Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre (born 1 May 2003) is a Nigerian tennis player.[1][2][3][4] She is currently the highest ranked Nigerian in the WTA women's singles category. In March 2018, she was ranked number one in Nigeria, ninth in Africa and No. 945 in singles.[5][6]

Oyinlomo Quadre
Full nameBarakat Oyinlomo Quadre
Country (sports) Nigeria
Born (2003-05-01) 1 May 2003 (age 21)
PlaysRight (two–handed backhand)
CollegeFIU (2022– )
Prize money$5,358
Singles
Career record17–20
Highest rankingNo. 940 (4 November 2019)
Current ranking1316
Doubles
Career record9–14
Highest rankingNo. 1150 (29 October 2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup12–5
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Nigeria
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat Women's team
Last updated on: 12 August 2023.

Quadre has represented Nigeria in the Billie Jean King Cup, making her debut in 2021.[7]

Career edit

Quadre began playing tennis at age 4. As a junior player, she was ranked 173rd on 17 June 2019.[8] At the 2015 ITF Junior Championship in Morocco, Quadre established herself as one of Africa's best junior tennis players, and secured a scholarship to High Performance Center in Morocco.[9][10] At the 2016 ITF U-18 Championship, Quadre made the quarterfinals. In 2017, defeated Chakira Dermane of Togo 6–0, 6–0 to set a quarterfinal clash with Sophia Biolay from France.[11] At national level, she was chosen to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Africa Junior Tennis Championship.[12] She won the ITF U-16 Championship in Togo.[13]

At the 2018 Lagos Open, Quadre defeated Airhunmwunde 6–1, 6–0 to qualify for the second round. In her next game, she lost to Anna Sisková and crashed out of the tournament.[14][15]

ITF Circuit finals edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Apr 2022 Monastir 15,000 Hard   Yang Yidi   Dasha Ivanova
  Ekaterina Yashina
4–6, 7–6, [4–10]

ITF Junior finals edit

Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (9–1) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. Sep 2016 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard   Carmine Becoudé 6–0, 6–0
Winner 2. Sep 2016 Lomé, Togo G4 Hard   Carmine Becoudé 6–2, 6–2
Winner 3. Sep 2016 Lomé, Togo G5 Hard   Karine Marion Job 6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. Sep 2018 Accra, Ghana G5 Hard   Yasmin Ezzat 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner 5. Sep 2018 Lomé, Togo G5 Hard   Divine Nweke 6–2, 7–6(5)
Runner-up 1. Sep 2018 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard   Divine Nweke 1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 6. Apr 2019 Mégrine, Tunisia G3 Hard   Maria Bondarenko 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–2
Winner 7. Sep 2019 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard   Vipasha Mehra 6–2, 6–1
Winner 8. Nov 2019 Abuja, Nigeria G5 Hard   Marylove Edwards 6–1, 6–0
Winner 9. Feb 2019 Pretoria, South Africa G3 Hard   Nahia Berecoechea 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (6–6) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. Sep 2016 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard   Toyin Shewa Asogba   Carmine Becoudé
  Trisha Vinod
6–4, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 1. Sep 2016 Lomé, Togo G5 Hard   Angel Macleod   Maxine Ng
  Aesha Patel
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. Sep 2017 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard   Adetayo Adetunji   Alexandra Anttila
  Doroteja Joksović
3–6, 6–2, 8–10
Runner-up 3. Sep 2018 Lomé, Togo G4 Hard   Yasmin Ezzat   Carmine Becoudé
  Divine Nweke
3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. Sep 2018 Lomé, Togo G5 Hard   Anna Lorie Lemongo Toumbou   Carmine Becoudé
  Divine Nweke
7–5, 6–2
Winner 3. Sep 2018 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard   Anna Lorie Lemongo Toumbou   Gauri Bhagia
  Bhakti Parwani
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 4. Nov 2018 Oujda, Morocco G5 Clay   Salma Loudili   InesBachir El Bouhali
  Hind Semlali
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. Apr 2019 Tlemcen, Algeria G2 Clay   Salma Loudili   Matilde Mariani
  Asia Serafini
7–6(4), 4–6, 6–10
Winner 4. Sep 2019 Cotonou, Benin G4 Hard   Yasmin Ezzat   Carmine Becoudé
  Manuella Peguy Eloundou Nga
6–1, 6–4
Winner 5. Nov 2019 Abuja, Nigeria G5 Hard   Marylove Edwards   Jesutoyosi Adeusi
  Omolayo Bamidele
6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 6. Feb 2020 Pretoria, South Africa G3 Hard   Salma Loudili   Sara Akid
  Yasmine Kabbaj
6–7(5) 6–1, 10–12
Winner 6. Feb 2020 Pretoria, South Africa G3 Hard   Anna Lorie Lemongo Toumbou   Sara Akid
  Yasmine Kabbaj
6–3, 6–1

References edit

  1. ^ Okusan, Olalekan (30 August 2020). "Tennis prodigy Oyinlomo Quadre: I want to win grand slam someday". The Nation.
  2. ^ "Oyinlomo Quadre targets new marks in 2020". Lagos Open. 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ Adejoh, Isaiah (26 August 2019). "African Games: Brilliant Quadre eases into quarter-finals, to face Chanel Simmonds next". Nigeria Tennis Federation. Oyinlomo Quadre
  4. ^ Oluwalowo, Tosin (10 July 2019). "Quadre: The 16-year-old champion inspired by Serena". The Punch. Oyinlomo Quadre
  5. ^ "Barakat Quadre". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  6. ^ "African Ranking - WTA". Confederation of African Tennis. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018. QUADRE, BARAKAT OYINLOMO
  7. ^ "Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre". www.billiejeankingcup.com.
  8. ^ "Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Nigeria: Quadre Bags One-Year ITF Scholarship to Morocco". This Day. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2018. Oyinlomo Barakat Quadre
  10. ^ "Nigeria's Bulus bags silver in ITF Junior Circuit". Vanguard. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2018. Oyinlomo Barakat Quadre
  11. ^ Orkulaa, Shagee (28 September 2017). "Bulus, Quadre whitewash Sen, Dermane at ITF Circuit". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2018. Oyinlomo Barakat Quadre
  12. ^ "Nigeria: Mohammed Selects 24 Tennis Players for Abuja AJC". Vanguard. 9 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2018. Barakat Quadre
  13. ^ "Oyinlomo Quadre Gets Rave Reviews". SportsDay. 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2018. Oyinlomo Quadre Barakat
  14. ^ "Oyinlomo reaches Lagos Open Tennis second round". Daily Trust. 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019. Oyinlomo Barakat Quadre
  15. ^ "Siskova Dismisses Nigeria's Quadre at Lagos Open". This Day. 9 October 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019. Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre

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Sporting positions
Preceded by C-USA Tennis Player of the Year
2023
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by C-USA Tennis Freshman of the Year
2023
Succeeded by
Incumbent