Hülya Esen

Hülya Esen

Country (sports)	Bulgaria (2000–2011) Turkey (2011 June– present)
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1,76 cm 65,00 kg
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$550,500
Singles
Career record	138 - 180
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 504 (09 July 2012)
Current ranking	No. 1019 (11 January 2016)
Doubles
Career record	161 - 171
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 406 (11 November 2013)
Current ranking	No. 843 (11 January 2016)
Last updated on: 11 January 2016.

Hülya Esen (or Hyuliya Velieva, born 7 August 1989 in Uskudar, Istanbul) is a Turkish born female professional tennis player. Her parents are ethnical Turks, Muslims from Kircaali, Bulgaria.

Esen has a career high WTA singles ranking of 504, achieved on 9 July 2012. Esen also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 406 achieved on 11 November 2013. Esen has won 6 ITF doubles titles.

Esen made her WTA main draw debut at the 2008 Gastein Ladies in the doubles event partnering Stefanie Haidner. Esen main draw debut at the 2010 İstanbul Cup in the doubles event partnering Derya Turhan.

ITF finals (6–13)

Singles (0–2)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 May 2011	Gaziantep, Turkey	Hard	Melis Sezer	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	9 April 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Nicole Melichar	4–6, 3–6

Doubles (6–11)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (2–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 September 2007	Palić, Serbia	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Martina Babáková Davinia Lobbinger	2–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	28 April 2008	Adana, Turkey	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Julia Efremova Diana Isaeva	5–7, 6–1, [10–4]
Runner-up	2.	2 October 2009	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Diana Marcu Simona Matei	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up	3.	8 October 2010	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Lütfiye Esen	Camelia Hristea Ionela-Andreea Iova	0–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	2.	11 September 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Magali de Lattre Christina Shakovets	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	19 September 2011	Adana, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Nikola Fraňková Hsu Chieh-yu	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner	3.	26 September 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Khristina Kazimova Francesca Stephenson	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	5 December 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Laura Ioana Andrei Raluca Elena Platon	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	6 February 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Seda Arantekin	Diana Buzean Daniëlle Harmsen	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Winner	5.	9 April 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Lu Jiaxiang Lu Jiajing	1–6, 6–4, 10–8
Winner	6.	24 June 2012	Niš, Serbia	Clay	Lutfiye Esen	Lina Gjorcheska Maria Mokh	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 10–6
Runner-up	6.	1 July 2012	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Lutfiye Esen	Lina Gjorcheska Dalia Zafirova	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	29 October 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Lutfiye Esen	Diana Buzean Daniëlle Harmsen	6–4, 1–6, [3-10]
Runner-up	8.	12 November 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Laura Ioana Andrei Raluca Elena Platon	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up	9.	15 July 2013	İzmir, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Başak Eraydın Zuzana Zlochová	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	15 July 2013	İzmir, Turkey	Hard	Lütfiye Esen	Anett Kontaveit Polina Leykina	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	11.	23 June 2014	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Lutfiye Esen	Lina Gjorcheska Alexandra Nancarrow	2–6, 4–6

External links

• Hülya Esen at the Women's Tennis Association