| Lawal Shehu | |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Kaduna, Nigeria |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $13,369 |
| Singlesrecord: | 3–3 (Davis Cup) |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 1074 (5 Mar 2007) |
| Doublesrecord: | 15–11 (Davis Cup) |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 666 (10 Mar 2008) |
| Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Lawal Shehu (born 15 January 1985) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player.[1] [2]
A native of Kaduna, Shehu competed for the Nigeria Davis Cup team from 2005 to 2016, primarily used as a specialist doubles player.[3] He won two ITF Futures titles in doubles. In 2011 he was a doubles silver medalist at the All-Africa Games in Maputo, partnering Candy Idoko. He was based in France during his career.[4]
| Finals by surface | |
|---|---|
| Hard (2–1) | |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Senegal F1, Dakar | Hard | Candy Idoko | Dennis Biggemann  Amadeus Fulford-Jones | 6–7(4), 7–6(6), 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Rwanda F1, Kigali | Clay | Candy Idoko | Matwé Middelkoop  Gvidas Sabeckis | 6–7(7), 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Nigeria F4, Lagos | Hard | Candy Idoko | Abdul-Mumin Babalola Jonathan Igbinovia | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 2–2 | Nigeria F2, Benin City | Hard | Abdul-Mumin Babalola |  Marek Semjan Ján Stančík | 6–3, 6–4 |