Océane Babel (born 26 February 2004) is an inactive French tennis player.

Océane Babel
Babel at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) France
Born (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 20)
Paris
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$127,469
Singles
Career record64–62
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 442 (2 January 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record38–32
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 455 (20 February 2023)
Last updated on: 15 October 2024.

Career

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Babel started playing tennis at five years old after practicing on the Nintendo Wii. After joining the Sarcellois Tennis Club in Val d'Oise, she became France under-13 champion in 2017 and repeated the performance the following year in the under-14 category. She then moved to the National Training Center (CNE) of the Federation in September 2018 where she began to be coached by Noëlle van Lottum.[1] Babel reached the quarterfinals of the girls' singles draw at the 2020 French Open in which she was defeated by Polina Kudermetova. She then won the opening Grade-A junior tournament of the 2021 season, in Criciúma, Brazil.[2]

In May 2021, Babel was awarded a wildcard into the 2021 French Open, marking her singles debut at major level.[3]

Junior Grand Slam performance

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Singles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: QF (2020)
  • Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
  • US Open: 2R (2021)

Doubles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: 2R (2020)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2021)
  • US Open: 1R(2021)

ITF finals

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Legend
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss Nov 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Rebeka Stolmár 4–6, 7–5, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2021 ITF Almada, Portugal W15 Hard   Lucie Nguyen Tan   Ingrid Martins
  Olga Parres Azcoitia
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 1–1 Jul 2021 ITF Amarante, Portugal W15 Hard   Lucie Nguyen Tan   Priska Madelyn Nugroho
  Federica Rossi
6–4, 6–2
Win 2–1 Mar 2022 ITF Amiens,
France
W15+H Clay (i)   Lucie Nguyen Tan   Tatiana Pieri
  Federica Rossi
6–3, 6–4
Win 3–1 May 2022 ITF Cairo,
Egypt
W25 Clay   Weronika Falkowska   Caijsa Hennemann
  Mariia Tkacheva
6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–2 May 2022 ITF Cairo,
Egypt
W15 Clay   Noa Liauw a Fong   Melanie Klaffner
  Anastasia Zolotareva
1–6, 5–7
Loss 3–3 Nov 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Manon Léonard   Eleni Kordolaimi
  Merna Refaat
3–6, 6–0, [8–10]
Win 4–3 Nov 2022 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i)   Leonie Küng   Celia Cerviño Ruiz
  Tess Sugnaux
7–6(3), 5–7, [10–2]

References

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  1. ^ Valentin, par Graff. "Océane Babel, à son tour".
  2. ^ "OCEANE BABEL: A JUNIOR CHAMPION WHO LEARNED TO PLAY ON A NINTENDO WII". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  3. ^ "Roland-Garros 2021: wildcards announced - Roland-Garros - The 2021 Roland-Garros Tournament official site". www.rolandgarros.com.
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