İpek Soylu
İpek Soylu (born 15 April 1996) is a professional Turkish female tennis player.[1]
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Residence | Istanbul, Turkey |
Born | Adana, Turkey | 15 April 1996
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Erhan Oral |
Prize money | US$400,000 |
Official website | ipeksoylu.com |
Singles | |
Career record | 243–161 (60.1%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 151 (31 October 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 297 (28 December 2020) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2016, 2017, 2018) |
French Open | 1R (2016) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2017) |
US Open | 1R (2017) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 166–90 (64.8%) |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 63 (17 April 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 370 (28 December 2020) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
French Open | 1R (2017) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2017) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 13–10 (56.5%) |
Last updated on: 31 December 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

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
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2016 | WTA Elite Trophy, China | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
WTA career finals
Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2016 | İstanbul Cup, Turkey | International | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Win | 2–0 | Sep 2016 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 3–0 | Oct 2016 | WTA Elite Trophy, China | Elite | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
WTA 125K series finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2016 | Bol Open, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner–ups)
Legend |
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$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 |
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Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2012 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 2–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF İzmir, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Win | 4–2 | Jan 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(0) |
Win | 5–2 | Apr 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
Win | 6–2 | Jun 2014 | ITF Adana, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 7–2 | Jun 2014 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 7–3 | Aug 2014 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(4), 1–6 |
Loss | 7–4 | Aug 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Loss | 7–5 | May 2015 | ITF Caserta, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(4), 1–6 |
Win | 8–5 | Jul 2015 | Bursa Cup, Turkey | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 3–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 8–6 | Jun 2016 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 8–7 | Sep 2016 | Zhuhai Open, China | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 8–8 | Jul 2017 | Bursa Cup, Turkey | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–7(5) |
Win | 9–8 | Mar 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 10–8 | Apr 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(2), 6–4 |
Win | 11–8 | May 2019 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(2), 6–1 |
Win | 12–8 | Jun 2019 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | 25,000+H | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(2), 7–6(5), 6–3 |
Loss | 12–9 | Jul 2019 | ITS Cup, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 29 (18 titles, 11 runner–ups)
Legend |
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$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 |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2012 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2013 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, ret. |
Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF İzmir, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Dec 2013 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–0, 7–6(3) |
Win | 4–1 | Jan 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
Loss | 4–2 | Jan 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 4–3 | Mar 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4–4 | Apr 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 5–4 | Jun 2014 | ITF Adana, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 6–4 | Jun 2014 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Win | 7–4 | Oct 2014 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 25,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 7–5 | Dec 2014 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 7–6 | Feb 2015 | ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 3–6 |
Win | 8–6 | May 2015 | ITF La Marsa, Tunisia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Loss | 8–7 | May 2015 | ITF Caserta, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–7(6) |
Win | 9–7 | Jul 2015 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(3), 6–3 |
Loss | 9–8 | Nov 2015 | Al Habtoor Challenger, United Arab Emirates |
75,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(6), 4–6 |
Win | 10–8 | Feb 2016 | ITF Beinasco, Italy | 25,000 | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 10–9 | May 2016 | Nana Trophy, Tunisia | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 11–9 | Jul 2016 | Tiro a Volo Internazionale, Italy | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 12–9 | Apr 2017 | Lale Cup, Turkey | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [11–9] |
Win | 13–9 | Aug 2017 | ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 14–9 | Jun 2018 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 14–10 | Aug 2018 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 15–10 | Jan 2019 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 16–10 | Mar 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 17–10 | May 2019 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 18–10 | Jun 2019 | ITF Akko, Israel | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0 |
Loss | 18–11 | Aug 2019 | ITF Verbier, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2014 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–2, [10–7] |
References
- "WTA Profile".
- Career record from İpek Soylu, 17 April 2017
- "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'dan ITF JR Klasmanı'nda en iyi derece". Enka Spor Kulübü (in Turkish). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- "Bio".
- "Turkish tennis player Ipek Soylu wins doubles finals at WTA Elite Trophy tournament in China". DAILY SABAH. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- "İpek Soylu Wimbledon'a veda etti", Skor, 7 July 2017
- "İpek Soylu, ABD Açık'tan elendi", Sabah, 29 August 2017
External links
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- İpek Soylu at the Women's Tennis Association
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- İpek Soylu at the Billie Jean King Cup