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Henry Adjei-Darko
Country (sports)	Ghana
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Born	28 February 1983 (age 41); Accra, Ghana
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$40,307
Singles
Career record	2–3
Career titles	0; 0 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 275 (30 January 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2006)
Doubles
Career record	1–2
Career titles	0; 1 Challenger, 5 Futures, 2 Satellites
Highest ranking	No. 358 (6 March 2006)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	23–16

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

Biography edit

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 edit

Singles: 9 (7–2) edit

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	Roger Anderson	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Aug 2004	Nigeria F3B, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Komlavi Loglo	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Jan 2005	United States F3, Key Biscayne	Futures	Hard	Horia Tecău	3–6, 7–6^(15–13), 3–6
Win	3–1	Apr 2005	Nigeria F1, Benin City	Futures	Hard	Luka Gregorc	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Win	4–1	Aug 2005	Senegal F1, Dakar	Futures	Hard	Johar Mubarak Saeed	6–2, 6–1
Win	5–1	Aug 2005	Nigeria F3, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Victor Kolik	6–3, 6–0
Loss	5–2	Aug 2005	Nigeria F4, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Valentin Sanon	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Win	6–2	Oct 2005	Nigeria F5, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Valentin Sanon	5–7, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	7–2	Mar 2007	Nigeria F2, Benin City	Futures	Hard	Komlavi Loglo	6–2, 3–6, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles 16 (8–8) edit

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

References edit

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