Henry Adjei-Darko


Henry Adjei-Darko, 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.
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. At ITF level he won seven singles and five doubles titles.
While on the tour he also featured in the occasional [ATP ATP Challenger Tour|Challenger Tour|Challenger] event and was a semi-finalist at Orlando in 2005. His only Challenger title came in doubles, at Joplin in 2006.
Adjei-Darko took part in the qualifying draw for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 9 (7–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Nigeria F3A, LagosFuturesHarddts|Aug 2004

Doubles 16 (8–8)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1South Africa, PretoriaSatellitesHard