Sylvester Emmanuel

Sylvester Emmanuel (born 4 April 1998) is a Nigerian tennis player.

Sylvester Emmanuel

Country (sports)	Nigeria
Born	(1998-04-04) 4 April 1998
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Prize money	$10,375
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 1,097 (12 December 2016)
Current ranking	No. 1,888 (1 February 2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 867 (19 June 2017)
Current ranking	No. 1,639 (1 February 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	13–7
Last updated on: 1 February 2021.

Emmanuel has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1097 achieved on 12 December 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 867, achieved on 19 June 2017. Emmanuel hasn't won ITF title.

Emmanuel has represented Nigeria at Davis Cup, where he has a win-loss record of 13–7.

Future and Challenger finals

Doubles 1 (0–1)

Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 May 2017	Abuja, Nigeria F2	Hard	Calvin Hemery	Alessandro Bega Viktor Durasovic	4–6, 0–6

Davis Cup

Participations: (13–7)

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (0–0) Group II (0–0) Group III (13–7) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (13–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (10–5) Doubles (3–2)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
0–3; 10 September 2014; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	1	I	Singles	Zimbabwe	Benjamin Lock	3–6, 3–6
3–0; 11 September 2014; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	2	I	Singles	Congo	Pagnol Madzou	6–0, 6–0
Victory	3	III	Doubles (with Henry Atseye) (dead rubber)		Pagnol Madzou / Armel Mokobo	6–0, 6–1
0–3; 12 September 2014; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	4	I	Singles	Madagascar	Tony Rajaobelina	2–6, 0–6
Defeat	–	III	Doubles (with Henry Atseye) (dead rubber)		Tony Rajaobelina / Lofo Ramiaramanana	WO *
1–2; 11 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	5	I	Singles	Namibia	Jean Erasmus	6–2, 6–3
1–2; 13 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	6	I	Singles	Morocco	Yassine Idmbarek	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 0–6
3–0; 14 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	7	I	Singles	Cameroon	Augustin Ntouba	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
3–0; 15 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	8	I	Singles	Mozambique	Armindo Junior Nhavene	6–1, 6–1
2–1; 16 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Europe/Africa Zone Group III 5th-6th Playoff; Clay surface
Victory	9	I	Singles	Kenya	Kevin Cheruiyot	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
0–3; 17 July 2017; Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	10	II	Singles	Egypt	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	0–6, 3–6
1–2; 19 July 2017; Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	11	II	Singles	Zimbabwe	Takanyi Garanganga	6–3, 7–5
Defeat	12	III	Doubles (with Abdul-Mumin Babalola)		Takanyi Garanganga / Benjamin Lock	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6
3–0; 21 July 2017; Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	13	III	Doubles (with Joseph Imeh Ubon) (dead rubber)	Rwanda	Etienne Niyigena / Fabrice Tuyishime	6–1, 6–3
2–0; 21 July 2017; Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Zone Group III 5th-6th Playoff; Clay surface
Victory	14	II	Singles	Algeria	Youcef Ghezal	6–3, 6–4
3–0; 19 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	15	I	Singles	Rwanda	Ernest Habiyambere	6–1, 7–5
2–1; 21 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	16	I	Singles	Cameroon	Etienne Teboh	6–4, 6–4
Victory	17	III	Doubles (with Joseph Imeh Ubon)		Blaise Nkwenti / Cédric Ngoumtsa	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
0–3; 22 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	18	I	Singles	Benin	Delmas N'tcha	4–6, 3–6
1–2; 23 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Europe/Africa Zone Group III 1st-4th Playoff; Clay surface
Victory	19	I	Singles	Namibia	Jean Erasmus	6–1, 6–2
Defeat	20	III	Doubles (with Joseph Imeh Ubon)		Jean Erasmus / Tukhula Jacobs	6–7(1–7), 4–6

* Walkover doesn't count in his overall record.

Record against other players

Emmanuel's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 100, with those who are active in boldface.
ATP Tour, Challenger and Future tournaments' main draw and qualifying matches are considered.

Opponent	Highest ranking	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match
Sebastian Korda	38	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 2–6, 4–6) at 2016 United States F7 Q2
Pere Riba	65	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2015 Nigeria F3 2R
Brayden Schnur	92	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Nigeria F2 2R
Total		3	0	3	0%	* Statistics correct as of 25 October 2021

External links

• Sylvester Emmanuel at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sylvester Emmanuel at the International Tennis Federation
• Sylvester Emmanuel at the Davis Cup