{{Short description|Nigerian tennis player (born 1960)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox person | birth_date = 5 February 1960 | birth_place = Nigeria | citizenship = Nigeria | occupation = Lecturer, Tennis player | notable_works = Lecturer at Florida International University and Miami Dade College }} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}
'''Dr. Sadiq Abubakar Abdullahi''' (born 5 February 1960) is a Nigerian born tennis player and executive director of Tennis Vision 2030. Abdullahi is an adjunct professor at Florida International University and Miami Dade College. He was a former professional tennis player from Nigeria,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Amoye |first=Temisan |date=2021-07-17 |title=What death of Arthur Ashe did to me – Sadiq Abdullahi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/what-death-of-arthur-ashe-did-to-me-sadiq-abdullahi/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2025-06-07 |newspaper=Vanguard|language=en-GB}}</ref> who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the first round by Spain's Javier Sánchez. The right-hander reached his highest singles Association of Tennis Professionals ranking on 14 October 1985, when he became the number 262 of the world.
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