Paul Wekesa (born 2 July 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Kenya. He won 3 doubles titles, achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 100 and reached two tour-level quarterfinals at Auckland in 1989 and Seoul in 1995.
Tennis career Prior to turning professional, he won the doubles tournament at the 1987 Division II NCAA Men's Tennis Championships while attending Chapman University. 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. He also features for the Kenya Davis Cup team and was still active in 1998.Stevegtennis.com: Davis Cup Results 1998 He was the first player to be beaten by Tim Henman in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at Wimbledon in 1995. After retirement from playing, he has served as a Kenyan national teams coach.Kenyapage.net: Kenya's greatest Sporting Figures He won the "Hall of Fame" category at the 2007 Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year awards. His father Noah Wekesa is a Kenyan politician and minister.
Career finals Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (6)
Doubles (3 wins, 3 losses) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oct 1988 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Roger Smith Patrick Baur Alexander Mronz 6–3, 6–3Win 2–0 Apr 1989 Seoul, South Korea Hard Scott Davis John Letts Bruce Man-Son-Hing 6–2, 6–4Loss 2–1 Apr 1989 Singapore Hard Paul Chamberlin Rick Leach Jim Pugh 3–6, 4–6Loss 2–2 Aug 1990 Los Angeles, United States Hard Peter Lundgren Scott Davis David Pate 6–3, 1–6, 3–6Win 3–2 Nov 1991 Birmingham, U.K. Carpet (i) Jacco Eltingh Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh 7–5, 7–5Loss 3–3 Aug 1994 Umag, Croatia Clay Karol Kučera Diego Pérez Francisco Roig 2–6, 4–6
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