Hülya Esen
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Turkish tennis player and coach
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| Country (sports) | Bulgaria, Turkey |
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| Born | (1989年08月07日) 7 August 1989 (age 35) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | 53,787ドル |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 504 (9 July 2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career titles | 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 406 (11 November 2013) |
Hülya Esen, Хюлия Велиева (born 7 August 1989) is a Turkish born professional tennis player. Esen won six ITF doubles titles and reached career-high WTA rankings of 504 in singles (on 9 July 2012) and No. 406 in doubles (on 11 November 2013). She was the number-one-player in the Bulgarian women's tennis rankings for seven consecutive years.
Personal life
[edit ]Her parents have a Turkish origin from Kardzhali, Bulgaria, and her ancestors came from Konya. Her mother Nebahat is from Ardino, and has been her coach, managing her and her sister’s Lütfiye careers.
Career
[edit ]Esen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2008 Gastein Ladies in the doubles event, partnering Stefanie Haidner. She also played in the doubles event of the 2010 İstanbul Cup, partnering Derya Turhan.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Together with her sister Lütfiye, they were 12 times women's doubles champions of Bulgaria. Hülya is in total 17 times champion of Bulgaria, in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She is the first and was the only triple champion of Bulgaria (till 2021), that have won all singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions in one championship.[5] [6]
She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in October 2018.
ITF Circuit finals
[edit ]Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 2011 | ITF Gaziantep, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Turkey Melis Sezer | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | United States Nicole Melichar | 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2007 | ITF Palić, Serbia | 10,000 | Clay | Bulgaria Lütfiye Esen | Slovakia Martina Babáková Belgium Davinia Lobbinger |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2008 | ITF Adana, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Bulgaria Lütfiye Esen | Russia Julia Efremova Russia Diana Isaeva |
5–7, 6–1, [10–4] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2009 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 10,000 | Clay | Bulgaria Lütfiye Esen | Romania Diana Marcu Romania Simona Matei |
5–7, 6–4, [5–10] |
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2010 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 10,000 | Clay | Bulgaria Lütfiye Esen | Romania Camelia Hristea Romania Ionela-Andreea Iova |
0–6, 6–2, [6–10] |
| Win | 2–3 | Sep 2011 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | Portugal Magali de Lattre Germany Christina Shakovets |
7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Sep 2011 | ITF Adana, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | Czech Republic Nikola Fraňková United States Hsu Chieh-yu |
6–7(4), 4–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Oct 2011 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | Ukraine Khristina Kazimova United Kingdom Francesca Stephenson |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–4 | Dec 2011 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | Romania Laura Ioana Paar Romania Raluca Elena Platon |
6–0, 1–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 4–5 | Feb 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Turkey Seda Arantekin | Romania Diana Enache Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen |
6–7(5), 1–6 |
| Win | 5–5 | Apr 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | China Lu Jiaxiang China Lu Jiajing |
1–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Win | 6–5 | Jun 2012 | ITF Niš, Serbia | 10,000 | Clay | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska Russia Maria Mokh |
3–6, 7–6(2), [10–6] |
| Loss | 6–6 | Jul 2012 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | 10,000 | Clay | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska Bulgaria Dalia Zafirova |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6–7 | Nov 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | Romania Diana Buzean Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen |
6–4, 1–6, [3–10] |
| Loss | 6–8 | Nov 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | Romania Laura Ioana Andrei Romania Raluca Elena Platon |
4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 6–9 | Jul 2013 | ITF Izmir, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | Turkey Başak Eraydın Slovakia Zuzana Zlochová |
1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6–10 | Aug 2013 | ITF Izmir, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | Estonia Anett Kontaveit Russia Polina Leykina |
4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 6–11 | Jul 2014 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | 10,000 | Clay | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska Australia Alexandra Nancarrow |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6–12 | Jul 2016 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | 10,000 | Clay | Turkey Lütfiye Esen | Russia Veronika Miroshnichenko Russia Valeriya Zeleva |
5–7, 1–6 |
ITF Junior Circuit finals
[edit ]Singles: 3 (3 runner–ups)
[edit ]| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 2005 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G5 | Clay | Estonia Anna Maskaljun | 2–6, 7–5, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2005 | Istanbul, Turkey | G5 | Hard | United Kingdom Nikki Prosser | 1–6, 6–7(4) |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 2005 | Skopje, Macedonia | G5 | Clay | Bulgaria Lütfiye Esen | 2–6, 0–2 ret. |
Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
[edit ]| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | May 2004 | Istanbul, Turkey | G5 | Hard | Turkey Gözde Ünkaya | Moldova Ina Sireţeanu Moldova Gabriela Stepa |
6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2004 | Sofia, Bulgaria | G5 | Clay | Bulgaria Lütfiye Esen | Romania Ioana-Alexandra Bara Romania Nicoleta-Ana Maria Bara |
6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | May 2005 | Istanbul, Turkey | G5 | Hard | Bulgaria Lütfiye Esen | Turkey Eylül Benli Russia Valeria Savinykh |
7–6(5), 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–0 | Aug 2005 | Skopje, Macedonia | G5 | Clay | Bulgaria Lütfiye Esen | Serbia and Montenegro Nives Pavlovic Serbia and Montenegro Nevena Selaković |
6–4, 6–1 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Жени - сингъл".
- ^ "Хюлия Велиева - момичето със страхотен глас, с много таланти и част от нaй-уcпешнaтa двойкa в cтрaнaтa през поcледното деcетилетие - Tennis.bg".
- ^ "Хюлия Велиева - гласът на Родопите в тениса ни".
- ^ "Хюлия Велиева спечели Държавното лично първенство по тенис на закрито за жени".
- ^ "Hulya ESEN". itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2017年03月18日. Retrieved 2023年10月18日.
- ^ "Hulya Esen". wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on 2019年12月07日. Retrieved 2023年10月18日.
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