İpek Şenoğlu

İpek Şenoğlu
Country (sports) Turkey
ResidenceIstanbul
Born (1979-06-08) 8 June 1979
Eskişehir
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2012
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$261,244
Singles
Career record143–140
Career titles2 ITF
Highest ranking293 (5 July 2004)
Doubles
Career record254–201
Career titles21 ITF
Highest ranking53 (19 October 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2005)
French Open1R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon3R (2009)
US Open3R (2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup22–18

İpek Şenoğlu (born 8 June 1979), nicknamed İpeko, is a Turkish former professional tennis player.

She first made history in June 2004, when she was accepted into the women's doubles qualifying for Wimbledon. Though Şenoğlu did not advance into the main draw of Wimbledon, she became the first Turk ever to play in a qualifying tournament for a Grand Slam event.

On 15 May 2005, Venus Williams played a show game with Şenoğlu on the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, the first tennis match ever to be played across two continents. The event was organized as a promotion ahead of the 2005 İstanbul Cup and lasted five minutes only on the north side of the bridge. After the exhibition, they both threw a tennis ball into the Bosporus.

She and partner Yaroslava Shvedova reached the semifinals of the 2009 Italian Open, a WTA Premier event. Following this event, İpek's WTA doubles rank rose to No. 76. Her peak doubles ranking has been No. 53.