İpek Şenoğlu

İpek Şenoğlu

Country	Turkey
Residence	İstanbul, Turkey
Born	(1979-06-08) 8 June 1979 Eskişehir, Turkey
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$261,244
Singles
Career record	143–140
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	293 (5 July 2004)
Doubles
Career record	254–201
Career titles	0 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking	53 (19 October 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	1R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2009)
US Open	3R (2004)
Last updated on: 21 July 2013.

İpek Şenoğlu (born 8 June 1979, in Eskişehir), nicknamed İpeko, is a former Turkish tennis player. Şenoğlu first made history in June 2004 when she was accepted into the women's doubles qualifying for Wimbledon. Though İpek did not advance into the main draw of Wimbledon, she became the first Turk ever to play in a qualifying tournament for a Grand Slam event. Later that year, she became the first Turk to appear in the main draw of a Grand Slam event, when she and partner Laura Granville reached the third round of the US Open doubles.

On 15 May 2005 at 7.00 local time, Venus Williams played a show game with Şenoğlu on the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, the first tennis match ever to be played across two continents. The event was organized as a promotion ahead of the 2005 Istanbul Cup and lasted five minutes only on the north side of the bridge. After the exhibition, they both threw a tennis ball into the Bosporus.^[1]

She and partner Yaroslava Shvedova reached the semifinals of the 2009 Rome Masters tournament, a WTA Premier event. Following this event, İpek's WTA doubles rank rose to # 76. Her peak doubles rank to date has been No. 62, following the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	19 April 2008	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta	6–4, 6–4

ITF Career Finals

Singles: 10 (2–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 September 2001	Chennai, India	Clay	Radhika Tulpule	1–6 6–7(2)
Runner-up	2.	7 December 2002	Pune, India	Hard	Kateryna Bondarenko	1–6 1–6
Runner-up	3.	25 May 2003	Almeria, Spain	Hard	Kildine Chevalier	6–4 4–6 1–6
Runner-up	4.	3 August 2003	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Tsvetana Pironkova	6–7(2) 0–6
Winner	1.	17 August 2003	London, Great Britain	Hard	Hannah Collin	6–4 6–4
Winner	2.	24 August 2003	Westende, Belgium	Clay	Eveline Vanhyfte	6–3 6–2
Runner-up	5.	18 April 2004	Morelia, Mexico	Hard	Natalia Garbellotto	4–6 6–4 4–6
Runner-up	6.	31 October 2004	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Virag Nemeth	5–7 4–6
Runner-up	7.	13 February 2006	Algarve, Portugal	Hard	Carla Suarez Navarro	2–6 3–6
Runner-up	8.	18 June 2006	Lleida, Spain	Hard	Sandhya Nagaraj	4–6 2–6

Doubles: 44 (21–23)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	25 September 1995	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Pavlina Bartunkova	Susan Bowman Kirsi Lampinen	7-5 6-4
Winner	2.	18 August 1996	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Dessislava Topalova	Chin Bee Khoo Alice Pirsu	6–1 6–4
Runner-up	1.	18 June 2000	Ankara, Turkey	Clay	Kalina Diankova	Mervana Jugic-Salkic Marina Lazarovska	2–6 6–0 4–6
Winner	3.	10 June 2001	Ankara, Turkey	Clay	Alena Yaryshka	Masa Vesenjak Ursa Vesenjak	3–6 6–3 6–4
Runner-up	2.	30 September 2001	Kastoria, Greece	Clay	Bilijiana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	Maria Pavlidou Asimina Kaplani	3–6 5–7
Runner-up	3.	24 February 2002	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Eszter Molnar	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Giorgia Mortello	5–7 1–6
Runner-up	4.	5 May 2002	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Christina Zachariadou	Anna Hawkins Jane O'Donoghue	0–6 0–6
Runner-up	5.	4 August 2002	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Alberta Brianti	Neuza Silva Frederica Piedade	2–6 6–4 2–6
Runner-up	6.	27 April 2003	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Vladimira Uhlirova	Jana Macurova Gabriela Chmelinova	4–6 6–3 1–6
Winner	4.	11 May 2003	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Frederica Piedade	Liana Ungur Ma. Pilar Sanchez Alayeto	6–4 7–6(3)
Winner	5.	25 May 2003	Almeria, Spain	Hard	Neuza Silva	Romy Farah Astrid Waernes	7–5 5–7 6–3
Winner	6.	29 June 2003	Orestiada, Greece	Hard	Daniela Bercek	Eleftheria Makromaridou Anna Kormantou	7–6(4) 6–2
Runner-up	7.	10 August 2003	Wrexham, Great Britain	Hard	Pemra Ozgen	Yvonne Doyle Karen Nugent	3–6 3–6
Runner-up	8.	24 August 2003	Westende, Belgium	Clay	Eveline Vanhyfte	Leslie Butkiewicz Kim Kilsdonk	4–6 2–6
Winner	7.	14 September 2003	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Liana Ungur	Lisa D'Amelio Jennifer Debodt	6–3 6–3
Winner	8.	20 October 2003	Cardiff, Great Britain	Hard	Claire Curran	Surina De Beer Ilke Gers	6–4 2–6 6–3
Runner-up	9.	25 April 2004	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Jorgelina Cravero	Lourdes Dominguez Lino Frederica Piedade	5–7 0–6
Winner	9.	23 May 2004	Beijing, China	Hard	Liga Dekmeijere	Rui Du Nannan Liu	4–6 6–4 7–6(1)
Winner	10.	30 May 2004	Tongliao, China	Hard	Liga Dekmeijere	Anna Bastrikova Nina Bratchikova	7–5 7–6(5)
Runner-up	10.	13 June 2004	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Liga Dekmeijere	Chia-Jung Chuang Wynne Prakusya	3–6 1–6
Winner	11.	4 July 2004	Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Sofia Arvidsson	Nana Smith Lilia Osterloh	6–1 2–6 6–4
Runner-up	11.	28 September 2004	Jersey, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Anousjka Van Exel	Emma Laine Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	6–1 1–6 1–6
Runner-up	12.	11 October 2004	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Claire Curran	Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani	3–6 7–5 4–6
Runner-up	13.	31 October 2004	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	Olena Antypina Hana Sromova	7–6(7) 3–6 5–7
Runner-up	14.	5 December 2004	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Bahia Mouhtassine	Tzipora Obziler Shahar Peer	3–6 0–6
Runner-up	15.	13 February 2006	Algarve, Portugal	Hard	Liana Ungur	Emilie Bacquet Chayenne Ewijk	3–6 3–6
Runner-up	16.	5 March 2006	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Gabriela Velasco Andreu	Iveta Gerlova Veronika Raimrova	2–6 6–2 3–6
Winner	12.	12 March 2006	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Gabriela Velasco Andreu	Iryna Bremond Yana Levchenko	6–0 6–0
Runner-up	17.	7 May 2006	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Matea Mezak	Tzipora Obziler Romina Oprandi	6–4 4–6 0–6
Winner	13.	14 May 2006	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	Claire De Gubernatis Alexandra Dulgheru	6–4 6–3
Runner-up	18.	24 September 2006	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Anna Kourmantou	Maja Kambic Alexandra Panova	2–6 1–6
Winner	14.	1 October 2006	Batumi, Georgia	Hard	Petra Cetkovska	Vasilisa Davydova Marina Shamayko	6–4 3–6 6–4
Winner	15.	29 October 2006	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Mervana Jugic-Salkic	Sorana Cirstea Katie O'Brien	W/O
Runner-up	19.	19 February 2007	St. Paul, United States	Hard (i)	Mervana Jugic-Salkic	Sofia Arvidsson Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–7(4) 7–5 6–7(7)
Runner-up	20.	11 March 2007	Ramat Hasharon, Israel	Hard	Martina Babakova	Iveta Gerlova Lucie Kriegsmannová	3–6 3–6
Winner	16.	13 May 2007	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Korina Perkovic	Anna Smith Roxane Vaisemberg	7–6(1) 6–4
Winner	17.	20 May 2007	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Korina Perkovic	Anna Fitzpatrick Ana Veselinovic	1–6 6–1 6–4
Runner-up	21.	17 July 2007	Boston, United States	Hard	Liga Dekmeijere	Melinda Czink Natalie Grandin	1–6 3–6
Winner	18.	28 October 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Mervana Jugic-Salkic	Kim Kilsdonk Elise Tamaela	6–1 6–2
Winner	19.	29 June 2008	Périgueux, France	Clay	Anna-Lena Groenefeld	Xinyun Han Yi-Fan Xu	6–3 6–4
Winner	20.	6 July 2008	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Neuza Silva	Melanie Klaffner Frederica Piedade	6–4 6–2
Runner-up	22.	27 July 2008	Petange, Luxembourg	Clay	Stephanie Foretz Gacon	Corinna Dentoni Anastasia Pivovarova	4–6 1–6
Winner	21.	3 October 2010	Athens, Greece	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Eleni Daniilidou Petra Martic	W/O
Runner-up	23.	24 July 2011	Bucharest, Romania	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin	Irina-Camelia Begu Elena Bogdan	7–6(7) 6–7(4) 6–4

See also

• Turkish women in sports

References

External links

• Ipek Senoglu at the Women's Tennis Association
• İpek Şenoğlu at the International Tennis Federation
• İpek Şenoğlu at the Fed Cup
• Her official website (English) (Turkish)

Women's Tennis Association: Top Turkish female singles tennis players as of 4 May 2015 1. Çağla Büyükakçay (141 2) 2. Pemra Özgen (255 2) 3. İpek Soylu (259 2) 4. Melis Sezer (425 1) 5. Başak Eraydın (538 1) 6. Ayla Aksu (598 ) 7. Berfu Cengiz (947 2) 8. Hülya Esen (981 3) 9. Cemre Anıl (1047 1) 10. Müge Topsel (1089 4)