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	$136,207
Singles
Career record	321–261
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 336 (3 March 2014)
Doubles
Career record	355–203
Career titles	37 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 219 (19 May 2014)
Current ranking	No. 773 (24 July 2023)
	Last updated on: 27 July 2023.

Last updated August 24, 2024

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

ITF Circuit finals

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

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1	May 2011	ITF Gaziantep, Turkey	Hard	Hülya Esen	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1	Jun 2012	ITF Trabzon, Turkey	Hard	Margarita Lazareva	4–6, 3–6
Win	2	Jul 2012	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Sandra Roma	7–6, 6–4
Win	3	May 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Başak Eraydın	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	2	Jul 2013	ITF Izmir, Turkey	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	3–6, 6–3, 0–6
Win	4	Jul 2013	ITF Istanbul	Hard	Başak Eraydın	6–2, 6–7, 6–2
Loss	3	Apr 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Julia Terziyska	6–7, 2–6
Loss	4	Jun 2014	ITF Tarsus, Turkey	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	1–6, 2–6
Loss	5	Jun 2014	ITF Istanbul	Hard	İpek Soylu	3–6, 4–6
Win	5	Jun 2014	ITF Konya, Turkey	Hard	Agni Stefanou	6–2, 6–3
Loss	6	Nov 2014	ITF Antalya	Clay	Irina Bara	3–6, 2–6
Loss	7	May 2015	ITF Antalya	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	6–4, 6–7⁽⁶⁾, 2–6
Loss	8	Jun 2015	ITF Balıkesir, Turkey	Clay	Başak Eraydın	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	6	Aug 2015	ITF Istanbul	Hard	Ayla Aksu	7–5, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	9	Aug 2015	ITF Balıkesir	Hard	Julia Wachaczyk	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10	Aug 2015	ITF Antalya	Hard	Lou Brouleau	6–0, 5–7, 4–6
Win	7	May 2016	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Sadafmoh Tolibova	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Win	8	Sep 2016	ITF Kiryat Gat, Israel	Hard	Hélène Scholsen	6–2, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–3
Win	9	Oct 2016	ITF Tiberias, Israel	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	6–3, 6–3
Loss	11	May 2018	ITF Sajur, Israel	Hard	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 66 (37 titles, 29 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (21–14)
Clay (15–15)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	May 2011	ITF Gaziantep, Turkey		Hard	Daniella Jeflea	Ani Amiraghyan Başak Eraydın	2–6, 3–6
Loss	Jun 2011	ITF Istanbul, Turkey		Hard	Daniella Jeflea	Marta Domachowska Teodora Mirčić	4–6, 2–6
Win	May 2012	ITF Istanbul, Turkey		Hard	Başak Eraydın	Fatma Al-Nabhani Anna Zaja	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	Jul 2012	ITF İzmir, Turkey		Hard	Abbie Myers	Ana Bogdan Teodora Mirčić	3–6, 0–3 ret.
Win	Jul 2012	ITF Istanbul, Turkey		Hard	Başak Eraydın	Élisabeth Fournier Brittany Wowchuk	6–1, 6–4
Win	Jan 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Chiaki Okadaue	Sofia Kvatsabaia Marianna Zakarlyuk	6–3, 6–4
Loss	Jan 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt		Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Lidziya Marozava Eugeniya Pashkova	3–6, 1–6
Loss	May 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt		Hard	Başak Eraydın	Anna Fitzpatrick Ana Veselinović	6–2, 4–6, [3–10]
Win	Jun 2013	ITF Ağrı, Turkey		Carpet	Jasmina Tinjić	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	Jun 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey		Hard	İpek Soylu	Başak Eraydın Jasmina Tinjić	6–4, ret.
Win	Jul 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey		Hard	Dia Evtimova	Khristina Kazimova Vladyslava Zanosiyenko	7–5, 6–3
Loss	21 October 2013	ITF Herzliya, Israel		Hard	Başak Eraydın	Yuliya Beygelzimer Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6, 3–6
Win	13 January 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt		Hard	İpek Soylu	Despina Papamichail Gaia Sanesi	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	20 January 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt		Hard	İpek Soylu	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Veronika Kapshay	6–3, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	31 March 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Hard	İpek Soylu	Denisa Allertová Chantal Škamlová	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5 May 2014	ITF Incheon, South Korea		Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Han Na-lae Yoo Mi	1–6, 1–6
Loss	26 May 2014	ITF Tarsus, Turkey		Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	Anita Husarić Kimberley Zimmermann	4–6, 2–6
Loss	7 June 2014	ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina		Clay	Carolin Daniels	Barbora Krejčíková Viktoriya Tomova	6–7, 2–6
Win	27 June 2014	ITF Konya, Turkey		Hard	Margarita Lazareva	Clémence Fayol Müge Topsel	6–3, 6–2
Win	5 July 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey		Hard	Başak Eraydın	Maria Mokh Anette Munozova	2–6, 6–0, [10–7]
Win	5 October 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt		Hard	Harriet Dart	Ioana Ducu Eden Silva	7–5, 6–1
Win	9 November 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Irina Bara	Lisa Ponomar Shakhlo Saidova	w/o
Loss	16 November 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Irina Bara	Valeria Prosperi Arina Folts	6–3, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, [5–10]
Win	19 January 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Chanel Simmonds	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	28 February 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Lenka Wienerová	Polina Novoselova Iryna Shymanovich	6–2, 6–2
Win	29 March 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Hard	Ayla Aksu	Dorien Cuypers Aymet Uzcategui	6–2, 6–4
Win	24 May 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Hard	Ayla Aksu	Mariaryeni Gutiérrez María Martínez Martínez	7–5, 6–2
Win	5 June 2015	ITF Adana, Turkey		Hard	Ayla Aksu	Cemre Anıl Vasilisa Aponasenko	6–1, 6–3
Win	14 June 2015	ITF Adana, Turkey		Hard	Ayla Aksu	Emma Flood Anette Munozova	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	21 June 2015	ITF Tarsus, Turkey		Hard	Lina Gjorcheska	Nora Niedmers Alina Wessel	6–3, 6–1
Win	27 June 2015	ITF Balıkesir, Turkey		Hard	Ayla Aksu	Cristina Adamescu Cemre Anıl	6–3, 6–2
Win	18 September 2015	Royal Cup, Montenegro		Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Nikoleta Bulatović Nina Kalezić	6–0, 6–0
Loss	15 January 2016	ITF Aurangabad, India		Clay	Ekaterina Yashina	Margarita Lazareva Valeriya Strakhova	1–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Win	2 April 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Hard	Ayla Aksu	Viktoriya Tomova Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–3, 6–3
Win	29 April 2016	ITF Manisa, Turkey		Clay	Abbie Myers	Eleni Daniilidou Margarita Lazareva	6–4, 6–4
Win	26 May 2016	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan		Hard	Sadafmoh Tolibova	Ralina Kalimullina Anastasia Nefedova	6–0, 7–5
Win	2 July 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Hard	Ana Veselinović	Vlada Ekshibarova Alyona Sotnikova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	24 September 2016	ITF Kiryat Gat, Israel		Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	1 October 2016	ITF Tiberias, Israel		Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–1, 6–3
Win	5 November 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Ayla Aksu	Dia Evtimova Valeria Gorlats	6–1, 7–6 ⁽⁵⁾
Loss	12 November 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Berfu Cengiz	Diana Khodan Mariya Koryttseva	1–6, 4–6
Win	26 November 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Dia Evtimova	Ágnes Bukta Vivien Juhászová	6–4, 6–3
Win	1 July 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey		Clay	Sanaz Marand	Ena Kajević İpek Öz	6–2, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Loss	5 August 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey		Clay	Chihiro Muramatsu	Dia Evtimova Jasmina Tinjić	4–6, 2–6
Loss	23 September 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Andreea Ghițescu	Adriana Sosnovschi Vitalia Stamat	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	30 September 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Amina Anshba	Georgia Crăciun Andreea Ghițescu	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4 November 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Paulina Bakaitė	Cemre Anıl Gabriela Horáčková	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	18 November 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	İpek Öz	Polina Bakhmutkina Magdaléna Pantůčková	3–6, 7–5, [14–12]
Win	2 December 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Chihiro Muramatsu	Pia König Alina Silich	6–1, 6–4
Loss	10 March 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Amina Anshba	Catherine Harrison Sarah Lee	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2 June 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	Dia Evtimova Angelina Zhuravleva	5–7, 6–3, [12–14]
Win	8 June 2018	ITF Minsk, Belarus		Clay	İpek Öz	Anna Kubareva Anna Sisková	6–1, 0–6, [10–8]
Win	15 June 2018	ITF Minsk, Belarus		Clay	İpek Öz	Margaux Bovy Angelina Zhuravleva	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	Jul 2018	Telavi Open, Georgia		Clay	İpek Öz	Nadezda Gorbachkova Julia Helbet	0–1 ret.
Loss	Sep 2018	ITF Varna, Bulgaria		Clay	İpek Öz	Gabriela Talabă Aymet Uzcátegui	6–3, 5–7, [5–10]
Win	Sep 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Hard	Cemre Anıl	Alise Cernecka Oona Orpana	6–2, 7–5
Loss	Oct 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Hard	Cemre Anıl	Georgia Crăciun Alena Fomina	5–7, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	Nov 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey		Hard	İpek Öz	Ioana Gașpar Gabriela Tatarus	7–6⁽³⁾, 5–7, [4–10]
Win	May 2019	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia		Hard	Eliessa Vanlangendonck	Noëlly Longi Nsimba Alina Silich	w/o
Win	Jun 2019	ITF Budapest, Hungary		Clay	İpek Öz	Kristýna Hrabalová Laura Svatíková	6–3, 4–6, [15–13]
Win	Jul 2019	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia		Clay	İpek Öz	Nefisa Berberović Veronika Erjavec	7–5, 7–5
Win	Sep 2019	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	15,000	Hard	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	Weronika Falkowska Paulina Jastrzębska	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3
Loss	Dec 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Hard	Leonie Küng	Georgia Crăciun Ioana Gașpar	4–6, 6–1, [12–14]
Loss	Mar 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Clay	İpek Öz	Réka Luca Jani Mayar Sherif	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 1–6, [3–10]
Loss	Oct 2020	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Clay	Maia Lumsden	Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse	3–6, 4–6
Loss	Sep 2022	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	15,000	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Patricia Maria Țig Maria Toma	4–6, 4–6

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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.

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.

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