İpek Şenoğlu

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

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.

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 ranking has been No. 53.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 19 April 2008 Portugal Open Tier IV Clay Mervana Jugić-Salkić Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta 4–6, 4–6

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Singles: 10 (2–8) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 9 September 2001 ITF Chennai, India Clay Radhika Tulpule 1–6, 6–7(2)Loss 2. 7 December 2002 Pune, India Hard Kateryna Bondarenko 1–6, 1–6Loss 3. 25 May 2003 Almería, Spain Hard Kildine Chevalier 6–4, 4–6, 1–6Loss 4. 3 August 2003 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Tsvetana Pironkova 6–7(2), 0–6Win 1. 17 August 2003 London, England Hard Hannah Collin 6–4, 6–4Win 2. 24 August 2003 Westende, Belgium Clay Eveline Vanhyfte 6–3, 6–2Loss 5. 18 April 2004 Morelia, Mexico Hard Natalia Garbellotto 4–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 6. 31 October 2004 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Virág Németh 5–7, 4–6Loss 7. 13 February 2006 ITF Algarve, Portugal Hard Carla Suárez Navarro 2–6, 3–6Loss 8. 18 June 2006 ITF Lleida, Spain Hard Sandhya Nagaraj 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 44 (21–23) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 25 September 1995 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Pavlina Bartunková Susan Bowman Kirsi Lampinen 7–5, 6–4Win 2. 18 August 1996 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Dessislava Topalova Khoo Chin-bee Alice Pirsu 6–1, 6–4Loss 1. 18 June 2000 Ankara, Turkey Clay Kalina Diankova Mervana Jugić-Salkić Marina Lazarovska 2–6, 6–0, 4–6Win 3. 10 June 2001 Ankara, Turkey Clay Elena Yaryshka Maša Vesenjak Urška Vesenjak 3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 2. 30 September 2001 Kastoria, Greece Clay Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova Maria Pavlidou Asimina Kaplani 3–6, 5–7Loss 3. 24 February 2002 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Eszter Molnár Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Giorgia Mortello 5–7, 1–6Loss 4. 5 May 2002 Bournemouth, England Clay Christina Zachariadou Anna Hawkins Jane O'Donoghue 0–6, 0–6Loss 5. 4 August 2002 Pontevedra, Spain Hard Alberta Brianti Neuza Silva Frederica Piedade 2–6, 6–4, 2–6Loss 6. 27 April 2003 Hvar, Croatia Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Jana Macurová Gabriela Chmelinová 4–6, 6–3, 1–6Win 4. 11 May 2003 Tortosa, Spain Clay Frederica Piedade Liana Ungur María Pilar Sánchez Alayeto 6–4, 7–6(3)Win 5. 25 May 2003 Almeria, Spain Hard Neuza Silva Romy Farah Astrid Waernes 7–5, 5–7, 6–3Win 6. 29 June 2003 Orestiada, Greece Hard Daniela Berček Eleftheria Makromaridou Anna Koumantou 7–6(4), 6–2Loss 7. 10 August 2003 Wrexham, Wales Hard Pemra Özgen Yvonne Doyle Karen Nugent 3–6, 3–6Loss 8. 24 August 2003 Westende, Belgium Clay Eveline Vanhyfte Leslie Butkiewicz Kim Kilsdonk 4–6, 2–6Win 7. 14 September 2003 Madrid, Spain Clay Liana Ungur Lisa D'Amelio Jennifer Debodt 6–3, 6–3Win 8. 20 October 2003 Cardiff, Wales Hard (i) Claire Curran Surina De Beer Ilke Gers 6–4, 2–6, 6–3Loss 9. 25 April 2004 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Jorgelina Cravero Lourdes Domínguez Lino Frederica Piedade 5–7, 0–6Win 9. 23 May 2004 Beijing, China Hard Līga Dekmeijere Rui Du Liu Nannan 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(1)Win 10. 30 May 2004 Tongliao, China Hard Līga Dekmeijere Anna Bastrikova Nina Bratchikova 7–5, 7–6(5)Loss 10. 13 June 2004 Beijing, China Hard (i) Līga Dekmeijere Chuang Chia-jung Wynne Prakusya 3–6, 1–6Win 11. 4 July 2004 Los Gatos, United States Hard Sofia Arvidsson Nana Smith Lilia Osterloh 6–1, 2–6, 6–4Loss 11. 28 September 2004 Jersey, United Kingdom Hard (i) Anousjka van Exel Emma Laine Kathrin Wörle 6–1, 1–6, 1–6Loss 12. 11 October 2004 Glasgow, Scotland Hard (i) Claire Curran Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani 3–6, 7–5, 4–6Loss 13. 31 October 2004 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Kathrin Wörle Olena Antypina Hana Šromová 7–6(7), 3–6, 5–7Loss 14. 5 December 2004 Raanana, Israel Hard Bahia Mouhtassine Tzipora Obziler Shahar Pe'er 3–6, 0–6Loss 15. 13 February 2006 Algarve, Portugal Hard Liana Ungur Émilie Bacquet Chayenne Ewijk 3–6, 3–6Loss 16. 5 March 2006 Raanana, Israel Hard Gabriela Velasco Andreu Iveta Gerlová Veronika Raimrova 2–6, 6–2, 3–6Win 12. 12 March 2006 Haifa, Israel Hard Gabriela Velasco Andreu Iryna Brémond Yana Levchenko 6–0, 6–0Loss 17. 7 May 2006 Antalya, Turkey Clay Matea Mezak Tzipora Obziler Romina Oprandi 6–4, 4–6, 0–6Win 13. 14 May 2006 Antalya, Turkey Clay Margalita Chakhnashvili Claire de Gubernatis Alexandra Dulgheru 6–4, 6–3Loss 18. 24 September 2006 Mytilini, Greece Hard Anna Koumantou Maja Kambič Alexandra Panova 2–6, 1–6Win 14. 1 October 2006 Batumi, Georgia Hard Petra Cetkovská Vasilisa Davydova Marina Shamayko 6–4, 3–6, 6–4Win 15. 29 October 2006 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Mervana Jugić-Salkić Sorana Cîrstea Katie O'Brien w/oLoss 19. 19 February 2007 Saint Paul, United States Hard (i) Mervana Jugić-Salkić Sofia Arvidsson Antonella Serra Zanetti 6–7(4), 7–5, 6–7(7)Loss 20. 11 March 2007 Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard Martina Babáková Iveta Gerlová Lucie Kriegsmannová 3–6, 3–6Win 16. 13 May 2007 Antalya, Turkey Hard Korina Perkovic Anna Smith Roxane Vaisemberg 7–6(1), 6–4Win 17. 20 May 2007 Antalya, Turkey Clay Korina Perkovic Anna Fitzpatrick Ana Veselinović 1–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss 21. 17 July 2007 Boston, United States Hard Līga Dekmeijere Melinda Czink Natalie Grandin 1–6, 3–6Win 18. 28 October 2007 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Mervana Jugić-Salkić Kim Kilsdonk Elise Tamaëla 6–1, 6–2Win 19. 29 June 2008 Périgueux, France Clay Anna-Lena Grönefeld Han Xinyun Xu Yifan 6–3, 6–4Win 20. 6 July 2008 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Neuza Silva Melanie Klaffner Frederica Piedade 6–4, 6–2Loss 22. 27 July 2008 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Corinna Dentoni Anastasia Pivovarova 4–6, 1–6Win 21. 3 October 2010 ITF Athens, Greece Hard Vitalia Diatchenko Eleni Daniilidou Petra Martić w/oLoss 23. 24 July 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania Hard Maria Elena Camerin Irina-Camelia Begu Elena Bogdan 7–6(7), 6–7(4), 6–4