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
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| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (6) |
Doubles (3 wins, 3 losses)
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| Win | 1–0 | Oct 1988 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | Roger Smith | Patrick Baur
Alexander Mronz | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 1989 | Seoul Open, South Korea | Hard | Scott Davis | John Letts
Bruce Man-Son-Hing | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Apr 1989 | Singapore | Hard | Paul Chamberlin | Rick Leach
Jim Pugh | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Aug 1990 | Los Angeles, United States | Hard | Peter Lundgren | Scott Davis
David Pate | 6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3-2 | Nov 1991 | Birmingham, U.K. | Carpet (i) | Jacco Eltingh | Ronnie Båthman
Rikard Bergh | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Aug 1994 | Croatia Open, Croatia | Clay | Karol Kučera | Diego Pérez
Francisco Roig | 2–6, 4–6 |
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