Sonay Kartal

Highlights

• Finished runner-up at the W75 Hamburg, losing out to Mona Barthel 6-4, 7-6(6) in the final
• Beat Heather Watson in the final of the Lexus W100 Shrewsbury, 7-5, 4-1 (ret) to claim her sixth title of the year
• Won her first WTA tour-level title at the Jasmin Open - after coming through qualifying, Kartal sprinted to the final of the WTA 250 event, eventually sealing a career-first tour title with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Rebecca Sramkova
• Clinched a fourth title of the season in Roehampton - beating Nastasja Schunk 7-5, 6-1 in the final before going on to claim the title once again the following week after defeating Haruka Kaji 6-3, 6-3
• Enjoyed a career-best Grand Slam run to the third round at Wimbledon before being defeated by world No.2 Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-0
• Recorded her first Grand Slam main draw win at Wimbledon after defeating Sorana Cirstea 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
• Came through three rounds of qualifying to reach the Wimbledon main draw
• Won her second title of the season at the W35 Nottingham with an impressive final win over Klaudija Bubelyte 6-1, 6-4
• Kartal bagged a nineth career title at the W35 Loughborough by defeating Manon Leonard 6-4, 6-1 in the final

Results

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October

Kartal was selected as one of 10 British players to feature in our new tennis documentary series, Beyond the Baseline, presented by Lexus.

September 

Kartal lifted her second ITF title of the season at the W25 Leiria - defeating top seed Anastasia Zakharova in the final 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-3.

A week later she went on to make the quarter-finals at the W60+H Calas da Rainha.

July 

Kartal marked her second appearance at The Championships, Wimbledon where she met the world No.18 Madison Keys in the opening round, losing 6-0, 6-3.

June

After first round exits in Surbiton and Nottingham, Kartal reached the semi-finals of the Lexus Ilkley Trophy - defeating the fourth and fifth seed, before losing to Emma Navarro in straight sets.

May

Continuing the momentum, Kartal then headed to the W25 Platja D'Aro event. After breezing through to the semi-final without dropping a set, the 21-year-old eventually missed out on a spot in the final after falling short against Brazil's Carolina Alvez, 7-5, 0-6, 6-1.

April

Kartal lifted her seventh career ITF title at the W25 Santa Margherita di Pula in April. The Brit sealed the trophy with four consecutive three-set victories, including two comeback wins in the semi-final and final, where she warpped up the title with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory against Ekaterina Makarova.

Kartal then returned to the W25 Santa Margherita di Pula just a few weeks after where she made it to the semi-finals before falling to France’s Sara Cakerevic 1-6, 6-0, 6-2.

January

Kartal made an appearance at the W60 Sunderland event where she made it to the quarter-final of the singles event. Here she lost out to German Mona Barthel, 6-1, 6-2.

October

Kartal made it through to the quarter-finals at the W60 Trvana, where she eventually lost out to Vitalia Diatchenko 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.

July

Following a scintillating season for the 20-year-old, Kartal was awarded a main draw wildcard to make her Grand Slam debut at SW19. Faced with an experienced Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove in the first round, the Brighton star called for a deciding set but lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.

June

After getting a wild card into the Rothesay Open Nottingham - Kartal lost to third seed Camila Giorgi in her first WTA match 6-4, 6-3.

May 

Continuing her winning streak, Kartal was crowned champion for a third time this season after a comfortable 6-1, 6-0 victory over USA’s Danielle Lao in Nottingham, earning her fifth ITF title in her career so far.  

Kartal’s taste for winning saw her take yet another trophy in Nottingham after defeating Joanna Garland in a straight-sets victory that would make it Kartal’s fourth ITF title of the season.

February

Kartal began her season by winning her first W25 at the LTA's event in Edgbaston. Kartal earned straight sets wins over Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Sam Murray Sharan and Eva Lys in the opening rounds, before defeating Nastasja Schunk 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the semi-finals. In the final she took on fellow Brit Talia Neilson Gatenby, where once again she came from a set down to win 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

The 20-year-old then rolled on to the W25 Glasgow - also part of the LTA's enhanced performance calendar - where she won her second ITF title in as many weeks. Kartal defeated both the second and eighth seeds en route to the semi-finals, where she knocked out Jodie Burrage 6-3, 6-4. She lifted the title with a 7-6(5), 7-5 win over Barbora Palicova.

Kartal's first pro season started in October, where she enjoyed a run of successful events in Turkey.

In her first tournament at the W15 Antalya, Kartla fought her way through qualifying all the to the final without dropping a set. She took on Spaniard Rosa Vicens Mas and despite fighting back to level the scores at one set apiece, lost 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

The young Brit returned a week later and this time, went one further, winning her first ITF title. She only dropped nine games en route to the final, where she defeated Hungary's Amarissa Kiara Toth 7-5, 7-5.

Next up, Kartal headed to Monastir to close out the season with yet another ITF title. Wins over Katherina Hering, YeXin Ma, Evita Ramirez and Nina Radovanovic set up a final against Ayumi Morita. Kartal put in a stunning display to beat the Japanese star 6-1, 6-2 in the championship match. 

• Coming through qualifying to reach the third round at a Grand Slam for the first time in her career (Wimbledon)
• Defeating two top 50 ranked players en route to the third round at Wimbledon (Sorana Cirstea and Clara Burel)
• Winning first professional title in Antalya
• Back-to-back trophies at W25 events in Edgbaston and Glasgow
• Competing at Junior Wimbledon
• Playing at the European Summer Cup in 2019

Women's singles:

• Australian Open: Qualifying - first round (2023)
• Roland Garros: Qualifying - first round (2023)
• Wimbledon: Third round (2024)
• US Open: Qualifying - first round (2022)

2024

• W35 Loughborough

2023

• W25 Leiria
• W25 Santa Margherita di Pula

2022

• W25 Nottingham
• W25 Nottingham
• W25 Birmingham
• W25 Glasgow

2021

• W15 Monastir
• W15 Antalya