Hülya Esen

Hülya Esen (or Хюлия Велиева, born 7 August 1989) is a Turkish born female professional tennis player. Her parents are from Kircaali, Bulgaria, and her ancestors came from Konya, city of Mevlana during the Ottoman empire. Her mother is from Ardino.[1][2][3]

Hülya Esen

Country (sports)	Bulgaria (2000–2011)  Turkey (2011 June– present)
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 Istanbul, Turkey
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$53,787
Singles
Career record	156-197
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 504 (9 July 2012)
Doubles
Career record	169-88
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 406 (11 November 2013)

Esen has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 504, achieved on 9 July 2012. Esen also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 406, set on 11 November 2013. She won 6 ITF doubles titles.

Esen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2008 Gastein Ladies in the doubles event, partnering Stefanie Haidner. Esen also played in the doubles event of the 2010 İstanbul Cup, partnering Derya Turhan.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	23 May 2011	10,000	Gaziantep, Turkey	Hard	Melis Sezer	2–6, 1–6
Loss	9 April 2012	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Nicole Melichar	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 19 (6–12)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (2–8) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2 September 2007	10,000	Palić, Serbia	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Martina Babáková Davinia Lobbinger	2–6, 3–6
Win	28 April 2008	10,000	Adana, Turkey	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Julia Efremova Diana Isaeva	5–7, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	2 October 2009	10,000	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Diana Marcu Simona Matei	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	8 October 2010	10,000	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Camelia Hristea Ionela-Andreea Iova	0–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Win	11 September 2011	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Magali de Lattre Christina Shakovets	7–5, 7–5
Loss	19 September 2011	10,000	Adana, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Nikola Fraňková Hsu Chieh-yu	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Win	26 September 2011	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Khristina Kazimova Francesca Stephenson	6–4, 6–2
Win	5 December 2011	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Laura Ioana Andrei Raluca Elena Platon	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	6 February 2012	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Seda Arantekin	Diana Buzean Daniëlle Harmsen	6–7^(5–7), 1–6
Win	9 April 2012	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Lu Jiaxiang Lu Jiajing	1–6, 6–4, 10–8
Win	24 June 2012	10,000	Niš, Serbia	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Lina Gjorcheska Maria Mokh	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), [10–6]
Loss	1 July 2012	10,000	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Lina Gjorcheska Dalia Zafirova	3–6, 2–6
Loss	29 October 2012	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Diana Buzean Daniëlle Harmsen	6–4, 1–6, [3–10]
Loss	12 November 2012	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Laura Ioana Andrei Raluca Elena Platon	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	15 July 2013	10,000	İzmir, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Başak Eraydın Zuzana Zlochová	1–6, 3–6
Loss	15 July 2013	10,000	İzmir, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Anett Kontaveit Polina Leykina	4–6, 5–7
Loss	23 June 2014	10,000	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Lina Gjorcheska Alexandra Nancarrow	2–6, 4–6
Loss	17 July 2016	10,000	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Veronica Miroshnichenko Valeriya Zeleva	5–7, 1–6

ITF Junior finals

Category GA

Category G1

Category G2

Category G3

Category G4

Category G5

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 May 2005	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Clay	Anna Maskaljun	2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	22 May 2005	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Nikki Prosser	1–6, 6–7^(4)
Runner-up	3.	28 August 2005	Skopje, Macedonia	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	2–6, 0–2 ret.

Doubles: 4 (4–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	23 May 2004	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Gözde Ünkaya	Ina Sireţeanu Gabriela Stepa	6–4, 6–0
Winner	2.	19 September 2004	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Ioana-Alexandra Bara Nicoleta-Ana Maria Bara	6–0, 6–4
Winner	3.	22 May 2005	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Eylül Benli Valeria Savinykh	7–6^(5), 4–6, 6–4
Winner	4.	28 August 2005	Skopje, Macedonia	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Nives Pavlovic Nevena Selaković	6–4, 6–1

References

1. ITF Profile
2. CoreTennis profile
3. WTA profile

External links

• Hülya Esen at the Women's Tennis Association
• Hülya Esen at the International Tennis Federation