Paul Wekesa is a former professional tennis

Tennis

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 player from Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. Prior to turning professional, he won the doubles tournament at the 1987 Division II NCAA Men's Tennis Championship

NCAA Men's Tennis Championship

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s while attending Chapman University

Chapman University

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. During his career, Wekesa won 3 ATP Tour doubles titles. He reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the 1992 Australian Open

1992 Australian Open

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Wekesa won a bronze medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games

1987 All-Africa Games

The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987 to August 12, 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports.From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulties and general civil unrest had never allowed this to...

 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

Kenya Davis Cup team

The Kenya Davis Cup team represents Kenya in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Kenya Lawn Tennis Association. They have not competed since 2005.-History:...

 and was still active in 1998. He was the first player to be beaten by Tim Henman

Tim Henman

Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...

 in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at Wimbledon in 1995

1995 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles

Pete Sampras defeated Boris Becker 6–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the gentlemen's singles title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

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

He won the "Hall of Fame" category at the 2007 Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year

Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year

Kenyan Sport Personality of the Year Awards, also known as SOYA Awards, are annual national awards given for sports personalities and organisations in Kenya. The awards were initiated in 2004 by Paul Tergat. The awards for each year are held at the beginning of the next year Kenyan Sport...

 awards.

His father Noah Wekesa

Noah Wekesa

Noah Mahalang’ang’a Wekesa is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Kwanza Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007...

 is a Kenyan politician and minister.

ATP Tour Finals (6)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (6)

Doubles wins (3)

No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1.	16 October 1988	Tel Aviv ATP Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1979-1996. It was held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as a ATP Challenger Series event in 1998 and 1999... , Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	hard	Roger Smith	Patrick Baur Patrick Baur Patrick Baur , is a former professional tennis player from Germany.During his career Baur won 2 singles titles and 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in 1991 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...   Alexander Mronz Alexander Mronz Alexander Mronz is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1987.Mronz played right-handed, and won one doubles title in his career. Mronz reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on April 8, 1991, when he became the World Number 73.Mronz dated Steffi Graf in...	6–3, 6–3
2.	16 April 1989	Seoul ATP Seoul The Seoul Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1996. It was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul in South Korea and played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*... , South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	hard	Scott Davis	John Letts John Letts (tennis) John Letts , is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won seven ATP tour doubles titles and reached four ATP tour doubles finals...   Bruce Man Son Hing	6–2, 6–4
3.	10 November 1991	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... , United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	carpet (i)	Jacco Eltingh Jacco Eltingh Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...	Ronnie Bathman Ronnie Bathman Ronnie Bathman , is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 4 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...   Rikard Bergh Rikard Bergh Rikard Bergh , is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 6 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 5 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	7–5, 7–5

Doubles runners-up (3)

No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1.	30 April 1989	Singapore ATP Singapore The WTA Singapore Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1986 to 1994. It was held at the National Stadium in Singapore. The tournament was held on indoor hard courts in 1986 and on outdoor hard courts from 1987 to 1994.-Singles:...	hard	Paul Chamberlin Paul Chamberlin Paul Chamberlin is a former professional tour tennis player from the United States.Chamberlin won one doubles title during his career...	Rick Leach Rick Leach ----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...   Jim Pugh Jim Pugh Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Pugh reached the World No...	3–6, 4–6
2.	5 August 1990	Los Angeles, USA	hard	Peter Lundgren Peter Lundgren Peter Lundgren in Gudmundrå, Sweden) is a former professional male tennis player and tennis coach from Sweden. He preferred playing indoors, hardcourt and on grass to clay.-Playing career:...	Scott Davis   David Pate David Pate David Pate is a former professional tennis player from the United States who won two singles titles and eighteen doubles titles during his career. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 18 on June 8, 1987 and a career-high doubles ranking of No...	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
3.	28 August 1994	Umag Croatia Open Umag The ATP Studena Croatia Open is a tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the 250 series of the ATP Tour.The first Croatia Open was held in 1990 as the Yugoslavia Open and has been played every year since. It is played on red clay courts. Carlos Moyá has won the tournament a record... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...	clay	Karol Kučera Karol Kucera Karol Kučera is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He is a former top 10 player and has been ranked as high as World No. 6.-Tennis career:...	Diego Pérez Diego Pérez (tennis) Diego Pérez is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. Pérez turned pro in 1981, and won one ATP Tour singles and three doubles titles in his career, which lasted until 1996...   Francisco Roig Francisco Roig Francisco Roig Genís is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He was primarily a doubles player, winning 9 ATP World Tour titles and reaching 12 more finals. He retired from the tour in 2001...	2–6, 4–6

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