Gwinyai Chingoka

Gwinyai Chingoka (27 September 1982 – 27 January 2022) was a Zimbabwean tennis player who represented Zimbabwe at the Davis Cup. He was known as Shumba in sporting circles due to his stamina and strength while playing tennis. His father Paul Chingoka was a President of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee and President of Tennis Zimbabwe. His uncle Douglas Chingoka was a basketball player and football player who played as a striker for Dynamos F.C.

Career Chingoka was introduced to the sport of tennis at a young age by his father and soon rose to prominence at junior level and was also considered as one of the top junior tennis players in Zimbabwe. He reached his highest career ITF junior ranking of 112 in April 2000 and has recorded a winning percentage of 74 in his junior career. Due to his emergence as a junior level tennis player, he received a tennis scholarship from the Southern Methodist University in Texas, United States. He was adjudged as the Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year for 2001–02 season for his commendable performances in sports. He also featured in one singles match in the tournament but lost it in straight sets to Israel's Jonathan Erlich.

In August 2003, he took part in the Dairibord Zimbabwe Open and reached semi-final round of the tournament after creating a huge upset victory in the quarter-finals over Peter Nyamande who was one of the hot favorites of the tournament. Chingoka died on 27 January 2022, after spending 10 days in the Intensive Care Unit at the age of 39 and the post-mortem report ruled that the road accident was the root cause for his death. Musakanda was later charged with culpable homicide and for failure to report the accident to the police preceding 24 hours of the incident.