Hülya Esen

Hülya Esen, Хюлия Велиева (born 7 August 1989) is a Turkish-Bulgarian former professional tennis player. Esen won six ITF doubles titles and reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 504 in singles (on 9 July 2012) and No. 406 in doubles (on 11 November 2013). She was the No. 1 player in the Bulgaria national rankings for seven consecutive years. She represented team Bulgaria until 2011, before switching her representation to play in the Turkey team competitions.

She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in September 2024.

Together with her sister Lütfiye, they were 12 times women's doubles champions of Bulgaria. Hülya is in an 18 times champion of Bulgaria, in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups) Legend$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–2)

Doubles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner–ups) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (4–9)

ITF Junior Circuit finals Singles: 3 (3 runner–ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Plovdiv, Bulgaria G5 Clay Anna Maskaljun 2–6, 7–5, 1–6Loss 0–2 Istanbul, Turkey G5 Hard Nikki Prosser 1–6, 6–7(4)Loss 0–3 Skopje, Macedonia G5 Clay Lütfiye Esen 2–6, 0–2 ret.

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)