Noma Noha Akugue

Noma Noha Akugue
Noha Akugue at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceGlinde, Germany
Born (2003-12-02) 2 December 2003 (age 20)
Reinbek, Germany
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$185,770
Singles
Career record92–65 (58.6%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 142 (31 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 184 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record26–18 (59.1%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 201 (31 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 287 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 22 January 2024.

Noma Noha Akugue (born 2 December 2003) is a German professional tennis player of Nigerian descent.[1]

Noha Akugue has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 142, achieved in July 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 201, also reached in July 2023.

Career

2021–2022: WTA debut

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, partnering Julia Middendorf in the doubles competition.

2023: Maiden WTA final

In singles, she made her WTA main draw debut as a wildcard player at the 2023 Hamburg European Open and reached the final by winning her first four matches on the WTA Tour, defeating Laura Pigossi, Storm Hunter, Martina Trevisan and Diana Shnaider en route.[2][3] In the final, she lost to Arantxa Rus.[4]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 WTA Tour.[5]

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 2 0 2
Titles 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 1 0 1
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 4–2
Year-end ranking 708 258 171

Doubles

Current through the 2023 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 3 0 2 0 5
Overall win–loss 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–4
Year-end ranking 865 435 279

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2023 Hamburg European Open, Germany WTA 250 Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 0–6, 6–7(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (1 title, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (0–3)
$15,000 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2020 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands 15,000 Clay Netherlands Cindy Burger 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 May 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Chinese Taipei Yang Ya-yi 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–2 May 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Slovakia Barbora Matúsová 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1–3 Aug 2022 ITF Hechingen, Germany 60,000 Clay Croatia Lea Bošković 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 2022 ITF Braunschweig, Germany 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Brenda Fruhvirtová 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–5 Sep 2022 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Hungary Réka Luca Jani 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 1–6 Oct 2022 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Switzerland Ylena In-Albon 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–7 Nov 2022 ITF Kiryat Motzkin, Israel 25,000 Hard Anna Kubareva 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 5–7

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2022 ITF Cairo,
Egypt 		15,000 Clay Bulgaria Ani Vangelova Egypt Yasmin Ezzat
Netherlands Noa Liauw a Fong 		6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Win 1–1 Aug 2022 ITF Leipzig,
Germany 		25,000 Clay Germany Ella Seidel Germany Tea Lukic
Germany Joëlle Steur 		6–0, 7–5
Win 2–1 Jul 2023 ITF Amstelveen,
Netherlands 		60,000 Clay Luxembourg Marie Weckerle Turkey Ayla Aksu
Croatia Ena Kajević 		7–5, 6–3

References

  1. ^ "Noma Noha Akugue, dalla Nigeria col mito Steffi Graf". sport.tiscali.it (in Italian). 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Hamburg: Teenage wild card Noha Akugue victorious on WTA debut". WTA Tennis. 24 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Noha Akugue advances to Hamburg final on WTA Tour debut, will play Rus for title". Tennis Majors. 28 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Rus ends Noha Akugue's dream week to win Hamburg title". WTA Tennis. 29 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Player card Noma Noha Akugue". Roland Garros. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

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