Océane Babel
_(52130120695).jpg) Babel at the 2022 French Open | |
| Country (sports) |  France |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 February 2004 Paris |
| Plays | Left (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $127,469 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 64–62 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 442 (2 January 2023) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | 1R (2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 38–32 |
| Career titles | 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 455 (20 February 2023) |
| Last updated on: 15 October 2024. | |
Océane Babel (born 26 February 2004) is an inactive French tennis player. She was awarded a wildcard into the 2021 French Open, marking her singles debut at major level, losing to Elina Svitolina in the first round.
Career
[edit]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][2]
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.[3]
In May 2021, she had a junior world ranking of number seven.[4] That month, Babel was awarded a wildcard into the 2021 French Open, marking her singles debut at major level, losing to Elina Svitolina in the first round.[5] She played the girls' singles at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, and www the only French player in the girls' singles draw. She won 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7-4) in the first round against the Slovakian Radka Zelnickova, before being drawn against the Belarusian Evialina Laskevich in the second round.[6]
In March 2022, she won an ITF doubles tournament in Amiens alongside compatriot Lucie Nguyen Tan.[7] In May 2022, she defeated Alice Ramé and Ekaterine Gorgodze, to reach the third round of qualifying for the 2022 French Open, before facing Oksana Selekhmeteva.[8]
Junior Grand Slam performance
[edit]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
[edit]| Legend |
|---|
| W25 tournaments |
| W15 tournaments |
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
[edit]| 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)
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ Valentin, par Graff (27 May 2019). "Océane Babel, à son tour". Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Tennis: Océane Babel, from the Wii in Sarcelles to the courts of Roland-Garros". Le Parisien. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "OCEANE BABEL: A JUNIOR CHAMPION WHO LEARNED TO PLAY ON A NINTENDO WII". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "INTRODUCING ROLAND GARROS 2021'S GRAND SLAM DEBUTANTES". wtatennis. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Wimbledon J8: Babel launches the juniors". fft.fr. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Prophets in their own land". fft.fr. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Babel and Blancaneaux, all it will take is a spark..." fft.fr. May 19, 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2025.