İpek Soylu

İpek Soylu

Soylu at the 2015 Fed Cup
Full name	İpek Soylu
Country (sports)	Turkey
Born	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 Adana, Turkey
Height	1.73 m
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$84,316
Singles
Career record	130–63
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	153 (16 November 2015)
Current ranking	153 (16 November 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2016)
US Open	Q2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record	78–45
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	181 (16 November 2015)
Current ranking	181 (16 November 2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–4
Last updated on: 16 November 2015.

İpek Soylu (born 15 April 1996 in Adana) is a Turkish tennis player.

Soylu has won eight singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF tour during her career. On 16 November 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 153. On 16 November 2015, she peaked at world number 181 in the doubles rankings.

In 2014, she won the US Open girls' doubles title with Jil Teichmann.^[1]

Playing for Turkey at the Fed Cup, Soylu has a win–loss record of 8–4.^[2] She is also a member of the Enkaspor tennis team.^[3]

ITF finals (17–13)

Singles (8–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 December 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Isabella Shinikova	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	6 May 2013	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Camilla Rosatello	7–5, 6–1
Winner	2.	19 August 2013	Izmir, Turkey	Hard	Gabriela van de Graaf	7–5, 6–3
Winner	3.	23 September 2013	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Giulia Bruzzone	4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	30 September 2013	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Anna Morgina	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	4.	13 January 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Despina Papamichail	6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Winner	5.	7 April 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Deniz Khazaniuk	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	6.	2 June 2014	Adana, Turkey	Hard	Başak Eraydın	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	7.	16 June 2014	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Melis Sezer	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	11 August 2014	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Runner-up	4.	18 August 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Clothilde de Bernardi	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	18 May 2015	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Daria Kasatkina	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Winner	8.	6 July 2015	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	7–5, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles (9–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	14 May 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Başak Eraydın	Liu Chang Zhang Nannan	3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner	2.	10 June 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Melis Sezer	Başak Eraydın Jasmina Tinjić	6–4, ret.
Runner-up	1.	19 August 2013	Izmir, Turkey	Hard	Julia Stamatova	Khristina Kazimova Christina Shakovets	4–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	23 December 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Elise Mertens	Yuuki Tanaka Ekaterina Yashina	6–0, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	4.	13 January 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Melis Sezer	Despina Papamichail Gaia Sanesi	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Runner-up	2.	20 January 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Melis Sezer	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Veronika Kapshay	6–3, 4–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	3.	24 March 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Barbora Krejčíková	Susanne Celik Kotomi Takahata	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	31 March 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Melis Sezer	Denisa Allertová Chantal Škamlová	2–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	2 June 2014	Adana, Turkey	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Alona Fomina Ekaterina Tsiklauri	6–3, 6–1
Winner	6.	16 June 2014	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Ayla Aksu	Elke Lemmens Julia Stamatova	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Winner	7.	27 October 2014	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Xenia Knoll	Ayla Aksu Müge Topsel	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	22 December 2014	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Ayla Aksu	Jana Fett Adrijana Lekaj	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	23 February 2015	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Nina Stojanović	Samantha Crawford Asia Muhammad	0–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	11 May 2015	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Runner-up	7.	18 May 2015	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Alice Matteucci	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Shapatava	0–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	9.	29 June 2015	Denain, France	Clay	Elise Mertens	Xenia Knoll Florencia Molinero	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up	8.	9 November 2015	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Elise Mertens	Çağla Büyükakçay Maria Sakkari	6–7(6–8), 4–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2014	US Open	Hard	Jil Teichmann	Vera Lapko Tereza Mihalíková	5–7, 6–2, [10–7]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to İpek Soylu.

• Official website (Turkish)
• İpek Soylu at the Women's Tennis Association
• İpek Soylu at the International Tennis Federation
• İpek Soylu at the Fed Cup

Women's Tennis Association: Top Turkish female singles tennis players as of 18 January 2016 1. Çağla Büyükakçay (134 ) 2. İpek Soylu (161 ) 3. Başak Eraydın (263 ) 4. Pemra Özgen (310 ) 5. Ayla Aksu (401 ) 6. Melis Sezer (412 ) 7. Berfu Cengiz (557 ) 8. İnci Öğüt (965 ) 9. Hülya Esen (1019 )