Hülya Esen, Хюлия Велиева (born 7 August 1989) is a
Turkish born professional tennis player. She was seven consecutive years number one in Bulgarian women's ranking. Her parents are with Turkish origin from
Kardzhali
Kardzhali ( bg, Кърджали , ''Kărdžali''; tr, Kırcaali; gr, Κάρτζαλι, ''Kártzali''), sometimes spelt Kardžali or Kurdzhali, is a town in the Eastern Rhodopes in Bulgaria, centre of Kardzhali Municipality and Kardzhali Pro ...
,
Bulgaria
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, and her ancestors came from
Konya
Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it ...
. Her mother Nebahat is from
Ardino, and has been her coach, managing her and her sister Lütfiye Esen careers.
Together with her sister Lütfiye, they are 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.
In her career, Esen won six ITF doubles titles. She has career-high
WTA rankings
The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.
Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1.
Ranking method
The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A pla ...
of 504 in singles, achieved on 9 July 2012, and 406 in doubles, reached on 11 November 2013. She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in October 2018.
Esen made her
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tou ...
main-draw debut at the
2008 Gastein Ladies in the doubles event, partnering
Stefanie Haidner. She also played in the doubles event of the
2010 İstanbul Cup, partnering Derya Turhan.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)
Doubles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner–ups)
ITF Junior finals
Singles: 3 (3 runner–ups)
Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
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1989 births
Living people
Turkish female tennis players
Bulgarian female tennis players
Turkish twins
Twin sportspeople
21st-century Turkish sportswomen