Lesedi Sheya Jacobs

Lesedi Sheya Jacobs

Country (sports)	Namibia
Born	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 24) Windhoek, Namibia
Plays	Right Handed
College	University of Kentucky
Prize money	$3,395
Singles
Career record	15–8
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	871 (31 October 2016)
Doubles
Career record	7–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	1065 (26 September 2016)

Lesedi Sheya Jacobs (born 1 October 1997 in Windhoek) is a Namibian female tennis player.

Jacobs has won 1 ITF singles title on the professional tour, and reached a career high singles ranking of 871 in 31 October 2016 and career high doubles ranking of 1065 in 26 September 2016.

Playing for Namibia at the Fed Cup, Jacobs has a win–loss record of 6–13.^[1]

On the junior circuit, she reached a career high ranking of world number 88 on 8 June 2015.

Jacobs is attending the University of Kentucky from 2015.

ITF finals: 2 (1–1)[]

Singles: 1 (1–0)[]

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	8 November 2015	10,000	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Luisa Marie Huber	7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (0–1)[]

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	7 November 2015	10,000	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Valeria Bhunu	Madrie Le Roux Erika Vogelsang	6–7(6–8), 2–6

Fed Cup participation[]

Singles[]

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	16 April 2012	Cairo, Egypt	Lithuania	Clay	Lina Stančiūtė	L	1–6, 0–6
		17 April 2012		Egypt		Mai El Kamash	L	1–6, 3–6
		20 April 2012		Cyprus			L	6–7(6–8), 3–6
2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	5 February 2014	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	Hard (i)	Kaia Kanepi	L	1–6, 1–6
		6 February 2014		Armenia		Ani Amiraghyan	L	2–6, 0–6
	P/O	8 February 2014		Norway		Melanie Stokke	L	2–6, 1–6
2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	14 April 2015	Ulcinj, Montenegro	Macedonia	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	L	6–7(1–7), 0–6
		15 April 2015		Mozambique			W	6–1, 6–1
		16 April 2015		Moldova		Daniela Ciobanu	W	6–1, 6–3
	P/O	17 April 2015		Iceland			W	6–1, 6–1

Doubles[]

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	16 April 2012	Cairo, Egypt	Tunisia	Clay		Justina Mikulskytė Lina Stančiūtė	L	2–6, 0–6
		17 April 2012		Egypt				L	4–6, 2–6
		19 April 2012		Moldova		Liniques Theron	Julia Helbet	W	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	5 February 2014	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	Hard (i)	Liniques Theron	Eva Paalma Tatjana Vorobjova	L	5–7, 2–6
		6 February 2014		Armenia		Liniques Theron	Ani Amiraghyan	W	7–6(7–5), 6–2
	P/O	8 February 2014		Norway		Liniques Theron	Melanie Stokke	L	2–6, 3–6
2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III	R/R	14 April 2015	Ulcinj, Montenegro	Macedonia	Clay		Lina Gjorcheska Magdalena Stoilkovska	L	1–6, 2–6
		15 April 2015		Mozambique				W	6–0, 6–0
		16 April 2015		Moldova		Liniques Theron	Julia Helbet Alexandra Perper	L	3–6, 2–6

References[]

External links[]

• Lesedi Jacobs at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lesedi Sheya Jacobs at the International Tennis Federation
• Lesedi Sheya Jacobs at the Billie Jean King Cup

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