Zeynep Sönmez

Zeynep Sönmez (born 30 April 2002) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 136, achieved on 24 June 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 838, achieved on 4 March 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.

Career

2023: WTA Tour debut, Turkish No. 1 player, first WTA 125 final

In June 2023, Sönmez made her WTA Tour debut at the Libéma Open in Rosmalen, Netherlands as a qualifier. She reached her first WTA 125 final at the Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, but lost to Marina Bassols Ribera in straight sets.

2024: WTA 1000 and Grand Slam debuts

Sönmez made her WTA 1000 debut as a wildcard into the 2024 Qatar Open.

Ranked No. 157, she qualified for her first Grand Slam at the French Open after defeating Dejana Radanović, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and Jana Fett in qualifying. She was the first Turkish player to play in the main draw of the French Open since Çağla Büyükakçay and İpek Soylu in 2017.

In the beginning of the grass court season, she qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Berlin Ladies Open and defeated lucky loser Arantxa Rus in the first round. She lost to Victoria Azarenka in the round of 16.

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Italian Open.

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Notes

References

External links

• Zeynep Sönmez at the Women's Tennis Association
• Zeynep Sönmez at the International Tennis Federation
• Zeynep Sönmez at the Billie Jean King Cup