Zeynep Sönmez
Country (sports) | Turkey |
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Born | 30 April 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 414,655 |
Singles | |
Career record | 196–126 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 130 (15 July 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 157 (16 September 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2024) |
French Open | 1R (2024) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2024) |
US Open | Q3 (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 13–31 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 594 (9 September 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 601 (16 September 2024) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 5–3 |
Last updated on: 16 September 2024. |
Zeynep Sönmez (born 30 April 2002) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 130, achieved on 15 July 2024, and a doubles ranking of 594, achieved on 9 September 2024. Sönmez has won four singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is the current No. 1 Turkish player.
Sönmez competes for Turkey in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win/loss record of 5–3 as of May 2024.[1]
Career
[edit]2023: WTA Tour debut, Turkish No. 1 player, first WTA 125 final
[edit]In June 2023, Sönmez made her WTA Tour debut at the Libéma Open in Rosmalen, Netherlands as a qualifier.[2] She reached her first WTA 125 final at the Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, but lost to Marina Bassols Ribera in straight sets.[3]
2024: WTA 1000 and Grand Slam debuts, top 130, first WTA quarterfinal
[edit]Sönmez made her WTA 1000 debut as a wildcard into the Qatar Ladies Open.
Ranked No. 157, she qualified for her first major main draw at the French Open by defeating Dejana Radanović, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and Jana Fett in qualifying. She was the first Turkish woman to play in the main draw of the French Open since Çağla Büyükakçay and İpek Soylu in 2017.[4][5][6]
In the beginning of the grass court season, she qualified for the main draw at the Berlin Ladies Open and defeated lucky loser Arantxa Rus in the first round. She lost to Victoria Azarenka in the round of 16.[7] On 15 July 2024, she reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 130, following the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, where she made the third round of the qualification competition.
In September, Sönmez reached her first WTA quarterfinal at the 2024 Jasmin Open, after going through qualifying, and defeated Rebeka Masarova[8] and sixth seed Greet Minnen.[9] She was the first Turkish player to reach a quarterfinal since 2017, after both Cagla Buyukakcay and Basak Eraydin made quarterfinals in Istanbul.[10] She lost in the last eight to Eva Lys.[11]
Performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
[edit]Current through the 2024 Italian Open.
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | W–L | ||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | A | A | Q3 | 0–0 | ||
French Open | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | ||
Wimbledon | A | Q1 | Q3 | 0–0 | ||
US Open | A | Q1 | 0–0 | |||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||
WTA 1000 | ||||||
Qatar Open[a] | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | ||
Dubai[a] | A | A | Q1 | 0–0 | ||
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||
Miami Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||
Madrid Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||
Italian Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||
Canadian Open | A | A | 0–0 | |||
Cincinnati Open | A | A | 0–0 | |||
Wuhan Open | NH | 0–0 | ||||
China Open | NH | A | 0–0 | |||
Career statistics | ||||||
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | W–L | |||
Tournaments | 0[b] | 1 | Career total: 1 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||
Year-end ranking | 345 | 159 |
WTA Challenger finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (runner-up)
[edit]Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2023 | Ljubljana Open, Slovenia | Clay | Marina Bassols Ribera | 0–6, 6–7(2–7) |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2018 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Hard | Daria Snigur | 6–3, 6–7(3), 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Eléonora Molinaro | 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Jan 2020 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Sapfo Sakellaridi | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2020 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Eléonora Molinaro | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Jul 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Priska Madelyn Nugroho | 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(1) |
Loss | 2–4 | Aug 2022 | ITF Verbier, Switzerland | W25 | Clay | Matilde Paoletti | 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(2) |
Win | 3–4 | Oct 2022 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | W25 | Hard | Darya Astakhova | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 4–4 | Jan 2023 | ITF Tallinn, Estonia | W40 | Hard (i) | Viktória Kužmová | 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- ^ During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played in the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.
References
[edit]- ^ "Antalya, Billie Jean King Cup'a ev sahipliği yapıyor!". www.medyaege.com.tr (in Turkish).
- ^ Schulz, Mathias (13 June 2023). "With Serena on hand, Venus falls to Naef in 's-Hertogenbosch opener". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Bassols Ribera holds off Sonmez to claim Ljubljana 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ Burak Demirer, Hüseyin (23 May 2024). "Milli tenisçi Zeynep Sönmez, Fransa Açık'ta ana tabloya yükseldi". Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ Oddo, Chris (23 May 2024). "Niemeier: 'I found the joy again'". Roland Garros. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Garber, Greg (25 May 2024). "Qualifying at Roland Garros: The grueling journey that can change careers". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Sabalenka, Vondrousova, Zheng matches postponed in Berlin due to rain". 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Sonmez outlasts Masarova to make Monastir second round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Jasmin Open: Lys advances to quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 Monastir; Sonmez wins in Monastir; first Turkish WTA quarterfinalist since 2017". 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Lys overcomes Sonmez in Monastir to make second WTA semifinal of 2024". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 September 2024.