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

İpek Şenoğlu

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.

İpek Şenoğlu

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 rank has been No. 53.

İpek Şenoğlu

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (2–8)

Doubles: 44 (21–23)

See also

Turkish women in sports

References

External links

Her official website

1979 births

Living people

Turkish female tennis players

Sportspeople from Eskişehir

21st-century Turkish women