Zeynep Sönmez (born 30 April 2002) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 130, achieved on 15 July 2024, and a doubles ranking of 838, achieved on 4 March 2024. Sönmez has won four singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is the current No. 1 Turkish player.
Sönmez competes for Turkey in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win/loss record of 5–3 as of May 2024.[1]
In June 2023, Sönmez made her WTA Tour debut at the Libéma Open in Rosmalen, Netherlands as a qualifier.[2] She reached her first WTA 125 final at the Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, but lost to Marina Bassols Ribera in straight sets.[3]
Sönmez made her WTA 1000 debut as a wildcard into the Qatar Ladies Open.
Ranked No. 157, she qualified for her first major main draw at the French Open by defeating Dejana Radanović, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and Jana Fett in qualifying. She was the first Turkish player to play in the main draw of the French Open since Çağla Büyükakçay and İpek Soylu in 2017.[4][5][6]
In the beginning of the grass-court season, she qualified for the main draw at the Berlin Ladies Open and defeated lucky loser Arantxa Rus in the first round. She lost to Victoria Azarenka in the round of 16.[7]
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current through the 2024 Italian Open.
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