Océane Babel
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
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
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
| Legend |
|---|
| W25 tournaments |
| W15 tournaments |
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
| 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)
| 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
- ^ 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.