| Intro | Nigerian tennis player |
| Is |
Athlete |
| From |
Nigeria |
| Type |
Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 1 May 2003 |
| Age: | 17 years |
| Star sign | Taurus |
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.
Career
Barakat began playing tennis at age 4. As a junior player, she was ranked 173 on 17 June 2019. 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. 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. At national level, she was chosen to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Africa Junior Tennis Championship. She won the ITF/CAT U-16 Championship in Togo.
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.
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 |
| 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, 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 |