Zuleykha Safarova (; born 27 November 1999) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Safarova made her WTA main draw debut at the 2015 Baku Cup, receiving a wildcard into the singles draw. She lost her first round match to

Oleksandra Korashvili Oleksandra Nodariyivna Korashvili ( uk, Олександра Нодаріївна Корашвілі; born 1 March 1996) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. In her career, Korashvili won three singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's C ...

, 6–0, 6–0. She also lost in the first round of the doubles, partnering Amine Dik. Safarova has represented Azerbaijan in international competitions since 2011, and was Champion of the

Azerbaijan Republic Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

for two years in a row (in 2013 and 2014). She competed at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.

National representation

Billie Jean King Cup

Safarova made her

Billie Jean King Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 major titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was a member of the victorious United States ...

debut for

in 2021, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III, when she was 21 years and 200 days old.

Billie Jean King Cup (1–2)

Singles (0–1)

Doubles (1–1)

References

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* 1999 births Living people Azerbaijani female tennis players 21st-century Azerbaijani women Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Azerbaijan {{tennis-bio-stub