İpek Şenoğlu

İpek Şenoğlu

Country (sports)	Turkey
Residence	İstanbul
Born	(1979-06-08) 8 June 1979 (age 42) Eskişehir
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2012
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$261,244
Singles
Career record	143–140 (50.5%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	293 (5 July 2004)
Doubles
Career record	254–201 (55.8%)
Career titles	21 ITF
Highest ranking	53 (19 October 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	1R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2009)
US Open	3R (2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	22–18 (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	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta	4–6, 4–6

ITF finals[]

Singles: 10 (2–8)[]

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

See also[]

• Turkish women in sports

References[]

External links[]

• İpek Şenoğlu at the Women's Tennis Association
• İpek Şenoğlu at the International Tennis Federation
• İpek Şenoğlu at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Her official website (in English and Turkish)