İpek Soylu

İpek Soylu (born 15 April 1996) is a professional Turkish female tennis player.[1]

İpek Soylu
Soylu at the 2015 US Open
Country (sports) Turkey
ResidenceIstanbul, Turkey
Born (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996
Adana, Turkey
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
CoachErhan Oral
Prize moneyUS$ 398,182
Official websiteipeksoylu.com
Singles
Career record243–161 (60.1%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 151 (31 October 2016)
Current rankingNo. 280 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2016, 2017, 2018)
French Open1R (2016)
WimbledonQ2 (2017)
US Open1R (2017)
Doubles
Career record166–90 (64.8%)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 63 (17 April 2017)
Current rankingNo. 354 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2017)
French Open1R (2017)
Wimbledon2R (2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup13–10 (56.5%)
Last updated on: 26 June 2020.

Soylu has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, her biggest coming at the 2016 WTA Elite Trophy. She has also won twelve singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. On 17 April 2017, she peaked at No. 63 in the WTA doubles rankings.[2]

Her sole Grand Slam title as a junior came in 2014, when she partnered Jil Teichmann of Switzerland to win the doubles title at the US Open.[3]

Playing for Turkey at the Fed Cup, Soylu has accumulated a win–loss record of 13–10. She is also a member of the Enkaspor tennis team.[4]

Personal life and background

Soyly was born on 15 April 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey. She began playing tennis at the age of six. She speaks English and Turkish. In free times, Soylu likes to spend time with friends at home, read, movies, music. Her favorite shot is forehand, while her favourite surface is clay. Her favorite players are Roger Federer and Li Na.[5]

Career

2016: Success in doubles; WTA Elite Trophy title

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.[6] That year, she also won two other doubles titles, one on home soil at the İstanbul Cup and the other at the Tashkent Open, partnering Andreea Mitu and Raluca Olaru respectively.

That same year, she also made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut after qualifying for the French Open. She drew wild card Virginie Razzano in the first round and lost to the French veteran in three sets.

2017
Soylu at the 2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham

At the 2017 Wimbledon, Soylu made her first grand-slam win, reaching second round together with Varatchaya Wongteanchai, where they lost from Chan Hao-ching-Monica Niculescu.[7] In August, Soylu lost in first round from Carla Suárez Navarro at the US Open.[8]

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2016 WTA Elite Trophy, China Hard (i) Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan
You Xiaodi		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2016 İstanbul Cup, Turkey International Clay Andreea Mitu Xenia Knoll
Danka Kovinić		 w/o
Win 2–0 Sep 2016 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Raluca Olaru Demi Schuurs
Renata Voráčová		 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2016 WTA Elite Trophy, China Elite Hard (i) Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan
You Xiaodi		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2016 Bol Open, Croatia Clay Raluca Olaru Xenia Knoll
Petra Martić		 3–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2012 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard (i) Isabella Shinikova 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Camilla Rosatello 7–5, 6–1
Win 2–1 Aug 2013 ITF İzmir, Turkey 10,000 Hard Gabriela van de Graaf 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–1 Sep 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Giulia Bruzzone 4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Oct 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Anna Morgina 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 4–2 Jan 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Despina Papamichail 6–3, 7–6(0)
Win 5–2 Apr 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Deniz Khazaniuk 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Win 6–2 Jun 2014 ITF Adana, Turkey 10,000 Hard Başak Eraydın 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win 7–2 Jun 2014 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Melis Sezer 6–3, 6–4
Loss 7–3 Aug 2014 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Yang Zhaoxuan 6–7(4), 1–6
Loss 7–4 Aug 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Clothilde de Bernardi 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 7–5 May 2015 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Daria Kasatkina 6–7(4), 1–6
Win 8–5 Jul 2015 Bursa Cup, Turkey 50,000 Clay Anastasija Sevastova 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 8–6 Jun 2016 ITF Padua, Italy 25,000 Clay Xu Shilin 7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 8–7 Sep 2016 Zhuhai Open, China 50,000 Hard Olga Govortsova 1–6, 2–6
Loss 8–8 Jul 2017 Bursa Cup, Turkey 60,000 Clay Sofya Zhuk 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 9–8 Mar 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Nadja Gilchrist 6–3, 6–3
Win 10–8 Apr 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Magali Kempen 7–6(2), 6–4
Win 11–8 May 2019 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Yuan Yue 7–6(2), 6–1
Win 12–8 Jun 2019 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000+H Hard Katherine Sebov 6–7(2), 7–6(5), 6–3
Loss 12–9 Jul 2019 ITS Cup, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Jesika Malečková 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 29 (18 titles, 11 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2012 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 10,000 Clay Başak Eraydın Liu Chang
Zhang Nannan		 3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win 2–0 Jun 2013 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Melis Sezer Başak Eraydın
Jasmina Tinjić		 6–4, ret.
Loss 2–1 Aug 2013 ITF İzmir, Turkey 10,000 Hard Julia Stamatova Khristina Kazimova
Christina Shakovets		 4–6, 1–6
Win 3–1 Dec 2013 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard (i) Elise Mertens Yuuki Tanaka
Ekaterina Yashina		 6–0, 7–6(3)
Win 4–1 Jan 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Melis Sezer Despina Papamichail
Gaia Sanesi		 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss 4–2 Jan 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Melis Sezer Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Veronika Kapshay		 6–3, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 4–3 Mar 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Barbora Krejčíková Susanne Celik
Kotomi Takahata		 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–4 Apr 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Melis Sezer Denisa Allertová
Chantal Škamlová		 2–6, 1–6
Win 5–4 Jun 2014 ITF Adana, Turkey 10,000 Hard Başak Eraydın Alona Fomina
Ekaterina Tsiklauri		 6–3, 6–1
Win 6–4 Jun 2014 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Ayla Aksu Elke Lemmens
Julia Stamatova		 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 7–4 Oct 2014 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Xenia Knoll Ayla Aksu
Müge Töpsel		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 7–5 Dec 2014 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard (i) Ayla Aksu Jana Fett
Adrijana Lekaj		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 7–6 Feb 2015 ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States 25,000 Hard Nina Stojanović Samantha Crawford
Asia Muhammad		 0–6, 3–6
Win 8–6 May 2015 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia 25,000 Clay Pemra Özgen Sofia Shapatava
Anastasiya Vasylyeva		 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 8–7 May 2015 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Alice Matteucci Ekaterine Gorgodze
Sofia Shapatava		 0–6, 6–7(6)
Win 9–7 Jul 2015 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay Elise Mertens Xenia Knoll
Florencia Molinero		 7–6(3), 6–3
Loss 9–8 Nov 2015 Al Habtoor Challenger,
United Arab Emirates		 75,000 Hard Elise Mertens Çağla Büyükakçay
Maria Sakkari		 6–7(6), 4–6
Win 10–8 Feb 2016 ITF Beinasco, Italy 25,000 Clay (i) Arantxa Rus Lina Gjorcheska
Dea Herdželaš		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 10–9 May 2016 Nana Trophy, Tunisia 50,000 Clay Irina Khromacheva Arina Rodionova
Valeriya Strakhova		 1–6, 2–6
Win 11–9 Jul 2016 Tiro a Volo Internazionale, Italy 50,000 Clay Xu Shilin Réka Luca Jani
Sofia Shapatava		 7–5, 6–1
Win 12–9 Apr 2017 Lale Cup, Turkey 60,000 Hard Veronika Kudermetova Ksenia Lykina
Polina Monova		 4–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win 13–9 Aug 2017 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Anna Kalinskaya Nicoleta Dascalu
Cristina Dinu		 6–2, 6–2
Win 14–9 Jun 2018 ITF Padua, Italy 25,000 Clay Anastasia Zarycká Dea Herdželaš
Tereza Mrdeža		 6–4, 6–1
Loss 14–10 Aug 2018 ITF Las Palmas, Spain 25,000 Clay Başak Eraydın Yana Sizikova
Ulrikke Eikeri		 2–6, 4–6
Win 15–10 Jan 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Zhang Ying Claudia Hoste Ferrer
Julia Terziyska		 6–3, 6–3
Win 16–10 Mar 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Gozal Ainitdinova
Ekaterina Kazionova		 6–2, 6–4
Win 17–10 May 2019 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Aleksandrina Naydenova Haruka Kaji
Risa Ozaki		 6–1, 6–3
Win 18–10 Jun 2019 ITF Akko, Israel 25,000 Hard Silvia Njirić Shelly Bereznyak
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko		 6–2, 6–0
Loss 18–11 Aug 2019 ITF Verbier, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Kathinka von Deichmann Xenia Knoll
Simona Waltert		 4–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2014 US Open Hard Jil Teichmann Vera Lapko
Tereza Mihalíková		 5–7, 6–2, [10–7]

References
  1. "WTA Profile".
  2. Career record from İpek Soylu, 17 April 2017
  3. "Turkey's İpek Soylu claims historic title in junior girls' doubles at US Open". Hurriyet Daily News. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. "İpek Soylu'dan ITF JR Klasmanı'nda en iyi derece". Enka Spor Kulübü (in Turkish). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  5. "Bio".
  6. "Turkish tennis player Ipek Soylu wins doubles finals at WTA Elite Trophy tournament in China". DAILY SABAH. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. "İpek Soylu Wimbledon'a veda etti", Skor, 7 July 2017
  8. "İpek Soylu, ABD Açık'tan elendi", Sabah, 29 August 2017
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