İpek Soylu
Soylu at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships | |
Full name | İpek Soylu |
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Country (sports) | Turkey |
Born |
Adana, Turkey | 15 April 1996
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $258,641 |
Singles | |
Career record | 178–108 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 151 (31 October 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 187 (19 June 2017) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2016, 2017) |
French Open | 1R (2016) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2017) |
US Open | Q2 (2015, 2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 118–68 |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 63 (17 April 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 90 (19 June 2017) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
French Open | 1R (2017) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 13–8 |
Last updated on: 19 June 2017. |
İpek Soylu (born 15 April 1996 in Adana) is a Turkish tennis player and the current Turkish number two.
Soylu has won three doubles titles on the WTA tour, her biggest coming at the 2016 WTA Elite Trophy. She has also won eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 31 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world no. 151. On 17 April 2017, she peaked at world no. 63 in the doubles rankings.
Soylu's sole Grand Slam title as a junior came in 2014, where she partnered Jil Teichmann of Switzerland to win the doubles title at the US Open.[1]
Playing for Turkey at the Fed Cup, Soylu has accumulated a win–loss record of 13–8.[2] She is also a member of the Enkaspor tennis team.[3]
Career
In 2016, Soylu won her first three WTA titles, all in the doubles discipline, the biggest coming at the WTA Elite Trophy where she partnered Xu Yifan.[4] That year, she also won two other doubles titles, one on home soil at the İstanbul Cup and the other at the Tashkent, both partnering Romania's Andreea Mitu and Raluca Olaru respectively.
That same year, she also made her Grand Slam main draw debut after successfully qualifying for the French Open. She drew wildcard Virginie Razzano in the first round and lost to the French veteran in three sets.
WTA finals
Doubles: 3 (3–0)
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 18 April 2016 | İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey | Clay | Andreea Mitu | Xenia Knoll Danka Kovinić |
w/o |
Winner | 2. | 26 September 2016 | Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Raluca Olaru | Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 31 October 2016 | WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China | Hard (i) | Xu Yifan | Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi |
6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
WTA 125 Series Finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 30 May 2016 | Croatian Bol Ladies Open, Bol, Croatia | Clay | Raluca Olaru | Xenia Knoll Petra Martić |
3–6, 2–6 |
ITF finals
Singles: 16 (8–8)
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Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 24 December 2012 | $10,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Isabella Shinikova | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 6 May 2013 | $10,000 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Camilla Rosatello | 7–5, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 19 August 2013 | $10,000 | Izmir, Turkey | Hard | Gabriela van de Graaf | 7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 23 September 2013 | $10,000 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Giulia Bruzzone | 4–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 30 September 2013 | $10,000 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Anna Morgina | 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | 13 January 2014 | $10,000 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Despina Papamichail | 6–3, 7–6(7–0) |
Winner | 5. | 7 April 2014 | $10,000 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Deniz Khazaniuk | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 2 June 2014 | $10,000 | Adana, Turkey | Hard | Başak Eraydın | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 16 June 2014 | $10,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Melis Sezer | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 11 August 2014 | $10,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Yang Zhaoxuan | 6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 18 August 2014 | $10,000 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Clothilde de Bernardi | 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 18 May 2015 | $25,000 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | Daria Kasatkina | 6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
Winner | 8. | 6 July 2015 | $50,000 | Bursa, Turkey | Clay | Anastasija Sevastova | 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 6 June 2016 | $25,000 | Padua, Italy | Clay | Xu Shilin | 7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 12 September 2016 | $50,000 | Zhuhai, China | Hard | Olga Govortsova | 1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 17 July 2017 | $60,000 | Bursa, Turkey | Clay | Sofya Zhuk | 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Doubles: 22 (13–9)
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Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 14 May 2012 | $10,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Clay | Başak Eraydın | Liu Chang Zhang Nannan |
3–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
Winner | 2. | 10 June 2013 | $10,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Melis Sezer | Başak Eraydın Jasmina Tinjić |
6–4, ret. |
Runner-up | 1. | 19 August 2013 | $10,000 | Izmir, Turkey | Hard | Julia Stamatova | Khristina Kazimova Christina Shakovets |
4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 23 December 2013 | $10,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Elise Mertens | Yuuki Tanaka Ekaterina Yashina |
6–0, 7–6(7–3) |
Winner | 4. | 13 January 2014 | $10,000 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Melis Sezer | Despina Papamichail Gaia Sanesi |
4–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 January 2014 | $10,000 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Melis Sezer | Valentyna Ivakhnenko Veronika Kapshay |
6–3, 4–6, [5–10] |
Runner-up | 3. | 24 March 2014 | $10,000 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Barbora Krejčíková | Susanne Celik Kotomi Takahata |
4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 31 March 2014 | $10,000 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Melis Sezer | Denisa Allertová Chantal Škamlová |
2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 5. | 2 June 2014 | $10,000 | Adana, Turkey | Hard | Başak Eraydın | Alona Fomina Ekaterina Tsiklauri |
6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 16 June 2014 | $10,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Ayla Aksu | Elke Lemmens Julia Stamatova |
4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Winner | 7. | 27 October 2014 | $25,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Xenia Knoll | Ayla Aksu Müge Topsel |
6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 22 December 2014 | $10,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Ayla Aksu | Jana Fett Adrijana Lekaj |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 23 February 2015 | $25,000 | Rancho Santa Fe, United States | Hard | Nina Stojanović | Samantha Crawford Asia Muhammad |
0–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 8. | 11 May 2015 | $25,000 | La Marsa, Tunisia | Clay | Pemra Özgen | Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva |
3–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Runner-up | 7. | 18 May 2015 | $25,000 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | Alice Matteucci | Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Shapatava |
0–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Winner | 9. | 29 June 2015 | $25,000 | Denain, France | Clay | Elise Mertens | Xenia Knoll Florencia Molinero |
7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 8. | 9 November 2015 | $75,000 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Elise Mertens | Çağla Büyükakçay Maria Sakkari |
6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
Winner | 10. | 22 February 2016 | $25,000 | Beinasco, Italy | Clay (i) | Arantxa Rus | Lina Gjorcheska Dea Herdželaš |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 9. | 2 May 2016 | $50,000 | Tunis, Tunisia | Clay | Irina Khromacheva | Arina Rodionova Valeriya Strakhova |
1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 11. | 27 June 2016 | $50,000 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Xu Shilin | Réka Luca Jani Sofia Shapatava |
7–5, 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | 15 April 2017 | $60,000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Veronika Kudermetova | Ksenia Lykina Polina Monova |
4–6, 7–5, [11–9] |
Winner | 13. | 6 August 2017 | $25,000 | Bad Saulgau, Germany | Clay | Anna Kalinskaya | Nicoleta Dascalu Cristina Dinu |
6–2, 6–2 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' Doubles
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2014 | US Open | Hard | Jil Teichmann | Vera Lapko Tereza Mihalíková |
5–7, 6–2, [10–7] |
References
- ↑ "Turkey’s İpek Soylu claims historic title in junior girls’ doubles at US Open". Hurriyet Daily News. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ İpek Soylu at the Fed Cup
- ↑ "İpek Soylu'dan ITF JR Klasmanı'nda en iyi derece". Enka Spor Kulübü (in Turkish). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ↑ "Turkish tennis player Ipek Soylu wins doubles finals at WTA Elite Trophy tournament in China". DAILY SABAH. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to İpek Soylu. |
- Official website (in Turkish)
- İpek Soylu at the Women's Tennis Association
- İpek Soylu at the International Tennis Federation
- İpek Soylu at the Fed Cup