Oyinlomo Quadre

Oyinlomo Barakat 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 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.[5][6]

Oyinlomo Quadre
Full nameOyinlomo Barakat Quadre
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

Quadre began playing tennis at age 4. As a junior player, she was ranked 173 on 17 June 2019.[7] At the 2015 ITF/CAT 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.[8][9] At the 2016 ITF U-18 Championship, Quadre 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.[10] At national level, she was chosen to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Africa Junior Tennis Championship.[11] She won the ITF/CAT U-16 Championship in Togo.[12]

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 Siskova and crashed out of the tournament.[13][14]

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. 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". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. "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
  9. "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
  10. 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
  11. "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
  12. "Oyinlomo Quadre Gets Rave Reviews". SportsDay. 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2018. Oyinlomo Quadre Barakat
  13. "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
  14. "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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