Zeynep Sönmez

Zeynep Sönmez
	Sönmez at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Turkey
Born	30 April 2002 (age 22)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 428,155
Singles
Career record	201–131
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 130 (15 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 152 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2024)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2024)
US Open	Q3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	13–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 594 (9 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 594 (14 October 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–3
	Last updated on: 14 October 2024.

Zeynep Sönmez (born 30 April 2002) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 130, achieved on 15 July 2024, and a doubles ranking of 594, achieved on 9 September 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 September 2024.^[1]

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.^[2] She reached her first WTA 125 final at the Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, but lost to Marina Bassols Ribera in straight sets.^[3]

2024: WTA 1000 and major debuts, top 130, WTA Tour quarterfinal

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

Ranked No. 157, she qualified for her first major main draw at the French Open by defeating Dejana Radanović, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and Jana Fett in qualifying. She was the first Turkish woman to play in the main draw of the French Open since Çağla Büyükakçay and İpek Soylu in 2017.^[4]^[5]^[6]

In the beginning of the grass-court season, she qualified for the main draw at the Berlin Ladies Open and defeated lucky loser Arantxa Rus in the first round. She lost to Victoria Azarenka in the round of 16.^[7] On 15 July 2024, she reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 130, following the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, where she made the third round of the qualification competition.

In September, Sönmez reached her first WTA quarterfinal at the 2024 Jasmin Open, going through qualifying, and defeated Rebeka Masarova^[8] and sixth seed Greet Minnen.^[9] She was the first Turkish player to reach a quarterfinal on the tour since 2017, after both Çağla Büyükakçay and Başak Eraydın made quarterfinals in Istanbul.^[10] She lost in the last eight to Eva Lys.^[11]

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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.

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q3	0–0
French Open	A	A	1R	0–1
Wimbledon	A	Q1	Q3	0–0
US Open	A	Q1		0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1
WTA 1000
Qatar Open^[a]	A	A	1R	0–1
Dubai^[a]	A	A	Q1	0–0
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	0–0
Miami Open	A	A	A	0–0
Madrid Open	A	A	A	0–0
Italian Open	A	A	A	0–0
Canadian Open	A	A		0–0
Cincinnati Open	A	A		0–0
Wuhan Open	NH			0–0
China Open	NH	A		0–0
Career statistics
	2022	2023	2024	W–L
Tournaments	0^[b]	1		Career total: 1
Titles	0	0		Career total: 0
Finals	0	0		Career total: 0
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–1		0–2
Year-end ranking	345	159

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2023	Ljubljana Open, Slovenia	Clay	Marina Bassols Ribera	0–6, 6–7^(2–7)

ITF Circuit finals

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

Legend
W40 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (1–1)
W15 tournaments (2–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Daria Snigur	6–3, 6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Eléonora Molinaro	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jan 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Sapfo Sakellaridi	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Mar 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Eléonora Molinaro	2–6, 2–6
Win	2–3	Jul 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	6–2, 4–6, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Loss	2–4	Aug 2022	Verbier Open, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Matilde Paoletti	2–6, 6–3, 6–7⁽²⁾
Win	3–4	Oct 2022	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	W25	Hard	Darya Astakhova	7–5, 6–4
Win	4–4	Jan 2023	ITF Tallinn, Estonia	W40	Hard (i)	Viktória Kužmová	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6, 6–3

Notes

^ ^a ^b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^ During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played in the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.