Hülya Esen

Hülya Esen (or Хюлия Велиева, born 7 August 1989) is a Turkish born female professional tennis player. Her parents are from Kircaali, Bulgaria, and her ancestors came from Konya, city of Mevlana during the Ottoman empire. Her mother is from Ardino.[1][2][3]

Hülya Esen
Country (sports) Bulgaria (2000–2011)
 Turkey (2011 June– present)
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1989-08-07) 7 August 1989
Istanbul, Turkey
Turned pro2003
PlaysRight handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$553,419
Singles
Career record138 - 180
Career titles0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 504 (09 July 2012)
Doubles
Career record161 - 171
Career titles0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 406 (11 November 2013)
Last updated on: 1 August 2018.

Esen has a career high WTA singles ranking of 504, achieved on 9 July 2012. Esen also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 406 achieved on 11 November 2013. Esen has won 6 ITF doubles titles.

Esen made her WTA main draw debut at the 2008 Gastein Ladies in the doubles event partnering Stefanie Haidner. Esen main draw debut at the 2010 İstanbul Cup in the doubles event partnering Derya Turhan.

ITF finals (6–14)

Singles (0–2)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 23 May 2011 10,000 Gaziantep, Turkey Hard Melis Sezer 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 9 April 2012 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard Nicole Melichar 4–6, 3–6

Doubles (6–12)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (2–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2 September 2007 10,000 Palić, Serbia Clay Lütfiye Esen Martina Babáková
Davinia Lobbinger		 2–6, 3–6
Winner 28 April 2008 10,000 Adana, Turkey Clay Lütfiye Esen Julia Efremova
Diana Isaeva		 5–7, 6–1, [10–4]
Runner-up 2 October 2009 10,000 Dobrich, Bulgaria Clay Lütfiye Esen Diana Marcu
Simona Matei		 5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up 8 October 2010 10,000 Dobrich, Bulgaria Clay Lütfiye Esen Camelia Hristea
Ionela-Andreea Iova		 0–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner 11 September 2011 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard Lütfiye Esen Magali de Lattre
Christina Shakovets		 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 19 September 2011 10,000 Adana, Turkey Hard Lütfiye Esen Nikola Fraňková
Hsu Chieh-yu		 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner 26 September 2011 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard Lütfiye Esen Khristina Kazimova
Francesca Stephenson		 6–4, 6–2
Winner 5 December 2011 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard Lütfiye Esen Laura Ioana Andrei
Raluca Elena Platon		 6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up 6 February 2012 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay Seda Arantekin Diana Buzean
Daniëlle Harmsen		 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Winner 9 April 2012 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard Lütfiye Esen Lu Jiaxiang
Lu Jiajing		 1–6, 6–4, 10–8
Winner 24 June 2012 10,000 Niš, Serbia Clay Lutfiye Esen Lina Gjorcheska
Maria Mokh		 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 10–6
Runner-up 1 July 2012 10,000 Prokuplje, Serbia Clay Lutfiye Esen Lina Gjorcheska
Dalia Zafirova		 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 29 October 2012 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay Lutfiye Esen Diana Buzean
Daniëlle Harmsen		 6–4, 1–6, [3–10]
Runner-up 12 November 2012 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard Lütfiye Esen Laura Ioana Andrei
Raluca Elena Platon		 4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up 15 July 2013 10,000 İzmir, Turkey Hard Lütfiye Esen Başak Eraydın
Zuzana Zlochová		 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 15 July 2013 10,000 İzmir, Turkey Hard Lütfiye Esen Anett Kontaveit
Polina Leykina		 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 23 June 2014 10,000 Prokuplje, Serbia Clay Lutfiye Esen Lina Gjorcheska
Alexandra Nancarrow		 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 17 July 2016 10,000 Prokuplje, Serbia Clay Lutfiye Esen Veronica Miroshnichenko
Valeriya Zeleva		 5–7, 1–6

ITF Junior Finals
Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles Finals (0–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. 15 May 2005 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Clay Anna Maskaljun 2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Runner–up 2. 22 May 2005 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Nikki Prosser 1–6, 6–7(4)
Runner–up 3. 28 August 2005 Skopje, Macedonia Clay Lütfiye Esen 2–6, 0–2 ret.

Doubles (4–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 23 May 2004 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Gözde Ünkaya Ina Sireţeanu
Gabriela Stepa		 6–4, 6–0
Winner 2. 19 September 2004 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Lütfiye Esen Ioana-Alexandra Bara
Nicoleta-Ana Maria Bara		 6–0, 6–4
Winner 3. 22 May 2005 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Lütfiye Esen Eylül Benli
Valeria Savinykh		 7–6(5), 4–6, 6–4
Winner 4. 28 August 2005 Skopje, Macedonia Clay Lütfiye Esen Nives Pavlovic
Nevena Selaković		 6–4, 6–1

References
  1. ITF Profile
  2. CoreTennis profile
  3. WTA profile
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