Barakat Quadre

Barakat Quadre Oyinlomo (born 1 May 2003) is a Nigerian tennis player. She is currently the highest ranked Nigerian in the WTA women's single category. In March 2018 WTA rankings, she was ranked number one in Nigeria, 9th in Africa and 945 in the world in the women's singles category.[1][2]

Barakat Quadre
Full nameBarakat Quadre Oyinlomo
Country (sports) Nigeria
Born (2003-05-01) 1 May 2003
PlaysRight-handed (double–handed backhand)
Prize money$2,746
Singles
Career record5–7
Highest ranking940 (4 November 2019)
Current ranking945 (25 November 2019)
Doubles
Career record1–5
Highest ranking1,150 (29 October 2018)
Last updated on: 25 November 2019.

Career

Barakat began playing tennis at age 4. As a junior player, she was ranked 173 on 17 June 2019.[3] At the 2015 ITF/CAT Junior Championship in Morocco, Barakat established herself as one of Africa's best junior tennis players, and secured a scholarship to High Performance Center in Morocco.[4][5] At the 2016 ITF U-18 Championship, Barakat made the quarter-finals. In 2017, defeated Chakira Dermane of Togo 6-0, 6-0 to set a quarter final clash with Sophia Biolay from France.[6] At national level, she was chosen to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Africa Junior Tennis Championship.[7] She won the ITF/CAT U-16 Championship in Togo.[8]

At the 2018 Lagos Open, Barakat defeated Airhunmwunde, 6-1, 6-0 to qualify for the second round. In her next game, she lost to Anna Siskova and crashed out of the tournament.[9][10]

ITF junior finals
Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (8–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 11 September 2016 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard Carmine Becoudé 6–0, 6–0
Winner 2. 17 September 2016 Lomé, Togo G4 Hard Carmine Becoudé 6–2, 6–2
Winner 3. 24 September 2016 Lomé, Togo G5 Hard Karine Marion Job 6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. 1 September 2018 Accra, Ghana G5 Hard Yasmin Ezzat 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner 5. 15 September 2018 Lomé, Togo G5 Hard Divine Nweke 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Runner–up 1. 22 September 2018 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard Divine Nweke 1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 6. 21 April 2019 Mégrine, Tunisia G3 Hard Maria Bondarenko 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
Winner 7. 21 September 2019 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard Vipasha Mehra 6–2, 6–1
Winner 8. 17 November 2019 Abuja, Nigeria G5 Hard Marylove Edwards 6–1, 6–0

References
  1. "Barakat Quadre". WTA profile.
  2. "African Ranking - WTA". CAT.
  3. "Barakat Quadre". ITF. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  4. "Nigeria: Quadre Bags One-Year ITF Scholarship to Morocco". ThisDay. September 15, 2015. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  5. "Nigeria's Bulus bags silver in ITF Junior Circuit". Vanguard. September 25, 2017. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  6. Orkulaa, Shagee (September 28, 2017). "Bulus, Quadre whitewash Sen, Dermane at ITF Circuit". Dailypost. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  7. "Nigeria: Mohammed Selects 24 Tennis Players for Abuja AJC". Vanguard. January 9, 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  8. "Oyinlomo Quadre Gets Rave Reviews". SportsDay. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  9. "Oyinlomo reaches Lagos Open Tennis second round". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  10. "Siskova Dismisses Nigeria's Quadre at Lagos Open". ThisDay. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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