Sada Nahimana
Sada Nahimana is a Burundian tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 218, achieved on 5 January 2026, and peaked at No. 199 on the WTA doubles rankings on 27 October 2025.
Nahimana has won five singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Rabat Grand Prix, partnering with Egyptian player Sandra Samir in doubles.
Junior years
Grand Slam singles performance
- Australian Open: 1R
- French Open: 2R
- Wimbledon: 2R
- US Open: 1R
Professional
She defeated former top-10 player Kristina Mladenovic at the 2022 ITS Cup in Olomouc.Nahimana made her singles WTA Tour debut at the 2023 Morocco Open, becoming the first Burundian in a WTA tournament main draw. She lost to Jana Fett in the first round.
Nahimana qualified for the 2025 Rabat Grand Prix and defeated wildcard entrant Aya El Aouni in the first round to become the first player from Burundi to win a WTA Tour main-draw match. Nahimana lost in the second round to 10th seed Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro, in three sets.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2019 | ITF Nairobi, Kenya | W15 | Hard |  Doubles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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