Jonathan Igbinovia (born 27 December 1980) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player.
A native of Lagos, Igbinovia had a best singles world ranking of 461 and competed for the Nigeria Davis Cup team from 1998 to 2007, registering 31 overall wins. In 2003 he partnered with Sunday Maku to win a silver medal in doubles at the All-Africa Games in Abuja. He played collegiate tennis early in his career, for Georgia Perimeter College.
Igbinovia is also a musician under the name JayAfrotone and says he has invented his own genre of music called "Afrotone", which he describes as a mix of mainstream music and African sounds.
ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (1–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–2Nigeria F2, Benin CityHard Arnaud Segodo2–6, 2–6Loss0–2Nigeria F6B, LagosHard Jasper Smit5–7, 2–6Win1–2Nigeria F2, Benin CityHard Vadim Davletshin7–5, 6–4
Doubles: 9 (4–5) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Nigeria F2, Benin CityHard Sunday Maku Xavier Audouy Arnaud Segodo6–7(5), 4–6Loss0–2Canada F4, LachineHard Nicholas Monroe Huntley Montgomery Ryan Sachire0–6, 5–7Loss0–3Nigeria F3A, LagosHard Henry Adjei-Darko Romano Frantzen Floris Kilian3–6, 5–7Win1–3Nigeria F3B, LagosHard Henry Adjei-Darko Romano Frantzen Floris Kilian6–7(10), 6–2, 6–4Loss1–4Nigeria F6A, LagosHard Henry Adjei-Darko Raven Klaasen Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya4–6, 6–7(4)Loss1–5USA F3, Key BiscayneHard Henry Adjei-Darko Nikita Kryvonos Denis Zivkovic5–7, 5–7Win2–5Nigeria F1, Benin CityHard Abdul-Mumin Babalola Fred Gil Nicholas Monroe6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3Win3–5Nigeria F2, Benin CityHard Abdul-Mumin Babalola Komlavi Loglo Valentin Sanon6–1, 7–6(4)Win4–5Nigeria F4, LagosHard Abdul-Mumin Babalola Candy Idoko Lawal Shehu6–3, 6–4
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