Ayla Aksu

Ayla Aksu (born 15 July 1996) is a Turkish tennis player. Aksu has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 214, achieved on 18 September 2017, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 199, set on 11 June 2018.

She has won 14 singles titles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Competing for Turkey in the Billie Jean King Cup, she has a win-loss record of 5–9.

Early life Aksu grew up in Sacramento, California. Growing up, she looked up to Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Çağla Büyükakçay.

Career Aksu made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 İstanbul Cup, in the doubles event, partnering Melis Sezer. In the quarterfinals, the pair was defeated by Serbian Jelena Janković and Turkish Çağla Büyükakçay in straight sets (3–6, 2–6).

She reached her first WTA 125 final at the 2026 Figueira da Foz Ladies Open in Portugal but lost to Darja Vidmanova.

Nationality change Aksu represented Turkey from 2010 to 2012, before choosing to represent the United States in 2013, but switched back to Turkey in 2014.

WTA 125 finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal Hard Darja Viďmanová 2–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 27 (14 titles, 13 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (12–8)Clay (2–5)

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (13–10)Clay (3–3)