Tímea Babos (Hungarian pronunciation: ['ti?m?? 'b?bo?]; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player.
Babos, who was born in Sopron, has won three singles and 21 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles WTA 125K series title, as well as 12 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
In September 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No.
25, and in July 2018, she reached No.
1 in the doubles rankings, becoming the first Hungarian player to reach the top of the WTA rankings in either singles or doubles.
An accomplished junior player, Babos's greatest success has come in doubles, winning the 2018 Australian Open and 2019 French Open and having reached the women's doubles final of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 US Open with Kristina Mladenovic of France and the 2016 Wimbledon Championships with Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, and the mixed doubles final of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships with Alexander Peya of Austria and the 2018 Australian Open with Rohan Bopanna of India.
Her nickname on tour is 'Babosdook', given to her by doubles partner Kristina Mladenovic as she is a big fan of horror films.
The nickname is believed to be a reference to the film The Babadook.