Ohunene Yakubu has reclaimed the top spot in the recently-released junior rankings by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
The teenage tennis sensation was back-to-back champion across both legs of the J30 Lagos ITF World Tennis Tour held in Ikeja, Lagos State last week.
Yakubu reached the final across both legs and defeated the same opponent, Success Ogunjobi, in the both finals without dropping a set across two legs.
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Prior to the start of the tournament, Yakubu had taken two titles in Accra Ghana, raising her rankings on the junior ITF ratings, but she had done enough at the end of the two legs in Lagos to rise to the peak of the junior ITF rankings for the Nigerian female players.
Currently ranked 499, Yakubu is close to reaching her career high junior ITF rankings of 394 which she attained in the early stages of 2025.
Success Ogunjobi (ranked 514) slipped to number two on the rankings while Nigeria’s number one female tennis player, Khadijat Mohammed (1049), stands in third position.
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In the boys’ rankings, James Benjamin, back-to-back finalist at both legs of the J30 Lagos event, rose further on the rankings, edging closer to the top four of the Nigerians on the rankings.
Banjamin moved 378 spots in the newly-released rankings to now sit sixth on the list of Nigerians on the junior ITF rankings. He is the Nigerian who benefited the most from the recent J30 Lagos event after reaching the final across both legs.
Nigeria Tennis Live will continue to monitor the activities of the Nigerian tennis players across different competitions they are participating in, as the tennis season comes to an end.
