Melis Sezer

Melis Sezer
Country (sports)	Turkey
Residence	Istanbul
Born	2 June 1993 (age 31); İzmir, Turkey
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$139,514
Singles
Career record	336–280
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 336 (3 March 2014)
Current ranking	No. 1285 (21 October 2024)
Doubles
Career record	359–203
Career titles	37 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 219 (19 May 2014)
Current ranking	No. 945 (21 October 2024)
	Last updated on: 22 October 2024.

Last updated December 13, 2024

Melis Sezer (born 2 June 1993) is a Turkish tennis player.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (9–8)
Clay (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2011	ITF Gaziantep, Turkey	W10	Hard	Hülya Esen	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Jun 2012	ITF Trabzon, Turkey	W10	Hard	Margarita Lazareva	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2012	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Sandra Roma	7–6, 6–4
Win	3–1	May 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Başak Eraydın	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Jul 2013	ITF Izmir, Turkey	W10	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	3–6, 6–3, 0–6
Win	4–2	Jul 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Başak Eraydın	6–2, 6–7, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Apr 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Julia Terziyska	6–7, 2–6
Loss	4–4	Jun 2014	ITF Tarsus, Turkey	W10	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	1–6, 2–6
Loss	4–5	Jun 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	İpek Soylu	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–5	Jun 2014	ITF Konya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Agni Stefanou	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–6	Nov 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Irina Bara	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–7	May 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	6–4, 6–7⁽⁶⁾, 2–6
Loss	5–8	Jun 2015	ITF Balıkesir, Turkey	W10	Clay	Başak Eraydın	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	6–8	Aug 2015	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ayla Aksu	7–5, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	6–9	Aug 2015	ITF Balıkesir, Turkey	W10	Hard	Julia Wachaczyk	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–10	Aug 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Lou Brouleau	6–0, 5–7, 4–6
Win	7–10	May 2016	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan	W10	Hard	Sadafmoh Tolibova	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Win	8–10	Sep 2016	ITF Kiryat Gat, Israel	W10	Hard	Hélène Scholsen	6–2, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–3
Win	9–10	Oct 2016	ITF Tiberias, Israel	W10	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9–11	May 2018	ITF Sajur, Israel	W15	Hard	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 67 (37 titles, 30 runner-ups)

Legend
W50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (21–15)
Clay (15–15)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2011	ITF Gaziantep, Turkey	W10	Hard	Daniella Jeflea	Ani Amiraghyan Başak Eraydın	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2011	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W25	Hard	Daniella Jeflea	Marta Domachowska Teodora Mirčić	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	May 2012	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Fatma Al-Nabhani Anna Zaja	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	1–3	Jul 2012	ITF İzmir, Turkey	W10	Hard	Abbie Myers	Ana Bogdan Teodora Mirčić	3–6, 0–3 ret.
Win	2–3	Jul 2012	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Élisabeth Fournier Brittany Wowchuk	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–3	Jan 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Chiaki Okadaue	Sofia Kvatsabaia Marianna Zakarlyuk	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Jan 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Lidziya Marozava Eugeniya Pashkova	3–6, 1–6
Loss	3–5	May 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Anna Fitzpatrick Ana Veselinović	6–2, 4–6, [3–10]
Win	4–5	Jun 2013	ITF Ağrı, Turkey	W25	Carpet	Jasmina Tinjić	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	5–5	Jun 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	İpek Soylu	Başak Eraydın Jasmina Tinjić	6–4, ret.
Win	6–5	Jul 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Dia Evtimova	Khristina Kazimova Vladyslava Zanosiyenko	7–5, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Oct 2013	ITF Herzliya, Israel	W25	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Yuliya Beygelzimer Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–6	Jan 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	İpek Soylu	Despina Papamichail Gaia Sanesi	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	7–7	Jan 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	İpek Soylu	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Veronika Kapshay	6–3, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	7–8	Mar 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	İpek Soylu	Denisa Allertová Chantal Škamlová	2–6, 1–6
Loss	7–9	May 2014	ITF Incheon, South Korea	W25	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Han Na-lae Yoo Mi	1–6, 1–6
Loss	7–10	May 2014	ITF Tarsus, Turkey	W10	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	Anita Husarić Kimberley Zimmermann	4–6, 2–6
Loss	7–11	Jun 2014	ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	W15	Clay	Carolin Daniels	Barbora Krejčíková Viktoriya Tomova	6–7, 2–6
Win	8–11	Jun 2014	ITF Konya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Margarita Lazareva	Clémence Fayol Müge Topsel	6–3, 6–2
Win	9–11	Jul 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Maria Mokh Anette Munozova	2–6, 6–0, [10–7]
Win	10–11	Oct 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Harriet Dart	Ioana Ducu Eden Silva	7–5, 6–1
Win	11–11	Nov 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Irina Bara	Lisa Ponomar Shakhlo Saidova	w/o
Loss	11–12	Nov 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Irina Bara	Valeria Prosperi Arina Folts	6–3, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, [5–10]
Win	12–12	Jan 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	13–12	Feb 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	Polina Novoselova Iryna Shymanovich	6–2, 6–2
Win	14–12	Mar 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ayla Aksu	Dorien Cuypers Aymet Uzcátegui	6–2, 6–4
Win	15–12	May 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ayla Aksu	Mariaryeni Gutiérrez María Martínez Martínez	7–5, 6–2
Win	16–12	Jun 2015	ITF Adana, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ayla Aksu	Cemre Anıl Vasilisa Aponasenko	6–1, 6–3
Win	17–12	Jun 2015	ITF Adana, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ayla Aksu	Emma Flood Anette Munozova	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	18–12	Jun 2015	ITF Tarsus, Turkey	W10	Hard	Lina Gjorcheska	Nora Niedmers Alina Wessel	6–3, 6–1
Win	19–12	Jun 2015	ITF Balıkesir, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ayla Aksu	Cristina Adamescu Cemre Anıl	6–3, 6–2
Win	20–12	Sep 2015	Royal Cup, Montenegro	W25	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Nikoleta Bulatović Nina Kalezić	6–0, 6–0
Loss	20–13	Jan 2016	ITF Aurangabad, India	W25	Clay	Ekaterina Yashina	Margarita Lazareva Valeriya Strakhova	1–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Win	21–13	Apr 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ayla Aksu	Viktoriya Tomova Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–3, 6–3
Win	22–13	Apr 2016	ITF Manisa, Turkey	W10	Clay	Abbie Myers	Eleni Daniilidou Margarita Lazareva	6–4, 6–4
Win	23–13	May 2016	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan	W10	Hard	Sadafmoh Tolibova	Ralina Kalimullina Anastasia Nefedova	6–0, 7–5
Win	24–13	Jul 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ana Veselinović	Vlada Ekshibarova Alyona Sotnikova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	24–14	Sep 2016	ITF Kiryat Gat, Israel	W10	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	25–14	Oct 2016	ITF Tiberias, Israel	W10	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–1, 6–3
Win	26–14	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Ayla Aksu	Dia Evtimova Valeria Gorlats	6–1, 7–6 ⁽⁵⁾
Loss	26–15	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Berfu Cengiz	Diana Khodan Mariya Koryttseva	1–6, 4–6
Win	27–15	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Dia Evtimova	Ágnes Bukta Vivien Juhászová	6–4, 6–3
Win	28–15	Jul 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W15	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Ena Kajević İpek Öz	6–2, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Loss	28–16	Aug 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W15	Clay	Chihiro Muramatsu	Dia Evtimova Jasmina Tinjić	4–6, 2–6
Loss	28–17	Sep 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Andreea Ghițescu	Adriana Sosnovschi Vitalia Stamat	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	28–18	Sep 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Amina Anshba	Georgia Crăciun Andreea Ghițescu	2–6, 2–6
Loss	28–19	Nov 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Paulina Bakaitė	Cemre Anıl Gabriela Horáčková	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	29–19	Nov 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	Polina Bakhmutkina Magdaléna Pantůčková	3–6, 7–5, [14–12]
Win	30–19	Dec 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Chihiro Muramatsu	Pia König Alina Silich	6–1, 6–4
Loss	30–20	Mar 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Amina Anshba	Catherine Harrison Sarah Lee	4–6, 3–6
Loss	30–21	Jun 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	Dia Evtimova Angelina Zhuravleva	5–7, 6–3, [12–14]
Win	31–21	Jun 2018	ITF Minsk, Belarus	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	Anna Kubareva Anna Sisková	6–1, 0–6, [10–8]
Win	32–21	Jun 2018	ITF Minsk, Belarus	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	Margaux Bovy Angelina Zhuravleva	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	32–22	Jul 2018	Telavi Open, Georgia	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	Nadezda Gorbachkova Iulia Helbet	0–1 ret.
Loss	32–23	Sep 2018	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	Gabriela Talabă Aymet Uzcátegui	6–3, 5–7, [5–10]
Win	33–23	Sep 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Cemre Anıl	Alise Čerņecka Oona Orpana	6–2, 7–5
Loss	33–24	Oct 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Cemre Anıl	Georgia Crăciun Alena Fomina	5–7, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	33–25	Nov 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	İpek Öz	Ioana Gașpar Gabriela Tătăruș	7–6⁽³⁾, 5–7, [4–10]
Win	34–25	May 2019	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	W15	Hard	Eliessa Vanlangendonck	Noëlly Longi Nsimba Alina Silich	w/o
Win	35–25	Jun 2019	ITF Budapest, Hungary	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	Kristýna Hrabalová Laura Svatíková	6–3, 4–6, [15–13]
Win	36–25	Jul 2019	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	Nefisa Berberović Veronika Erjavec	7–5, 7–5
Win	37–25	Sep 2019	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	W15	Hard	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	Weronika Falkowska Paulina Jastrzębska	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3
Loss	37–26	Dec 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Leonie Küng	Georgia Crăciun Ioana Gașpar	4–6, 6–1, [12–14]
Loss	37–27	Mar 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W25	Clay	İpek Öz	Réka Luca Jani Mayar Sherif	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 1–6, [3–10]
Loss	37–28	Oct 2020	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W25	Clay	Maia Lumsden	Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse	3–6, 4–6
Loss	37–29	Sep 2022	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W15	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Patricia Maria Țig Maria Toma	4–6, 4–6
Loss	37–30	Oct 2024	ITF Kayseri, Turkey	W50	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	Briana Szabó Patricia Maria Țig	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]

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References

↑ "Branşlar > Tenis-2010 sezonunda" (in Turkish). Enka Spor Kulübü. Archived from the original on 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
↑ "MELİS SEZER: BU TURNUVANIN PUANI ÇOK YÜKSEKTİ". www.eurosport.com.tr. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
↑ "2015 İstanbul Cup Main Draw Doubles" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com.

External links

Melis Sezer at the Women's Tennis Association
Melis Sezer at the International Tennis Federation
Melis Sezer at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "Branşlar > Tenis-2010 sezonunda" (in Turkish). Enka Spor Kulübü. Archived from the original on 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2011-09-04.

[2] "MELİS SEZER: BU TURNUVANIN PUANI ÇOK YÜKSEKTİ". www.eurosport.com.tr. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[3] "2015 İstanbul Cup Main Draw Doubles" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com.

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