My Story
How it all began…
Noma Noha Akugue grew up in Glinde, a small suburb of Hamburg. At the young age of three, Noma’s father, Roland, took her to her first tennis lesson. Since then, the lefty can barely let go of her racket.
Soon, the young girl transformed into a disciplined and competitive athlete
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2015
At age 11, Noma beat her opponent in the final of the district championships (of the tennis district south) in the U21 age group and became the youngest winner of all time
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2017
Two years later, she could already celebrate her first victory at a women’s tournament in Bremen
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2018
Noma finally had her big breakthrough at the national level when she won the North German Championship as an unseeded player.
In the same year, she also claimed her first ITF Word Tennis Tour title at the Juniors Open LTA Maaseik and with that she secured her first victory at the international level
2020
Porsche Junior Team
The German Tennis Federation also took notice of the young talent and recruited Noma for the Porsche Junior Team
In June, she placed third at the Orthomol Next Gen Series
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ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors
In September, she was able to claim two more ITF Junior titles for herself – first at the Head Cup in Bruchköbel and then again at the international TNB Open in Hannover.
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German Championship
In the final of the German Championship in Biberach, Noma defeated her Porsche teammate, Nastasja Schunk, with 6-3, 6-3.
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Hamburg's Athlete of the Year
Noma gets crowned Hamburg’s Athlete of the year at the end of 2020
2021…
On January 4th, she made it under the top 100 of the ITF Youth World Rankings for the first time, placing 96th among the Juniors.
In the summer, she played for the 2nd Bundesliga (national league) at Hamburg’s renowned Club an der Alster e. V. for the first time.
In April, she received a wild card for the qualifying round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (WTA 500) where she defeated the number one seed, Margarita Gasparyan, with 6-4 6-3 in the first round.
Noma receives a wildcard for the qualifying round of the first edition of the bett1open (WTA 500) in Berlin.
Comeback 2022
After a prolonged shoulder injury prevented her from competing in tournaments for nearly half a year, Noma returned to the ITF Tour in early 2022. In February she had her comeback debut in Altenkirchen, Germany (ITF $60,000). With two impressive wins against Ekaterina Makarova (6-2 6-3) and Italy's Stefania Rubini (6-3 6-2), Noma advanced to the main draw where she was defeated by Japanese Yuriko Lily Miyazaki 4-6 2-6.
bett1open 2022
After a successful run on clay, Noma then returned to the bett1open (WTA 500) in Berlin in June to gain further experience on grass. But former top-20 player, Daria Saville of Australia, dominated and moved into the second round after defeating Noma 7-5 6-4.
Hamburg European Open 2022
After three more clay court tournaments in Ystad, Sweden (ITF $25,000), Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany (ITF $25,000) and Versmold , Germany(ITF $25,000), Noma received a wildcard for the qualifying round of the Hamburg European Open (WTA 250) for the second time.
In front of her home crowd, she won the nerve-racking battle in the first round against the American, Grace Min, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-1). Shortly thereafter, however, she dropped against Oksana Selekhmeteva with 2-6 2-6 in the second round.
bett1open presented by ecotrans Group 2023
Back on grass at the bett1open presented by ecotrans Group (WTA 500) in Berlin, Noma received a wildcard for the qualification. Unfortunately, this year's second qualifying round was the end of the line against Jule Niemeier. In the doubles, Noma and Jule Niemeier also got defeated by Melichar-Martinez/Perez in the first round.
Hamburg European Open 2023
Photos: Hamburg European Open/ WITTERS
After a sensational week, Noma was only beaten by Arantxa Rus (0:6, 6:7 (3:7)) at the WTA 250 tournament at Rothenbaum. Nevertheless, it was a true tennis fairytale. As number 207 in the world rankings, she had started the tournament with a wild card. She fought and played her way passionately from round to round - to her greatest career success so far.
My Last 3 Tournaments