Olushola Adenekan - Junior Tennis Player

Education & Rankings

I currently attend Repton School in the UK; I am on a Tennis Scholarship for the next 5 years. As part of the school team, we Finished 3^rd in the LTA Youth Schools 2023.

At under 10 level I was regularly playing up and achieved my highest ranking of number 6 Under 11 in 2021.

I have not competed regularly for over a year due to suffering from Osgood Schlatter’s Disease which I am now recovering from. My current ranking has dropped down and was never able to build on the early success I had at Full ball.

Playing experience

I moved to a local Player Development centre from aged 7 and was able to really develop my skills. This led to many tournaments wins and great performance for my county as the number 1 player in my age group.

I was invited to join 2 RPDC’s after securing a position on the LTA long list and I joined Nottingham, now the Lexus LTA centre for development.

I have regularly competed at regional level and won many tournaments over the years. Nationally I have also competed in the Grade 2 and 1 without much success in the latter stages and not at all for over a year. I have been involved in Tennis Europe tournaments too and a few years back gaining main draw status from a wild card event on a consistent basis.

About you

I want to continue to improve my tennis game, to improve mentally and get physically fitter to give myself the chance to compete at the highest possible level.

I am working hard to play professionally when am older and perhaps compete on the WTA tour.

Current and Previous Coach, Club & Academies

• Doncaster Tennis Club
• Nuffield Tennis Academy
• Sheffield Tennis
• Nottingham Tennis Centre