Sada Nahimana

Sada Nahimana
	Nahimana at the 2021 ITF Poitiers
Country (sports)	Burundi
Born	21 April 2001 (age 24)
Turned pro	9 November 2015
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$149,481
Singles
Career record	191–128
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 222 (21 July 2025)
Current ranking	No. 225 (11 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record	96–65
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 256 (16 June 2025)
Current ranking	No. 258 (11 August 2025)
	Last updated on: 11 August 2025.

Last updated August 19, 2025

Sada Nahimana (born 21 April 2001) is a Burundian tennis player.

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 at the 2022 ITS Cup in Olomouc.^[2]

Nahimana made her singles WTA Tour debut at the 2023 Morocco Open, becoming the first Burundian in a WTA tournament main draw.^[3] She lost to Jana Fett in the first round.^[4]

She qualified for the 2025 Morocco Open and defeated wildcard entrant Aya El Aouni in the first round to become the first player from Burundi to win a WTA main-draw match.^[5] Nahimana lost in the second round to 10th seed Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro in three sets.^[6]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W50 tournaments (3–0)
W25/35 tournaments (1–3)
W15 tournaments (1–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (4–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2019	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	W15	Hard	Mahak Jain	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2019	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	W15	Hard	Mahak Jain	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Oct 2019	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Laura Pigossi	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Nov 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Lucrezia Stefanini	4–6, 0–6
Win	2–3	Apr 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Anastasiya Soboleva	6–4, 7–6^(10–8)
Loss	2–4	Aug 2022	Přerov Cup, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Barbora Palicová	2–6, 6–1, 0–6
Loss	2–5	Apr 2023	ITF Bujumbura, Burundi	W25	Clay	Alice Robbe	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–6	Apr 2024	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W35	Clay	Alison van Uytvanck	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–7	Aug 2024	ITF Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland	W35	Clay	Ayla Aksu	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	3–7	Sep 2024	ITF Slobozia, Romania	W50	Clay	Dejana Radanović	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–7	Mar 2025	ITF Bujumbura, Burundi	W50	Clay	Émeline Dartron	6–1, 6–1
Win	5–7	Apr 2025	ITF Bujumbura, Burundi	W50	Clay	Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–2)
W40/W50 tournaments (1–0)
W25/35 tournaments (5–5)
W15 tournaments (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (7–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yasmine Mansouri	Julyette Steur Ganna Poznikhirenko	6–7^(9–11), 3–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Olivia Gadecki	Lee So-ra Misaki Matsuda	6–3, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss	1–2	Jun 2021	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	W25	Clay	Pia Lovrič	Ulrikke Eikeri Réka Luca Jani	7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	1–3	Jun 2021	ITF Périgueux, France	W25	Clay	Anna Sisková	Diane Parry Margot Yerolymos	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Oct 2021	ITF Hamburg, Germany	W25	Hard	Olivia Gadecki	Kamilla Bartone Ylena In-Albon	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–4	Jul 2022	ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie Oana Georgeta Simion	6–1, 1–6, [10–5]
Win	3–4	Jan 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W40	Hard	Andreea Prisăcariu	Alena Fomina-Klotz Iryna Shymanovich	7–5, 6–4
Win	4–4	Dec 2023	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	W25	Clay	Angella Okutoyi	Jessie Aney Lena Papadakis	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	4–5	Apr 2024	ITF Bujumbura, Burundi	W35	Clay	Kamilla Bartone	Weronika Falkowska Stéphanie Visscher	3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win	5–5	Apr 2024	ITF Bujumbura, Burundi	W35	Clay	Kamilla Bartone	Naïma Karamoko Diāna Marcinkēviča	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	6–5	Aug 2024	ITF Bydgoszcz, Poland	W35	Clay	Rinon Okuwaki	Maryna Kolb Nadiia Kolb	6–4, 6–1
Loss	6–6	Oct 2024	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W35	Clay	Jaeda Daniel	Miriana Tona Anastasia Abbagnato	7–6^(7–3), 3–6, [10–12]
Loss	6–7	Oct 2024	ITF Nantes, France	W50	Hard (i)	Diana Marcinkevica	Tyra Caterina Grant Camilla Rosatello	2–6, 1–6
Win	7–7	Dec 2024	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	W35	Clay	Rinon Okuwaki	Alyssa Réguer Vicky Van de Peer	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Win	8–7	Jan 2025	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	W35	Clay	Angella Okutoyi	Demi Tran Lian Tran	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–8	Apr 2025	ITS Calvi, France	W75	Hard	Riya Bhatia	Lia Karatancheva Lisa Zaar	4–6, 3–6
Loss	8–9	Jun 2025	ITS Bucharest, Romania	W75	Clay	Riya Bhatia	Estelle Cascino Patricia Maria Țig	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Singles (1–7)

Legend
Grade 2 (0–2)
Grade 3 (1–0)
Grade 4 (0–4)
Grade 5 (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2015	Algiers, Algeria	Grade 5	Clay	Martina Zerulo	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Grade 2	Clay	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2016	Rabat, Morocco	Grade 4	Clay	Noa Krznarić	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–3	Oct 2015	Mohammedia, Morocco	Grade 3	Clay	Diae El Jardi	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–4	Oct 2017	Rabat, Morocco	Grade 4	Clay	Federica Sacco	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	1–5	Mar 2018	Marrakech, Morocco	Grade 4	Clay	Diae El Jardi	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	Apr 2018	Tlemcen, Algeria	Grade 2	Clay	Gabriela Martinez Asensi	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	1–7	May 2018	Casablanca, Morocco	Grade 4	Clay	Yasmine Mansouri	1–6, 3–6

Doubles (7–4)

Legend
Grade 1 (1–0)
Grade 2 (3–0)
Grade 3 (0–2)
Grade 4 (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2015	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	Grade 4	Clay	Diae El Jardi	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz Laila Elnimr	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	2–0	May 2015	ITF Algiers, Algeria	Grade 4	Clay	Oumaima Aziz	Mouna Bouzgarrou Lilya Hadab	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–0	Oct 2015	ITF Rabat, Morocco	Grade 4	Clay	Oumaima Aziz	Franziska-Marie Ahrend Linda Puppendahl	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Oct 2015	ITF Mohammedia, Morocco	Grade 3	Clay	Diae El Jardi	Oumaima Aziz Gergana Topalova	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–1	Nov 2016	ITF Mérida, Mexico	Grade 1	Clay	Maileen Nuudi	María Portillo Ramírez Sofia Sewing	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	5–1	Jan 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	Grade 2	Clay	Selin Övünç	Svenja Ochsner Emelie Luisa Schwarte	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–1	Feb 2017	ITF Tunis, Tunisia	Grade 2	Clay	Dalila Said	Selma Stefania Cadar Simona Waltert	6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss	6–2	Oct 2017	ITF Rabat, Morocco	Grade 4	Clay	Oumaima Aziz	Esther Adeshina Erin Richardson	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	6–3	Oct 2017	ITF Mohammedia, Morocco	Grade 3	Clay	Oumaima Aziz	Esther Adeshina Erin Richardson	w/o
Loss	6–4	Mar 2018	ITF Marrakech, Morocco	Grade 4	Clay	Aisha Niyonkuru	Oumaima Aziz Diae El Jardi	0–4, 4–2, [4–10]
Win	7–4	Apr 2018	ITF Tlemcen, Algeria	Grade 2	Clay	Selin Övünç	Oumaima Aziz Lynda Benkaddour	6–0, 6–3

Notes

References

↑ "Sada Nahimana". International Tennis Federation. n.d. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
↑ "W60 OLOMOUC – ITS CUP OLOMOUC 2022". ITF. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
↑ WTA Staff (May 22, 2023). "Sada Nahimana becomes first Burundian in a WTA main draw in Rabat". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
↑ "Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023". WTA Tennis.
↑ "History made in Rabat: Nahimana becomes first Burundian to win WTA match". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
↑ "Bouzas Maneiro overcomes Nahimana in three sets to make Rabat quarters". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 May 2025.

External links

Sada Nahimana at the Women's Tennis Association
Sada Nahimana at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "Sada Nahimana". International Tennis Federation. n.d. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

[2] "W60 OLOMOUC – ITS CUP OLOMOUC 2022". ITF. Retrieved 4 May 2025.

[3] WTA Staff (May 22, 2023). "Sada Nahimana becomes first Burundian in a WTA main draw in Rabat". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[4] "Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023". WTA Tennis.

[5] "History made in Rabat: Nahimana becomes first Burundian to win WTA match". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 May 2025.

[6] "Bouzas Maneiro overcomes Nahimana in three sets to make Rabat quarters". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 May 2025.

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v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top female singles tennis players of the Confederation of African Tennis countries
as of 30 June 2025
1. Ons Jabeur (59 ) 2. Mayar Sherif (86 ) 3. Sada Nahimana (236 1) 4. Sandra Samir (432 2) 5. Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz (497 7)
6. Yasmine Kabbaj (662 1) 7. Angella Okutoyi (681 48) 8. Zoë Kruger (779 3) 9. Yasmin Ezzat (821 2) 10. Inès Ibbou (826 1)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female doubles tennis players of the Confederation of African Tennis countries
as of 14 April 2025
1. Mayar Sherif (65 2) 2. Inès Ibbou (195 1) 3. Ons Jabeur (239 1) 4. Sada Nahimana (287 26) 5. Angella Okutoyi (472 2)
6. Sandra Samir (505 1) 7. Aya El Aouni (541 1) 8. Yasmin Ezzat (573 6) 9. Merna Refaat (640 ) 10. Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz (664 )