İpek Öz (born 8 July 1999) is a Turkish
tennis
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player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 163, achieved on 18 July 2022. On 13 June 2022, she peaked at No. 327 in
WTA the doubles rankings. She took part in the
2018 Mediterranean Games in
Tarragona
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, Spain, and won the gold medal for Turkey in the doubles event, alongside teammate
Başak Eraydın.
Career
2017-2022
Öz won her first professional title in the singles event at the
ITF tournament held at
Manavgat
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Geography
Between the Ta ...
, Turkey in 2017, defeating
Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie from Romania in the final.
She made her
WTA Tour
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main-draw debut at the
2018 Ä°stanbul Cup, where she received a wildcard into the singles draw, and in the doubles main draw, partnering
Melis Sezer.
Partnering
Başak Eraydın, she won the Gold medal in the women's doubles at the
2018 Mediterranean Games, defeating Bosnian pair
Nefisa Berberović and
Dea Herdželaš in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.
Entering as a wildcard at the
2022 Qatar Open, Öz lost in the first round to
Madison Brengle. Having qualified for the
2022 Copa Colsanitas, she reached the second round with a win over
Daniela Seguel, but lost her next match to defending champion and top seed
Camila Osorio.
At the
2022 Swedish Open, Öz defeated eighth seed
Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round. She went out in round two against
Viktoriya Tomova.
Öz reached her first
WTA 125 semifinal at the
2022 Montevideo Open, defeating
Rosa Vicens Mas and
Darya Astakhova, before losing in the last four to
Léolia Jeanjean.
2023-2024
Öz received wildcard entries into the
2023 Qatar Open and the
2023 Dubai Tennis Championships, but lost in the first round to
Victoria Azarenka
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and
Marta Kostyuk respectively.
Ranked No. 210, she entered the main draw as lucky loser at the
2023 Transylvania Open
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in Cluj Napoca, although she again went out in the opening round, this time to
Miriam Bulgaru.
At the
2023 MundoTenis Open, Öz defeated sixth seed
Anna Bondár to reach the second round, where she lost to eventual champion
Ajla Tomljanović. The following week made it through to round two at the
2023 Argentina Open thanks to a win over
Valentini Grammatikopoulou, but was then defeated by eighth seed
MarÃa Lourdes Carlé.
Öz reached the second round at the
2023 Montevideo Open, defeating
Jamie Loeb, before losing to fourth seed
Julia Riera in three sets.
At the
2024 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, she overcame wildcard entrant
Živa Falkner in the first round, but then lost her next match to second seed
Nuria Parrizas Diaz.
Grand Slam performance
Singles
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (5 titles, 12 runner–ups)
Doubles: 23 (9 titles, 14 runner–ups)
Other finals
Doubles
Notes
References
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1999 births
Living people
Turkish female tennis players
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
Sportspeople from Antalya
21st-century Turkish sportswomen