Marylove Edwards

Marylove Edwards in our words

Is one of the junior female tennis players. She was born on 18 March 2005 and started playing at the young age of four which made her one of the youngest lawn tennis players; she also made history as the youngest of all the players in the Nigerian Senior Team ranking. During the central bank senior championship in Lagos, she became the number 4 on the list in the women singles tennis ranking and she was only 12 years of age then.

Nigerian tennis teen star, Marylove Edwards who represented Nigeria at West Central U14 Championship defeated Kumba of Mali 6-2, 6-0 to emerge as the new champion. This made her be ranked first in Africa for U14 Girls from June 2017.

Racket in hand at four

Marylove Edwards was born on 18 March 2005 and started playing in Lagos at the age of four. At 12 she was already ranked fourth among Nigeria’s senior women after the CBN Senior Championship, and in June 2017 she became Africa’s No. 1 under-14 girl after winning the West and Central Africa U14 Championship.

All-American in the United States

She now plays for Georgia Gwinnett College in the United States. She helped the team win the 2025 NAIA national championship, earned second-team NAIA All-America honours in 2025 and first-team honours in 2026, when she went 13-0 at No. 1 singles and finished ranked 34th nationally.