Hülya Esen, Хюлия Велиева (born 7 August 1989) is a Turkish born professional tennis player. Esen won six ITF doubles titles and reached career-high WTA rankings of 504 in singles (on 9 July 2012) and No. 406 in doubles (on 11 November 2013). She was the number-one-player in the Bulgarian women's tennis rankings for seven consecutive years.

Personal life

Her parents have a Turkish origin from

Kardzhali Kardzhali ( , ''Kărdžali''; ), sometimes spelt Kardžali or Kurdzhali, is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, a town in the Eastern Rhodopes in Bulgaria, centre of Kardzhali Municipality and Kardzhali Province. The noted Kardzhali Reservoir is ...

, Bulgaria, and her ancestors came from

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. Her mother Nebahat is from

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, and has been her coach, managing her and her sister’s Lütfiye careers.

Career

Esen made her

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main-draw debut at the 2008 Gastein Ladies in the doubles event, partnering

Stefanie Haidner Stefanie Haidner (born 18 November 1977) is a retired Austrian tennis player. In her career, she won 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 232, which she reached on 23 February 2004. On 19 July 2004 ...

. She also played in the doubles event of the 2010 İstanbul Cup, partnering Derya Turhan. Together with her sister Lütfiye, they were 12 times women's doubles champions of Bulgaria. Hülya is in total 17 times champion of Bulgaria, in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She is the first and was the only triple champion of Bulgaria (till 2021), that have won all singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions in one championship. She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in October 2018.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner–ups)

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Esen, Hulya 1989 births Living people Turkish female tennis players Bulgarian female tennis players Turkish twins 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Tennis players from Istanbul