Océane Babel Explained

Océane Babel
Birth Date:26 February 2004
Birth Place:Paris
Plays:Left (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$127,469
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 442 (2 January 2023)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2021)
Doublestitles:4 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 455 (20 February 2023)
Updated:8 August 2024

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

Career

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 women's singles, marking her debut at major level.[3]

Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles:

Doubles:

ITF finals

Legend
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2021ITF Almada, PortugalW15Hard Lucie Nguyen Tan Ingrid Martins
Olga Parres Azcoitia
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win1–1Jul 2021ITF Amarante, PortugalW15Hard Lucie Nguyen Tan Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Federica Rossi
6–4, 6–2
Win2–1Mar 2022ITF Amiens, FranceW15+HClay (i) Lucie Nguyen Tan Tatiana Pieri
Federica Rossi
6–3, 6–4
Win3–1May 2022ITF Cairo, EgyptW25Clay Weronika Falkowska Caijsa Hennemann
Mariia Tkacheva
6–4, 6–1
Loss3–2May 2022ITF Cairo, EgyptW15Clay Noa Liauw a Fong Melanie Klaffner
Anastasia Zolotareva
1–6, 5–7
Loss3–3Nov 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Manon Léonard Eleni Kordolaimi
Merna Refaat
3–6, 6–0, [8–10]
Win4–3Nov 2022ITF Lousada, PortugalW15Hard (i) Leonie Küng Celia Cerviño Ruiz
Tess Sugnaux
7–6(3), 5–7, [10–2]

Notes and References

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