Sonay Kartal

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Sonay Kartal
Kartal RGQ23.jpg
Kartal at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Residence Brighton, England
Born (2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 (age 22)
London, England
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Coach Julie Hobbs, Ben & Martin Reeves
Prize money$266,117
Singles
Career record88–35 (71.5%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 195 (30 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 234 (20 November 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2023)
French Open Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon 1R (2022, 2023)
US Open Q1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record8–8 (50.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 559 (30 January 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
Last updated on: 20 November 2023.

Sonay Kartal (born 28 October 2001) is a British tennis player.

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Kartal has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 195 and a best doubles ranking of No. 559.

Career

Kartal began playing tennis at aged six and has been playing on the ITF Circuit since 2019. [1] She has won seven ITF singles titles. [2]

2021: Comeback & first ITF Circuit title

Kartal won her first title in November 2021, at the Antalya $15k event, beating Amarissa Toth in the final. [3] This was shortly followed by her second title (and her first on hardcourt) at Monastir $15k, defeating former world No. 40, [4] Ayumi Morita, in the final. [5]

Kartal won the women's title at the UK Pro League with a 6–0, 6–1 win over Freya Christie in the final. [6] [7] [8] She ended 2021 ranked 993.

2022: Ranking rise, WTA Tour & major debut, top 200

She followed up her success in late 2021 early in the 2022 season; winning her third title at the $25k Birmingham event with a three-sets win over compatriot Talia Neilson Gatenby. [9] [10] She won a second consecutive $25k title in Glasgow, beating Czech player Barbora Palicová. [11]

Kartal was part of the BJK Cup team for the qualifying tie in April 2022 when Great Britain faced the Czech team in Prague. However, she was not selected to play any matches. [12]

In May, she won two consecutive singles titles in the third and fourth weeks of the $25k Nottingham events— beating Danielle Lao and Joanna Garland in the finals. [13] [14]

During the grass-court season, Kartal received wildcards into the main draws at the Surbiton and Ilkley Trophy, and the Nottingham Open. At Surbiton, she defeated Yuriko Miyazaki in the first round, before falling in the second to top seed Madison Brengle. [15] She made her WTA Tour debut with a wildcard at Nottingham, where she lost in the first round to Camila Giorgi. [16] At Ilkley, she reached her first semifinal at $100k level— losing in two tiebreakers to compatriot Jodie Burrage. [17]

Kartal was awarded a main-draw wildcard at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where she made her major debut, losing in the first round to lucky loser Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6. [18] [19] [20]

In August, she entered US Open qualifying for the first time, but lost in the first round to Spaniard Marina Bassols Ribera in two tiebreak sets. [21]

Kartal posted a quarterfinal result at the $60k indoor event in Trnava, losing to the second seed Vitalia Diatchenko. [22] The following week at the $60k Trvana 2, she upset third seed Daria Snigur in the first round, but was forced to retire from her second-round match due to injury. [23] However, these performances allowed her to make her top-200 debut. Kartal ended the year ranked 198- almost 800 places above her 2021 year-end ranking. [24]

2023: Australian Open qualifying debut

At the Australian Open, Kartal lost in three sets to 21st seed Elizabeth Mandlik in the first qualifying round. [25]

As a wildcard player, Kartal entered the $60k event in Sunderland, falling to former top-30 player Mona Barthel in the quarterfinals. [26]

In June, she qualified for the Nottingham Open.

Personal life

Kartal is of Turkish descent through her father. [27]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2022 2023 W–L
Australian Open A Q1 0–0
French Open A Q1 0–0
Wimbledon 1R 1R 0–2
US Open Q1 A0–0
Win–loss0–10–10–2

Doubles

Tournament 2022 W–L
Australian Open A0–0
French Open A0–0
Wimbledon 1R 0–1
US Open A0–0
Win–loss0–10–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments (7–0)
W15 tournaments (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–0)
Clay (2–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of Spain.svg Rosa Vicens Mas1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win1–1Oct 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Amarissa Kiara Tóth 7–5, 7–5
Win2–1Nov 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Morita 6–1, 6–2
Win3–1Feb 2022ITF Birmingham, United KingdomW25Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Talia Neilson Gatenby 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win4–1Feb 2022 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United KingdomW25Hard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Palicová 7–6(5), 7–5
Win5–1May 2022ITF Nottingham, United KingdomW25Hard Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Lao 6–1, 6–0
Win6–1May 2022ITF Nottingham, United KingdomW25Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Joanna Garland 6–3, 6–1
Win7–1Apr 2023ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25ClayFlag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Makarova 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win8–1Sept 2023ITF Leiria, PortugalW25HardFlag placeholder.svg Anastasia Zakharova 7–6(5), 1–6, 6–3
Win9–1Jan 2024ITF Loughborough, United KingdomW35Hard Flag of France.svg Manon Leonard 6–4, 6–1

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