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Hülya Esen

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.

Hülya Esen
Country (sports) Bulgaria,  Turkey
Born (1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 (age 35)
Istanbul, Turkey
Turned pro2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$53,787
Singles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 504 (9 July 2012)
Doubles
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 406 (11 November 2013)

Personal life

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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

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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

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Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

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Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2011 ITF Gaziantep, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Melis Sezer 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Nicole Melichar 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (4–9)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2007 ITF Palić, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Martina Babáková
  Davinia Lobbinger 		2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2008 ITF Adana, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Julia Efremova
  Diana Isaeva 		5–7, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss 1–2 Oct 2009 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Diana Marcu
  Simona Matei 		5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 1–3 Oct 2010 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Camelia Hristea
  Ionela-Andreea Iova 		0–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Win 2–3 Sep 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Lütfiye Esen   Magali de Lattre
  Christina Shakovets 		7–5, 7–5
Loss 2–4 Sep 2011 ITF Adana, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Lütfiye Esen   Nikola Fraňková
  Hsu Chieh-yu 		6–7(4), 4–6
Win 3–4 Oct 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Khristina Kazimova
  Francesca Stephenson 		6–4, 6–2
Win 4–4 Dec 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Laura Ioana Paar
  Raluca Elena Platon 		6–0, 1–6, [10–7]
Loss 4–5 Feb 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Seda Arantekin   Diana Enache
  Daniëlle Harmsen 		6–7(5), 1–6
Win 5–5 Apr 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Lütfiye Esen   Lu Jiaxiang
  Lu Jiajing 		1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 6–5 Jun 2012 ITF Niš, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Lina Gjorcheska
  Maria Mokh 		3–6, 7–6(2), [10–6]
Loss 6–6 Jul 2012 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Lina Gjorcheska
  Dalia Zafirova 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–7 Nov 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Diana Buzean
  Daniëlle Harmsen 		6–4, 1–6, [3–10]
Loss 6–8 Nov 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Laura Ioana Andrei
  Raluca Elena Platon 		4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 6–9 Jul 2013 ITF Izmir, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Lütfiye Esen   Başak Eraydın
  Zuzana Zlochová 		1–6, 3–6
Loss 6–10 Aug 2013 ITF Izmir, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Lütfiye Esen   Anett Kontaveit
  Polina Leykina 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 6–11 Jul 2014 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Lina Gjorcheska
  Alexandra Nancarrow 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 6–12 Jul 2016 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Veronika Miroshnichenko
  Valeriya Zeleva 		5–7, 1–6

ITF Junior Circuit finals

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Singles: 3 (3 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2005 Plovdiv, Bulgaria G5 Clay   Anna Maskaljun 2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss 0–2 May 2005 Istanbul, Turkey G5 Hard   Nikki Prosser 1–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 0–3 Aug 2005 Skopje, Macedonia G5 Clay   Lütfiye Esen 2–6, 0–2 ret.

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2004 Istanbul, Turkey G5 Hard   Gözde Ünkaya   Ina Sireţeanu
  Gabriela Stepa 		6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 Sep 2004 Sofia, Bulgaria G5 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Ioana-Alexandra Bara
  Nicoleta-Ana Maria Bara 		6–0, 6–4
Win 3–0 May 2005 Istanbul, Turkey G5 Hard   Lütfiye Esen   Eylül Benli
  Valeria Savinykh 		7–6(5), 4–6, 6–4
Win 4–0 Aug 2005 Skopje, Macedonia G5 Clay   Lütfiye Esen   Nives Pavlovic
  Nevena Selaković 		6–4, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ "Жени - сингъл".
  2. ^ "Хюлия Велиева - момичето със страхотен глас, с много таланти и част от нaй-уcпешнaтa двойкa в cтрaнaтa през поcледното деcетилетие - Tennis.bg".
  3. ^ "Хюлия Велиева - гласът на Родопите в тениса ни".
  4. ^ "Хюлия Велиева спечели Държавното лично първенство по тенис на закрито за жени".
  5. ^ "Hulya ESEN". itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. ^ "Hulya Esen". wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
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