İpek Soylu


İpek Soylu is a professional Turkish female tennis player.
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.
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.
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.

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.

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. 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. In August, Soylu lost in first round from Carla Suárez Navarro at the US Open.

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02016 İstanbul Cup – Doubles|İstanbul Cup, TurkeyInternationalClay Andreea Mitu Xenia Knoll
Danka Kovinić		w/o
Win2–02016 Tashkent Open – Doubles|Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Raluca Olaru Demi Schuurs
Renata Voráčová		7–5, 6–3
Win3–02016 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles|WTA Elite Trophy, ChinaEliteHard Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan
You Xiaodi		6–4, 3–6,

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Dec 2012ITF İstanbul, Turkey10,000Hard Isabella Shinikova4–6, 2–6
Win1–1May 2013ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Camilla Rosatello7–5, 6–1
Win2–1Aug 2013ITF İzmir, Turkey10,000Hard Gabriela van de Graaf7–5, 6–3
Win3–1Sep 2013ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Giulia Bruzzone4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss3–2Oct 2013ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Anna Morgina3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win4–2Jan 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Despina Papamichail6–3, 7–6
Win5–2Apr 2014ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Hard Deniz Khazaniuk7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Win6–2Jun 2014ITF Adana, Turkey10,000Hard Başak Eraydın4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win7–2Jun 2014ITF İstanbul, Turkey10,000Hard Melis Sezer6–3, 6–4
Loss7–3Aug 2014ITF İstanbul, Turkey10,000Hard Yang Zhaoxuan6–7, 1–6
Loss7–4Aug 2014ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Hard Clothilde de Bernardi4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss7–5May 2015ITF Caserta, Italy25,000Clay Daria Kasatkina6–7, 1–6
Win8–5Jul 2015Bursa Cup, Turkey50,000Clay Anastasija Sevastova7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss8–6Jun 2016ITF Padua, Italy25,000Clay Xu Shilin7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Loss8–7Sep 2016Zhuhai Open, China50,000Hard Olga Govortsova1–6, 2–6
Loss8–8Jul 2017Bursa Cup, Turkey60,000Clay Sofya Zhuk6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Win9–8Mar 2019ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Nadja Gilchrist6–3, 6–3
Win10–8Apr 2019ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Magali Kempen7–6, 6–4
Win11–8May 2019ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000Hard Yuan Yue7–6, 6–1
Win12–8Jun 2019ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal25,000+HHard Katherine Sebov6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Loss12–9Jul 2019ITS Cup, Czech Republic25,000Clay Jesika Malečková3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 29 (18 titles, 11 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 2012ITF İstanbul, Turkey10,000Clay Başak Eraydın Liu Chang
Zhang Nannan		3–6, 6–2,
Win2–0Jun 2013ITF İstanbul, Turkey10,000Hard Melis Sezer Başak Eraydın
Jasmina Tinjić		6–4, ret.
Loss2–1Aug 2013ITF İzmir, Turkey10,000Hard Julia Stamatova Khristina Kazimova
Christina Shakovets		4–6, 1–6
Win3–1Dec 2013ITF İstanbul, Turkey10,000Hard Elise Mertens Yuuki Tanaka
Ekaterina Yashina		6–0, 7–6
Win4–1Jan 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Melis Sezer Despina Papamichail
Gaia Sanesi		4–6, 6–4,
Loss4–2Jan 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Melis Sezer Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Veronika Kapshay		6–3, 4–6,
Loss4–3Mar 2014ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Hard Barbora Krejčíková Susanne Celik
Kotomi Takahata		4–6, 3–6
Loss4–4Apr 2014ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Hard Melis Sezer Denisa Allertová
Chantal Škamlová		2–6, 1–6
Win5–4Jun 2014ITF Adana, Turkey10,000Hard Başak Eraydın Alona Fomina
Ekaterina Tsiklauri		6–3, 6–1
Win6–4Jun 2014ITF İstanbul, Turkey10,000Hard Ayla Aksu Elke Lemmens
Julia Stamatova		4–6, 6–3,
Win7–4Oct 2014ITF İstanbul, Turkey25,000Hard Xenia Knoll Ayla Aksu
Müge Töpsel		6–2, 6–4
Loss7–5Dec 2014ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000Hard Ayla Aksu Jana Fett
Adrijana Lekaj		3–6, 4–6
Loss7–6Feb 2015ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States25,000Hard Nina Stojanović Samantha Crawford
Asia Muhammad		0–6, 3–6
Win8–6May 2015ITF La Marsa, Tunisia25,000Clay Pemra Özgen Sofia Shapatava
Anastasiya Vasylyeva		3–6, 6–3,
Loss8–7May 2015ITF Caserta, Italy25,000Clay Alice Matteucci Ekaterine Gorgodze
Sofia Shapatava		0–6, 6–7
Win9–7Jul 2015ITF Denain, France25,000Clay Elise Mertens Xenia Knoll
Florencia Molinero		7–6, 6–3
Loss9–8Nov 2015Al Habtoor Challenger,
United Arab Emirates		75,000Hard Elise Mertens Çağla Büyükakçay
Maria Sakkari		6–7, 4–6
Win10–8Feb 2016ITF Beinasco, Italy25,000Clay Arantxa Rus Lina Gjorcheska
Dea Herdželaš		6–4, 6–2
Loss10–9May 2016Nana Trophy, Tunisia50,000Clay Irina Khromacheva Arina Rodionova
Valeriya Strakhova		1–6, 2–6
Win11–9Jul 2016Tiro a Volo Internazionale, Italy50,000Clay Xu Shilin Réka Luca Jani
Sofia Shapatava		7–5, 6–1
Win12–9Apr 2017Lale Cup, Turkey60,000Hard Veronika Kudermetova Ksenia Lykina
Polina Monova		4–6, 7–5,
Win13–9Aug 2017ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany25,000Clay Anna Kalinskaya Nicoleta Dascalu
Cristina Dinu		6–2, 6–2
Win14–9Jun 2018ITF Padua, Italy25,000Clay Anastasia Zarycká Dea Herdželaš
Tereza Mrdeža		6–4, 6–1
Loss14–10Aug 2018ITF Las Palmas, Spain25,000Clay Başak Eraydın Yana Sizikova
Ulrikke Eikeri		2–6, 4–6
Win15–10Jan 2019ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Zhang Ying Claudia Hoste Ferrer
Julia Terziyska		6–3, 6–3
Win16–10Mar 2019ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Gozal Ainitdinova
Ekaterina Kazionova		6–2, 6–4
Win17–10May 2019ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000Hard Aleksandrina Naydenova Haruka Kaji
Risa Ozaki		6–1, 6–3
Win18–10Jun 2019ITF Akko, Israel25,000Hard Silvia Njirić Shelly Bereznyak
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko		6–2, 6–0
Loss18–11Aug 2019ITF Verbier, Switzerland25,000Clay Kathinka von Deichmann Xenia Knoll
Simona Waltert		4–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (1 title)