İpek Şenoğlu

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İpek Şenoğlu
Country (sports) Turkey
Residenceİstanbul
Born (1979-06-08) 8 June 1979 (age 42)
Eskişehir
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2012
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$261,244
Singles
Career record143–140 (50.5%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest ranking293 (5 July 2004)
Doubles
Career record254–201 (55.8%)
Career titles21 ITF
Highest ranking53 (19 October 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2005)
French Open1R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon3R (2009)
US Open3R (2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup22–18 (55.0%)

İpek Şenoğlu (born 8 June 1979), nicknamed İpeko, is a former Turkish tennis player.

She first made history in June 2004, when she was accepted into the women's doubles qualifying for Wimbledon. Though Şenoğlu 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.

On 15 May 2005, Venus Williams played a show game with Şenoğlu on the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, the first tennis match ever to be played across two continents. The event was organized as a promotion ahead of the 2005 İstanbul 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 Italian Open, a WTA Premier event. Following this event, İpek's WTA doubles rank rose to No. 76. Her peak doubles rank has been No. 53.

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[]

Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 19 April 2008 Portugal Open Tier IV Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Russia Maria Kirilenko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
4–6, 4–6

ITF finals[]

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

Singles: 10 (2–8)[]

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

Doubles: 44 (21–23)[]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 25 September 1995 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Czech Republic Pavlina Bartunkova United States Susan Bowman
Finland Kirsi Lampinen
7–5, 6–4
Winner 2. 18 August 1996 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Bulgaria Dessislava Topalova Malaysia Khoo Chin-bee
Romania Alice Pirsu
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 18 June 2000 Ankara, Turkey Clay Bulgaria Kalina Diankova Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
North Macedonia Marina Lazarovska
2–6, 6–0, 4–6
Winner 3. 10 June 2001 Ankara, Turkey Clay Belarus Elena Yaryshka Slovenia Maša Vesenjak
Slovenia Urška Vesenjak
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 30 September 2001 Kastoria, Greece Clay Bulgaria Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova Greece Maria Pavlidou
Greece Asimina Kaplani
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 24 February 2002 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Hungary Eszter Molnár Russia Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
Italy Giorgia Mortello
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 5 May 2002 Bournemouth, England Clay Greece Christina Zachariadou United Kingdom Anna Hawkins
United Kingdom Jane O'Donoghue
0–6, 0–6
Runner-up 5. 4 August 2002 Pontevedra, Spain Hard Italy Alberta Brianti Portugal Neuza Silva
Portugal Frederica Piedade
2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 27 April 2003 Hvar, Croatia Clay Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Czech Republic Jana Macurová
Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner 4. 11 May 2003 Tortosa, Spain Clay Portugal Frederica Piedade Romania Liana Ungur
Spain María Pilar Sánchez Alayeto
6–4, 7–6(3)
Winner 5. 25 May 2003 Almeria, Spain Hard Portugal Neuza Silva Colombia Romy Farah
Spain Astrid Waernes
7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Winner 6. 29 June 2003 Orestiada, Greece Hard Serbia and Montenegro Daniela Berček Greece Eleftheria Makromaridou
Greece Anna Koumantou
7–6(4), 6–2
Runner-up 7. 10 August 2003 Wrexham, Wales Hard Turkey Pemra Özgen Republic of Ireland Yvonne Doyle
Republic of Ireland Karen Nugent
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 24 August 2003 Westende, Belgium Clay Belgium Eveline Vanhyfte Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz
Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk
4–6, 2–6
Winner 7. 14 September 2003 Madrid, Spain Clay Romania Liana Ungur Australia Lisa D'Amelio
Belgium Jennifer Debodt
6–3, 6–3
Winner 8. 20 October 2003 Cardiff, Wales Hard (i) Republic of Ireland Claire Curran South Africa Surina De Beer
New Zealand Ilke Gers
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 25 April 2004 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Argentina Jorgelina Cravero Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Portugal Frederica Piedade
5–7, 0–6
Winner 9. 23 May 2004 Beijing, China Hard Latvia Līga Dekmeijere China Rui Du
China Liu Nannan
4–6, 6–4, 7–6(1)
Winner 10. 30 May 2004 Tongliao, China Hard Latvia Līga Dekmeijere Russia Anna Bastrikova
Russia Nina Bratchikova
7–5, 7–6(5)
Runner-up 10. 13 June 2004 Beijing, China Hard (i) Latvia Līga Dekmeijere Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Indonesia Wynne Prakusya
3–6, 1–6
Winner 11. 4 July 2004 Los Gatos, United States Hard Sweden Sofia Arvidsson Japan Nana Smith
United States Lilia Osterloh
6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up 11. 28 September 2004 Jersey, United Kingdom Hard (i) Netherlands Anousjka van Exel Finland Emma Laine
Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
6–1, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 12. 11 October 2004 Glasgow, Scotland Hard (i) Republic of Ireland Claire Curran New Zealand Leanne Baker
Italy Francesca Lubiani
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up 13. 31 October 2004 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller Ukraine Olena Antypina
Czech Republic Hana Šromová
7–6(7), 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 14. 5 December 2004 Raanana, Israel Hard Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine Israel Tzipora Obziler
Israel Shahar Pe'er
3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 15. 13 February 2006 Algarve, Portugal Hard Romania Liana Ungur France Émilie Bacquet
Netherlands Chayenne Ewijk
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 16. 5 March 2006 Raanana, Israel Hard Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu Czech Republic Iveta Gerlová
Czech Republic Veronika Raimrova
2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner 12. 12 March 2006 Haifa, Israel Hard Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu France Iryna Brémond
Ukraine Yana Levchenko
6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 17. 7 May 2006 Antalya, Turkey Clay Croatia Matea Mezak Israel Tzipora Obziler
Switzerland Romina Oprandi
6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Winner 13. 14 May 2006 Antalya, Turkey Clay Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili France Claire de Gubernatis
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 18. 24 September 2006 Mytilini, Greece Hard Greece Anna Koumantou Slovenia Maja Kambič
Russia Alexandra Panova
2–6, 1–6
Winner 14. 1 October 2006 Batumi, Georgia Hard Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská Russia Vasilisa Davydova
Russia Marina Shamayko
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 15. 29 October 2006 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Romania Sorana Cîrstea
United Kingdom Katie O'Brien
w/o
Runner-up 19. 19 February 2007 Saint Paul, United States Hard (i) Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti
6–7(4), 7–5, 6–7(7)
Runner-up 20. 11 March 2007 Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard Slovakia Martina Babáková Czech Republic Iveta Gerlová
Czech Republic Lucie Kriegsmannová
3–6, 3–6
Winner 16. 13 May 2007 Antalya, Turkey Hard Germany Korina Perkovic United Kingdom Anna Smith
Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg
7–6(1), 6–4
Winner 17. 20 May 2007 Antalya, Turkey Clay Germany Korina Perkovic United Kingdom Anna Fitzpatrick
Montenegro Ana Veselinović
1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 21. 17 July 2007 Boston, United States Hard Latvia Līga Dekmeijere Hungary Melinda Czink
South Africa Natalie Grandin
1–6, 3–6
Winner 18. 28 October 2007 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk
Netherlands Elise Tamaëla
6–1, 6–2
Winner 19. 29 June 2008 Périgueux, France Clay Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld China Han Xinyun
China Xu Yifan
6–3, 6–4
Winner 20. 6 July 2008 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Portugal Neuza Silva Austria Melanie Klaffner
Portugal Frederica Piedade
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 22. 27 July 2008 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay France Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Italy Corinna Dentoni
Russia Anastasia Pivovarova
4–6, 1–6
Winner 21. 3 October 2010 ITF Athens, Greece Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Croatia Petra Martić
w/o
Runner-up 23. 24 July 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania Hard Italy Maria Elena Camerin Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Elena Bogdan
7–6(7), 6–7(4), 6–4

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Venus Williams' match stretches two continents". Hürriyet. 15 May 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2009.

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