Sylvester Emmanuel is starting the 2019 tennis season as Nigeria’s number one male tennis player.
Nigeria Tennis Live reports that the latest ranking of the Nigerian players which was released in November, 2018, pushed the former Barcelona-based Nigerian tennis prodigy upwards above Joseph Imeh, who had occupied the number one spot all year.
With 165 points, Sylvester, who won back-to-back national tournaments in 2018, rose to the top of the ranking log, with Imeh following swiftly at the number two spot with 160 points having also won the Rainoil Tennis Open and Dala Hard Court tournaments.
In the Women’s category, Blessing Samuel rose to the top of the log, after edging out Sarah Adegoke who had held on to the top spot for quite a while.
Adegoke fell short in the national tournaments played in 2018 after dominating the local circuit for most part of the last two years, thus, she was beaten to the number one spot by Samuel, who has been consistent with her performance.
Check out the full rankings below as obtained by Nigeria Tennis Live:
WOMEN DOUBLES
RANKING FAMILY NAME FIRST NAME POINT
1 AGUGBOM Christy 125
2 SAMUEL Blessing 125
3 OLOWU Bukola 70
4 ABU Rose 57.5
5 ONEBAINHOIN Patience 47.5
6 OZURUMBA Oluchi 47.5
7 TENU-Michael Mary 47.5
8 ADUNOYE Rachael 42.5
9 SALAMI Khadijat 42.5
10 UDOKWELU Stella 42.5
11 FORTURUE Ebere 42.5
12 AKINGBADE Ronke 40
13 ADEGOKE Sarah 37.5
14 OSEWA Omotayo 27.5
15 DIRISU Ngozi 27.5
16 DONATUS Loveth 25
17 ANUNA Blessing 25
18 ODEYEMI Ramota 25
19 FASHANU Temitope 25
20 AKOSILE Folarin 25
21 AIRHUNWUNDE Osariemen 22.5
22 AIYEGBUSI Aanu 22.5
23 BELLO Rahima 20
24 DANJUMA Blessing 20
25 SUNDAY Faith 15
26 ARE Bunmi 15
27 ABAA Chidimma 12.5
28 NZEWI Crystal 12.5
29 OGUNSHOLA Folashade 12.5
30 KWANGE Rebecca 12.5
31 SALABI Grace 12.5
32 ADEREMI Omolade 12.5
33 BAMIDELE Omolayo 12.5
34 OKORO Ann 7.5
35 UMEH Ujunwa 7.5
36 ALUKO Olamide 7.5
37 TELEWU Serena 7.5
38 AMADASUN Abies 7.5
39 GEGE Iveren 7.5
40 NWOKOLO Amara 7.5
41 OGECHUKWU Aniegbo 7.5
42 EBIJIMI Pauline 5
43 MOSES Favour 5
44 SUNDAY Joy 5
45 SUNDAY Naomi 5
46 AZI esther 5
WOMEN SINGLE
RANKING FAMILY NAME FIRST NAME POINT
1 SAMUEL Blessing 295
2 ADEGOKE Sarah 240
3 AGUGBOM Christy 210
4 ONEBAMHOIN Patience 130
5 AIYEGBUSI Aanu 100
6 AKINGBADE Ronke 90
7 ARE Bunmi 71
8 FORTUNE Ebere 67
9 AIRHUNWUNDE Osariemen 64
10 TENU-MICHAEL Mary 62
11 ANUNA Blessing 61
12 OZURUMBA Oluchi 49
13 OLOWU Bukola 48
14 DONATUS Loveth 43
15 ABU Rose 43
16 ADEREMI Omolade 43
17 DIRISU Ngozi 35
18 UDOKWELU Stella 33
19 ODEYEMI Ramota 28
20 BAMIDELE Omolayo 26
21 YAKUBU Oiza 25
22 SUNDAY Joy 21
23 OGUNSHOLA Folashade 20
24 FASHANU Temitope 20
25 NWOKOLO Amara 20
26 ABAA Chidimma 16
27 GEGE Iveren 16
28 UDOFA Mary 16
29 MOSES Favour 14
30 ADUNOYE Racheal 14
31 AKOSILE Afolarin 13
32 SUNDAY Faith 12
33 OSEWA Omotayo 10
34 MOHAMMED Jummai 8
35 OYEGOKE Abiodun 8
36 DANJUMA Blessing 8
37 OSOGBA Toyin 8
38 NWANKWO Christy 7
39 ADEUSI Jesutoyosi 7
40 TELEWU Serena 7
41 ALI ESTHER Chidebere 7
42 ALUKO PRINCESS Olamide 7
43 EBIJIMI Pauline 6
44 SUNDAY Naomi 6
45 COOK Jennifer 6
46 AZI Esther 6
47 BADAMOSI Deborah 1
MEN DOUBLES
RANKING FAMILY NAME FIRST NAME POINT
1 BABALOLA Abdulmumuni 129.5
2 IMEH Joseph 116
3 ATSEYE Henry 104.5
4 MADUEKE Nonso 94.5
5 SHEHU Lawal 87.5
6 BIKOM Albert 87.5
7 PAUL Christian 77.5
8 EMMAUEL Sylvester 67.5
9 ILOPUTA Ikechukwu 55
10 MICHAEL Chima 50
11 JOHN Otu 45
12 SUNDAY Emmanuel 42.5
13 IDOKO Emmanuel 37.5
14 OTU Thomas 35
15 OGUNSHAKIN Wumi 33.5
16 MORAKINYO Ridwan 33.5
17 ADEHI Oche 33.5
18 IYOROVBE Joseph 32.5
19 PAUL Linus 31
20 ABAYOMI Philip 30
21 OPARAOJI Uche 30
22 OSEWA Michael 26
23 OYELAMI Ojo 22.5
24 BADMUS Kareem 21.5
25 MICHAEL Michael 21
26 OWOLABI Taiwo 20
27 AZUKA Benson 20
28 ADAMU Sani 19.5
29 AKINWUMI Tosin 19.5
30 BALA Musa 19.5
31 ADEWALE Samson 16
32 IKAKAH Emmanuel 16
33 TIMIBRA Godgift 16
34 UWANDU Charles 16
35 IDRIS Ibrahim 15
36 GANIYU Salami 15
37 IDRIS Umar Aliyu 14.5
38 HASSAN Jibrin 14.5
39 IDOKO Andrew 14.5
40 DAUDA Ayuba 14.5
41 MICHAEL Ambrose 12.5
42 JOLLY Joseph 12.5
43 SAMUEL Jonah 12
44 ALI Ibrahim 11
45 ALALADE Shola 11
46 ODEYEMI Opeyemi 11
47 IWUAGU Chinedu 11
48 EZEH Tochukwu 11
49 IBIWOYE Niyi 11
50 MOHAMMED Musa 11
51 MOHAMMED Sadiq 11
52 OLAWOLU Kayode 8.5
53 AKOR Mathew 7.5
54 OSINACHI Ernest 7.5
55 OKECHUKWU Michael 7.5
56 SAMUEL Akagha 7.5
57 OGBU Ikechukwu 7.5
58 JOHN Henry 7.5
59 AYOBAMI Odeyemi 7.5
60 DICKSON John 7.5
61 OLAJIMBITI Michael 7
62 DIM Emmanuel 7
63 ABAMU Martins 7
64 SAVAGE Kayode 7
65 LEO Anthony 7
66 KOLADE Tomiwa 7
67 BADAMASI Ibrahim 3.5
68 MUBARAK Salisu 3.5
69 MOSES Paul 3.5
70 ISA Aliyu 3.5
71 ODEY Daniel 3.5
72 WALE Babalola 3.5
73 ATTAH Isaac 3.5
74 ADESINA Ismaila 3.5
75 ATOBONG James 3.5
76 CHIWENDU Benjamin 3.5
77 CHEKWUBE Ojoba 3.5
78 OMODARA Ayodeji 3.5
79 ABAMU George 3.5
MEN SINGLES
RANKING FAMILY NAME FIRST NAME POINT
1 EMMANUEL Sylvester 265
2 IMEH Joseph 260
3 BABALOLA Abdulmumuni 185
4 OPARAOJI Uche 131
5 ATSEYE Henry 115
6 SUNDAY Emmanuel 90
7 BIKOM Albert 76
8 IDOKO Emmanuel 72
9 ILOPUTA Ikechukwu 67
10 MADUEKE Nonso 63
11 EMMANUEL Paul 61
12 ENOSOREGBE Clifford 60
13 MICHAEL Michael 57
14 MICHAEL Chima 55
15 PAUL Christian 44
16 BALA Musa 43
17 SHEHU Lawan 42
18 MOHAMMED Musa 41
19 JOHN Henry 39
20 IYOROVBE Joseph 32
21 EZEH Tochukwu 28
22 OTU Thomas 27
23 TIMIBRA Godgift 27
24 ABAMU Martins 27
25 ABAYOMI Philip 27
26 OYELAMI Ojo 26
27 ADEHI Oche 26
28 MICHAEL Amos 24
29 IKAKAH Emmanuel 21
30 IDRIS Aliyu 19
31 LEO Anthony 15
32 SYLVANUS Ajang 14
33 HASSAN Jibrin 13
34 BADMUS Kareem 12
35 OSEWA Michael 11
36 OGBU Richard 11
37 ODEYEMI Opeyemi 11
38 IBIWOYE Niyi 11
39 ADEWALE Samson 11
40 UWANDU Charles 11
41 IWUAGU Chinedu 11
42 LAWRENCE Pius 11
43 ATTAH Isaac 11
44 OTU John 10
45 PAUL Linus 10
46 LAWAL Peter 9
47 OWOLABI Taiwo 8
48 ODEY Daniel 8
49 ADEBISI Nurudeen 8
50 MICHAEL Ambrose 8
51 BADAMASI Ibrahim 7
52 SIKIRU Ismaila 7
53 DIM Emmanuel 7
54 SAMUEL Jonah 7
55 STEPHEN Augustine 7
56 ANAS Mohammed 7
57 MUSA Yahaya 7
58 ADAMU Sani 6
59 DAUDA Ayuba 6
60 SANI Musa 6
61 MOHAMMED Mohammed 6
62 ADESHINA Ismaila 5
63 NBANU Onyeka 4
64 OSINACHI Ernest 4
65 OLAWOLU Kayode 4
66 WALE Babalola 4
67 EZEWOKE Ebuka 4
68 SULEIMAN Ibrahim 4
69 OBEKPA Anthony 4
70 EMERUWA Isaac 4
71 AKOR Mathew 4
72 FRANKLIN Ronald 4
73 DAWARIYE David 4
74 DICKSON John 4
75 BELLO Olalekan 4
76 NWAOKOCHA Michael 4
77 ABAMU Mathew 4
78 CHIWENDU Benjamin 3
79 ALAYAKI Olarenwaju 3
80 ENEBELI Anthony 3
81 KOLADE Tomiwa 3
82 KIENKA Kalada 3
83 NJOKONMA Chiwete 3
84 ADELEYE 3
85 WASIU Ibrahim 1
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