İpek Şenoğlu (born 8 June 1979), nicknamed İpeko, is a Turkish former professional tennis player. She first made history in June 2004, when she was accepted into the women's doubles qualifying for

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. Though Şenoğlu did not advance into the main draw of Wimbledon, she became the first Turk ever to play in a qualifying tournament for a Grand Slam event. On 15 May 2005,

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played a show game with Şenoğlu on the

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, the first tennis match ever to be played across two continents. The event was organized as a promotion ahead of the 2005

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and lasted five minutes only on the north side of the bridge. After the exhibition, they both threw a tennis ball into the

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. She and partner

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reached the semifinals of the 2009 Italian Open, a WTA Premier event. Following this event, İpek's WTA doubles rank rose to No. 76. Her peak doubles ranking has been No. 53.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (2–8)

Doubles: 44 (21–23)

References

External links

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Her official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Senoglu, Ipek 1979 births Living people Turkish female tennis players Sportspeople from Eskişehir 21st-century Turkish sportswomen