Victor Eke

Victor Eke
Full nameVictor Eke
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1954-11-11) 11 November 1954 (age 69)
Sydney, Australia
Singles
Career record1-7
Doubles
Career record10-17
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1974, 1977 Dec, 1979)
Wimbledon1R (1978, 1979, 1980)

Victor Eke (born 11 November 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

Eke, who was born in the Sydney suburb of Caringbah, played on the professional tour in the 1970s.[1]

As a singles player he was a finalist at the Queensland Open in 1978 and had a win over Ray Ruffels at a Grand Prix tournament in Hobart in 1979.[2]

More successful in doubles, he made a Grand Prix semi-final partnering Wayne Hampson in Bournemouth and made several main draw appearances at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. At the 1979 Australian Open he and Ernie Ewert eliminated third seeds Mark Edmondson and John Marks in the first round.[3] He played his final year on tour in 1980.

Since retiring he has coached tennis in Victoria. In 1983 he and Paul McNamee established VicTennis, which is now known as the Kids Tennis Foundation. He is currently a high performance coach at TOTAL TENNIS in Melbourne.[4] In 2014 Victor was inducted into the Tennis Coaches Australia Victoria Hall Of Fame.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1979 Biarritz, France Clay Australia Ernie Ewert France Hervé Gauvain
France Jérôme Vanier 		6–1, 6–4, 6–1
2. 1979 Royan, France Clay Australia Bob Carmichael Sweden Ulf Eriksson
Sweden Per Hjertquist 		7–5, 6–2

References

  1. ^ "Eke happy about win". The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia. 4 March 1978. p. 1 (Sports). Retrieved 23 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Vilas wins, Marks ousted". The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia. 5 January 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 23 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Australian Open - 24 December - 02 January 1980". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  4. ^ "The Team". totaltennis.net.au. Retrieved 23 June 2018.