Sada Nahimana (born 21 April 2001) is a Burundian
tennis
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player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 244, reached on 24 April 2023. She also has a best combined
junior
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ranking of 12, achieved on 15 July 2019.
Nahimana made her
WTA Tour
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main-draw debut at the
2018 Rabat Grand Prix, partnering with Egyptian
Sandra Samir
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Samir won the 2013 U-16 African Junior Tennis Championships.
She has won 13 singles and eig ...
in doubles.
Junior career
Grand Slam performance - Singles:
* Australian Open: 1R (2019)
* French Open: 2R (2018)
* Wimbledon: 2R (2018)
* US Open: 1R (2018)
Career
She defeated former top-10 player
Kristina Mladenovic
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She is a nine-time Grand Slam ch ...
at the
2022 ITS Cup in Olomouc.
Nahimana made her singles
WTA Tour
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debut at the
2023 Morocco Open, becoming the first
Burundian in a WTA tournament main draw.
Performance timeline
Singles
''Current through the 2023 Morocco Open.''
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
ITF Junior Circuit finals
Singles (1–7)
Doubles (7–4)
Notes
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
Burundian female tennis players
Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
21st-century Burundian people
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