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, marking her singles debut at major level,[3] losing to Elina Svitolina in the first round.[4]

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 Hungary 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 France Lucie Nguyen Tan Brazil Ingrid Martins
Spain Olga Parres Azcoitia
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 1–1 Jul 2021 ITF Amarante, Portugal W15 Hard France Lucie Nguyen Tan Indonesia Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Italy Federica Rossi
6–4, 6–2
Win 2–1 Mar 2022 ITF Amiens,
France
W15+H Clay (i) France Lucie Nguyen Tan Italy Tatiana Pieri
Italy Federica Rossi
6–3, 6–4
Win 3–1 May 2022 ITF Cairo,
Egypt
W25 Clay Poland Weronika Falkowska Sweden Caijsa Hennemann
Russia Mariia Tkacheva
6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–2 May 2022 ITF Cairo,
Egypt
W15 Clay Netherlands Noa Liauw a Fong Austria Melanie Klaffner
Russia Anastasia Zolotareva
1–6, 5–7
Loss 3–3 Nov 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard France Manon Léonard Greece Eleni Kordolaimi
Egypt Merna Refaat
3–6, 6–0, [8–10]
Win 4–3 Nov 2022 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i) Switzerland Leonie Küng Spain Celia Cerviño Ruiz
Switzerland Tess Sugnaux
7–6(3), 5–7, [10–2]

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