Henry Adjei-Darko
Country (sports) Ghana
ResidenceAtlanta, United States
Born (1983-02-28) 28 February 1983
Accra, Ghana
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$40,307
Singles
Career record2–3
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 275 (30 January 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ1 (2006)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 5 Futures, 2 Satellites
Highest rankingNo. 358 (6 March 2006)
Team competitions
Davis Cup23–16

Henry Adjei-Darko (born 28 February 1983), also known as Henry Darko is a Ghanaian former professional tennis player.

Biography

Adjei-Darko, who grew up in Accra, was a right-handed serve and volley player. As a junior he competed in grand slam events, including the 2001 US Open, where he made the quarter-finals of the doubles. He turned professional aged 20 and was based in Atlanta during his career.[1]

Between 2001 and 2012, Adjei-Darko featured in a total of 25 Davis Cup ties for Ghana. Overall he won 23 matches, 17 of which came in singles.

Adjei-Darko played mostly in ITF Futures tournaments and reached a career high singles ranking of 275 in the world.[2] At ITF level he won seven singles and five doubles titles.

While on the tour he also featured in the occasional Challenger event and was a semi-finalist at Orlando in 2005. His only Challenger title came in doubles, at Joplin in 2006.[3]

Adjei-Darko took part in the qualifying draw for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.[4]

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 9 (7–2)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (6–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2004 Nigeria F3A, Lagos Futures Hard South Africa Roger Anderson 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2004 Nigeria F3B, Lagos Futures Hard Togo Komlavi Loglo 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–1 Jan 2005 United States F3, Key Biscayne Futures Hard Romania Horia Tecău 3–6, 7–6(15–13), 3–6
Win 3–1 Apr 2005 Nigeria F1, Benin City Futures Hard Slovenia Luka Gregorc 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 4–1 Aug 2005 Senegal F1, Dakar Futures Hard Qatar Johar Mubarak Saeed 6–2, 6–1
Win 5–1 Aug 2005 Nigeria F3, Lagos Futures Hard Israel Victor Kolik 6–3, 6–0
Loss 5–2 Aug 2005 Nigeria F4, Lagos Futures Hard Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win 6–2 Oct 2005 Nigeria F5, Lagos Futures Hard Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win 7–2 Mar 2007 Nigeria F2, Benin City Futures Hard Togo Komlavi Loglo 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles 16 (8–8)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (5–7)
ITF Satellites (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–7)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2000 South Africa, Pretoria Satellites Hard South Africa Clinton Jacobs Togo Komlavi Loglo
Benin Arnaud Segodo
1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2000 South Africa, Pretoria Satellites Hard South Africa Clinton Jacobs Ivory Coast Charles Irie
Ivory Coast Felix N'guetia
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Jul 2004 Togo F1, Lomé Futures Hard Ivory Coast Nouhoun Sangare Togo Kwami Gakpo
Togo Komlavi Loglo
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 2004 Nigeria F3A, Lagos Futures Hard Nigeria Jonathan Igbinovia Netherlands Romano Frantzen
Netherlands Floris Kilian
3–6, 5–7
Win 2–3 Aug 2004 Nigeria F3B, Lagos Futures Hard Nigeria Jonathan Igbinovia Netherlands Romano Frantzen
Netherlands Floris Kilian
6–7(10–12), 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Oct 2004 Nigeria F6A, Lagos Futures Hard Nigeria Jonathan Igbinovia South Africa Raven Klaasen
India Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2–5 Jan 2005 United States F3, Key Biscayne Futures Hard Nigeria Jonathan Igbinovia United States Nikita Kryvonos
United States Denis Zivkovic
5–7, 5–7
Win 3–5 Feb 2005 Switzerland, Delémont Satellites Carpet (i) United Kingdom Ross Hutchins Switzerland Slobodan Mavrenski
Switzerland Amar Zubcevic
6–2, 6–2
Win 4–5 Mar 2005 Great Britain F4, Bolton Futures Hard (i) Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon Slovakia Roman Kukal
Slovakia Ján Stančík
5–7, 5–7
Win 5–5 May 2005 United States F9, Vero Beach Futures Clay Paraguay Francisco Rodríguez United States Anthony Lee
Nigeria Damisa Robinson
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–6 May 2005 United States F10, Orange Park Futures Clay Paraguay Francisco Rodríguez United States Nicholas Monroe
United States Jeremy Wurtzman
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–6 Aug 2005 Nigeria F3, Lagos Futures Hard Ghana Gunther Darkey Nigeria Abdul-Mumin Babalola
Nigeria Sunday Maku
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 6–7 Aug 2005 Nigeria F4, Lagos Futures Hard Ghana Gunther Darkey Nigeria Abdul-Mumin Babalola
Nigeria Sunday Maku
4–6, 2–6
Win 7–7 Feb 2006 Joplin, United States Challenger Hard United States Lesley Joseph Germany Benjamin Becker
Germany Simon Greul
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 8–7 May 2006 India F1, Delhi Futures Hard India Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya India Mustafa Ghouse
India Kamala Kannan
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 8–8 Nov 2006 United States F28, Waikoloa Futures Hard United States Lesley Joseph Serbia and Montenegro Alex Vlaški
South Africa Fritz Wolmarans
6–7(6–8), 3–6

References

  1. "Golden boy Adjei Darko, a star Ghana tennis needs". www.ghanaweb.com. 24 August 2004.
  2. "Ghana's Top Seed drops on ITF rankings". ghananewsagency.org. 12 December 2006.
  3. "South Carolina's Lesley Joseph Part of Championship Doubles Team at the Freeman USTA Challenger". www.southern.usta.com. 20 February 2006.
  4. "Adjei-Darko makes early arrival". www.ghanaweb.com. 12 July 2006.
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