Lawal Shehu (born 15 January 1985) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player.
A native of Kaduna, Shehu competed for the Nigeria Davis Cup team from 2005 to 2016, primarily used as a specialist doubles player. He won two ITF Futures titles in doubles. In 2011 he was a doubles silver medalist at the All-Africa Games in Maputo, partnering Candy Idoko. He was based in France during his career.
ITF Futures finals Doubles: 4 (2–2) Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Senegal F1, DakarHard Candy Idoko Dennis Biggemann Amadeus Fulford-Jones6–7(4), 7–6(6), 6–3Loss1–1Rwanda F1, KigaliClay Candy Idoko Matwé Middelkoop Gvidas Sabeckis6–7(7), 4–6Loss1–2Nigeria F4, LagosHard Candy Idoko Abdul-Mumin Babalola Jonathan Igbinovia3–6, 4–6Win2–2Nigeria F2, Benin CityHard Abdul-Mumin Babalola Marek Semjan Ján Stančík6–3, 6–4
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