Jonathan Igbinovia
{{Short description|Nigerian tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Jonathan Igbinovia
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| country_represented = {{NGR}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $22,970
| singlesrecord = 19–12 (Davis Cup)
| singlestitles =
| highestsinglesranking = No. 461 (25 Apr 2005)
| doublesrecord = 12–8 (Davis Cup)
| doublestitles =
| highestdoublesranking = No. 506 (7 Feb 2005)
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|All-Africa Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2003 Abuja|Doubles}}
}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Egbokhan |first1=John |title=Nigeria: Igbinovia Drops On Tennis Ranking |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200605110235.html |work=Vanguard |publisher=AllAfrica |date=11 May 2006}}{{cite news |title=Nigeria: Igbinovia Threatens to Quit |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200704090294.html |work=Daily Trust |publisher=AllAfrica |date=9 April 2007}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Mravic |first1=Mark |title=Faces In The Crowd |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/12/10/faces-in-the-crowd |work=Sports Illustrated |date=10 December 2001 |language=en-us}}
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.{{cite news |title=From tennis to music, Igbinovia finds new calling |url=https://guardian.ng/art/from-tennis-to-music-igbinovia-finds-new-calling/ |work=The Guardian (Nigeria) |date=9 June 2021}}
ITF Futures finals
=Singles: 3 (1–2)=
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |0–2 |{{dts|Mar 2003}} |Nigeria F2, Benin City |Hard |{{flagicon|BEN}} Arnaud Segodo |2–6, 2–6 |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |0–2 |{{dts|Oct 2004}} |Nigeria F6B, Lagos |Hard |{{flagicon|NED}} Jasper Smit |5–7, 2–6 |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |1–2 |{{dts|Apr 2005}} |Nigeria F2, Benin City |Hard |{{flagicon|RUS}} Vadim Davletshin |7–5, 6–4 |
=Doubles: 9 (4–5)=
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |0–1 |{{dts|Mar 2004}} |Nigeria F2, Benin City |Hard |{{flagicon|NGR}} Sunday Maku |{{flagicon|FRA}} Xavier Audouy |6–7(5), 4–6 |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |0–2 |{{dts|Jun 2004}} |Canada F4, Lachine |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Nicholas Monroe |{{flagicon|USA}} Huntley Montgomery |0–6, 5–7 |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |0–3 |{{dts|Aug 2004}} |Nigeria F3A, Lagos |Hard |{{flagicon|GHA}} Henry Adjei-Darko |{{flagicon|NED}} Romano Frantzen |3–6, 5–7 |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |1–3 |{{dts|Aug 2004}} |Nigeria F3B, Lagos |Hard |{{flagicon|GHA}} Henry Adjei-Darko |{{flagicon|NED}} Romano Frantzen |6–7(10), 6–2, 6–4 |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |1–4 |{{dts|Oct 2004}} |Nigeria F6A, Lagos |Hard |{{flagicon|GHA}} Henry Adjei-Darko |{{flagicon|RSA}} Raven Klaasen |4–6, 6–7(4) |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |1–5 |{{dts|Jan 2005}} |USA F3, Key Biscayne |Hard |{{flagicon|GHA}} Henry Adjei-Darko |{{flagicon|USA}} Nikita Kryvonos |5–7, 5–7 |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |2–5 |{{dts|Feb 2006}} |Nigeria F1, Benin City |Hard |{{flagicon|NGR}} Abdul-Mumin Babalola |{{flagicon|POR}} Fred Gil |6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3 |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |3–5 |{{dts|Mar 2006}} |Nigeria F2, Benin City |Hard |{{flagicon|NGR}} Abdul-Mumin Babalola |{{flagicon|TOG}} Komlavi Loglo |6–1, 7–6(4) |
| style="background:#cffcff;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |4–5 |{{dts|Dec 2007}} |Nigeria F4, Lagos |Hard |{{flagicon|NGR}} Abdul-Mumin Babalola |{{flagicon|NGR}} Candy Idoko |6–3, 6–4 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ATP|i074}}
- {{Davis Cup player|800200419}}
- {{ITF profile|jonathan-igbinovia/800200419/ngr}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Igbinovia, Jonathan}}
Category:Nigerian male tennis players
Category:Perimeter College at Georgia State University alumni
Category:African Games silver medalists in tennis
Category:African Games silver medalists for Nigeria
Category:Tennis players at the 2003 All-Africa Games