İpek Öz
Turkish tennis player (born 1999)
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İpek Öz (born 8 July 1999) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 163, achieved on 18 July 2022, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 290, achieved 16 March 2026.
Öz at the 2023 US Open | ||||||||||||
| Country (sports) | ||||||||||||
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| Residence | Istanbul, Turkey | |||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1999 Antalya, Turkey | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
| Prize money | US$ 434,782 | |||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 291–251 | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 5 ITF | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 163 (18 July 2022) | |||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 477 (8 June 2026) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 (2023) | |||||||||||
| French Open | Q2 (2022) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2024) | |||||||||||
| US Open | Q1 (2022, 2023) | |||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 148–105 | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 9 ITF | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 290 (16 March 2026) | |||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 355 (8 June 2026) | |||||||||||
| Team competitions | ||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 10–9 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 14 June 2026. | ||||||||||||
At the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, Öz won the gold medal for Turkey in the doubles event, alongside teammate Başak Eraydın.[1][2]
Career
2017–2021
Öz won her first professional singles title in the ITF Circuit tournament held at Manavgat, Turkey in 2017, defeating Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie from Romania in the final.[3]
She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 İstanbul Cup, where she received a wildcard into the singles draw, and in the doubles main draw, partnering Melis Sezer.[4]
Partnering Başak Eraydın, she won the gold medal in 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.[5][6]
2022
Entering as a wildcard player at the Qatar Ladies Open, Öz lost in the first round to Madison Brengle.[7] Having qualified for the Copa Colsanitas, she reached the second round with a win over Daniela Seguel,[8] but lost her next match to defending champion and top seed Camila Osorio.[9]
At the Swedish Open, Öz defeated eighth seed Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round.[10] She went out in round two against Viktoriya Tomova.[11]
Öz reached her first WTA 125 semifinal at the Montevideo Open, defeating Rosa Vicens Mas[12] and Darya Astakhova,[13] before losing in the last four to Léolia Jeanjean.[14]
2023–2024
Öz received wildcard entries into the 2023 Qatar Ladies Open and the Dubai Championships, but lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka[15] and Marta Kostyuk[16] respectively.
Ranked No. 210, she entered the main draw as lucky loser at the Transylvania Open in Cluj Napoca, although she again went out in the opening round, this time to Miriam Bulgaru.[17]
At the 2023 Florianópolis Open, Öz defeated sixth seed Anna Bondár to reach the second round,[18] where she lost to eventual champion Ajla Tomljanović.[19] The following week she made it through to round two at the Argentina Open thanks to a win over Valentini Grammatikopoulou,[20] but was then defeated by eighth seed María Lourdes Carlé.[21]
Öz reached the second round at the Montevideo Open, defeating Jamie Loeb,[22] before losing to fourth seed Julia Riera in three sets.[23]
At the 2024 Ljubljana Open, she overcame wildcard entrant Živa Falkner in the first round,[24] but then lost her next match to second seed Nuria Parrizas Diaz.[25]
Grand Slam performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 16 (5 titles, 11 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| W60 tournaments |
| W40 tournaments |
| W25 tournaments |
| W15 tournaments |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Finalist[a] | NP | Jan 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 0–2* canc. | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2019 | ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands | W15 | Clay | 6–2, 1–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| Win | 3–1 | Nov 2020 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 6–1, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jun 2021 | ITF Wrocław, Poland | W25 | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2021 | Collonge-Bellerive Open, Switzerland |
W60 | Clay | 7–5, 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 3–5 | Oct 2021 | ITF Lisbon, Portugal | W25 | Clay | 4–6, 0–6 | |
| Loss | 3–6 | Jan 2022 | ITF Manacor, Spain | W25 | Hard | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 4–6 | May 2022 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | W25 | Clay | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 4–7 | Jun 2022 | Brașov Open, Romania | W60 | Clay | 6–7(0), 2–6 | |
| Loss | 4–8 | Oct 2022 | ITF Seville, Spain | W25 | Clay | 3–6, 0–6 | |
| Loss | 4–9 | May 2023 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | W25 | Clay | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 4–10 | Jun 2023 | Open de Biarritz, France | W60 | Clay | 5–7, 3–6 | |
| Win | 5–10 | Jun 2023 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | W40 | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 5–11 | Apr 2024 | Split Open, Croatia | W60 | Clay | 0–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| W50 tournaments |
| W25 tournaments |
| W15 tournaments |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2017 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 2–6, 6–7(1) | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2017 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | W15 | Hard | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2017 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | W15 | Hard | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 7–5, 1–6, [11–9] | ||
| Loss | 2–3 | Oct 2017 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | W25 | Hard (i) | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 2–4 | Nov 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 3–4 | Nov 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 3–6, 7–5, [14–12] | ||
| Loss | 3–5 | Jan 2018 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 7–5, 0–6, [11–13] | ||
| Loss | 3–6 | Jan 2018 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 4–6 | Jun 2018 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | W15 | Clay | 6–1, 0–6, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 5–6 | Jun 2018 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | W15 | Clay | 6–2, 4–6, [10–5] | ||
| Loss | 5–7 | Jul 2018 | Telavi Open, Georgia | W15 | Clay | 0–1 ret. | ||
| Loss | 5–8 | Sep 2018 | ITF Varna, Bulgaria | W15 | Clay | 6–3, 5–7, [5–10] | ||
| Loss | 5–9 | Nov 2018 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 7–6(3), 5–7, [4–10] | ||
| Win | 6–9 | Jun 2019 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | W15 | Clay | 6–3, 4–6, [15–13] | ||
| Win | 7–9 | Jul 2019 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | W15 | Clay | 7–5, 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 7–10 | Nov 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 7–11 | Mar 2020 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W25 | Clay | 7–6(8), 1–6, [3–10] | ||
| Win | 8–11 | Jan 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 6–2, 3–6, [10–6] | ||
| Loss | 8–12 | Apr 2021 | ITF Dubai, UAE | W25 | Hard | 5–7, 6–4, [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 8–13 | Jun 2021 | ITF Wrocław, Poland | W25 | Clay | 6–7(2), 6–3, [7–10] | ||
| Win | 9–13 | Oct 2022 | ITF Seville, Spain | W25 | Clay | 7–5, 7–6(3) | ||
| Loss | 9–14 | Nov 2024 | Trnava Indoor, Slovakia | W50 | Hard (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 9–15 | Aug 2025 | ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands | W50 | Clay | 7–6(3), 7–6(4) |
Other finals
Doubles
| Outcome | Date | Tournament | Location | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | 2018 Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 0–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
Notes
- The match was suspended at 0–2 and never finished because of rain.