Yahiya Doumbia
Encyclopedia
Yahiya Doumbia is a retired professional tennis
player from Senegal
. He won two singles titles during his career on the ATP Tour. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 74 in 1988. Doumbia played for the Senegal Davis Cup team
, and holds team records for singles wins, doubles wins, and total wins, amassing a 44-19 record in 11 years of play.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
. He won two singles titles during his career on the ATP Tour. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 74 in 1988. Doumbia played for the Senegal Davis Cup team
Senegal Davis Cup team
The Senegal Davis Cup team represents Senegal in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Senegalaise de Tennis.Senegal currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group IV. They reached the Group I semifinals in 1988....
, and holds team records for singles wins, doubles wins, and total wins, amassing a 44-19 record in 11 years of play.
Singles champion (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 14 February 1988 | Lyon Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon The Open Sud de France is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, in October, from 1987 through to 2009, before being relocated to... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Carpet (i) | United States Todd Nelson Todd Nelson (tennis) Todd Nelson , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Nelson enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in 4 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 48 in 1987.-Doubles runner-ups :-Singles... |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
2. | 17 September 1995 | Bordeaux ATP Bordeaux This is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was held annually under various names, The Bordeaux Open Grand Prix Passing Shot and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit tour from it then became an ATP Tour event until 1995... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Hard | Switzerland Jakob Hlasek Jakob Hlasek Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Career:The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year... |
6–4, 6–4 |