Career record: 18-42
Career titles: 0
Highest ranking: 100 (1 May 1995)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2r (1989)
French Open 1r (1995)
Wimbledon 1r (1995)
US Open 1r (1995)
Doubles
Career record: 55-76
Career titles: 3
Highest ranking: 66 (23 March 1992)

Paul Wekesa (born 2 July 1967, in Nairobi, Kenya) is a former professional tennis player from Kenya. Prior to turning professional, he won the doubles tournament at the 1987 Division II NCAA Men's Tennis Championships while attending Chapman University[1]. During his career, Wekesa won 3 ATP Tour doubles titles. He reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the 1992 Australian Open.

Wekesa won a bronze medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games held in Nairobi, Kenya. He is the only Kenyan tennis player to reach Top 100 of ATP rankings [2]. He also features for the Kenya Davis Cup team and was still active in 1998 [3].

After retirement from playing, he has served as a Kenyan national teams coach [2].

He won the "Hall of Fame" category at the 2007 Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year awards [4].

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[edit] ATP Tour Finals (6)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (6)

[edit] Doubles wins (3)

No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in final Score
1. 16 October 1988 Tel Aviv, Israel hard Flag of the Bahamas Roger Smith Flag of Germany Patrick Baur
Flag of Germany Alexander Mronz
6–3 6–3
2. 16 April 1989 Seoul, South Korea hard Flag of the United States Scott Davis Flag of the United States John Letts
Flag of the United States Bruce Man Son Hing
6–2 6–4
3. 10 November 1991 Birmingham, United Kingdom carpet (i) Flag of the Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Flag of Sweden Ronnie Bathman
Flag of Sweden Rikard Bergh
7–5 7–5

[edit] Doubles runners-up (3)

No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in final Score
1. 30 April 1989 Singapore hard Flag of the United States Paul Chamberlin Flag of the United States Rick Leach
Flag of the United States Jim Pugh
3–6, 4–6
2. 5 August 1990 Los Angeles, USA hard Flag of Sweden Peter Lundgren Flag of the United States Scott Davis
Flag of the United States David Pate
6–3, 1–6, 3–6
3. 28 August 1994 Umag, Croatia clay Flag of Slovakia Karol Kučera Flag of Uruguay Diego Pérez
Flag of Spain Francisco Roig
2–6, 4–6

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