İpek Şenoğlu

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

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

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 (0–1)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 19 April 2008 Estoril, Portugal Clay Mervana Jugić-Salkić Maria Kirilenko
Flavia Pennetta		 6–4, 6–4

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 Chennai, India Clay Radhika Tulpule 1–6, 6–7(2–7)
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(2–7), 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 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Virág Németh 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 13 February 2006 Algarve, Portugal Hard Carla Suárez Navarro 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 18 June 2006 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 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
Ma. Pilar Sanchez Alayeto		 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
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(7–4), 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(7–1)
Winner 10. 30 May 2004 Tongliao, China Hard Līga Dekmeijere Anna Bastrikova
Nina Bratchikova		 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
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(9–7), 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 St. Paul, United States Hard (i) Mervana Jugić-Salkić Sofia Arvidsson
Antonella Serra Zanetti		 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–7(7–9)
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(7–1), 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 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Corinna Dentoni
Anastasia Pivovarova		 4–6, 1–6
Winner 21. 3 October 2010 Athens, Greece Hard Vitalia Diatchenko Eleni Daniilidou
Petra Martić		 w/o
Runner-up 23. 24 July 2011 Bucharest, Romania Hard Maria Elena Camerin Irina-Camelia Begu
Elena Bogdan		 7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–4

See also

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