Sonay Kartal was born on 28 October 2001 and is a British tennis player.
19 Facts About Sonay Kartal
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Sonay Kartal has career-high rankings of world No 60 in singles, achieved 07 April 2025, and of No 559 in doubles.
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Sonay Kartal has won one WTA Tour title and 14 ITF titles, all in singles.
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Sonay Kartal began playing tennis at the age of six, after watching her older brother play.
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Sonay Kartal won her first title in November 2021, at the Antalya 15k event, beating Amarissa Toth in the final.
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Sonay Kartal 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.
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Sonay Kartal won a second consecutive 25k title in Glasgow, beating Czech player Barbora Palicova.
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Sonay Kartal was part of the BJK Cup team for the qualifying tie in April 2022 when Great Britain faced the Czech team in Prague.
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Sonay Kartal made her WTA Tour debut with a wildcard at Nottingham, where she lost in the first round to Camila Giorgi.
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Sonay 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, in three sets.
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Sonay Kartal posted a quarterfinal result at the W60 indoor event in Trnava, losing to the second seed Vitalia Diatchenko.
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Sonay Kartal ended the year ranked No 198, almost 800 places above her 2021 year-end ranking.
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At the 2023 Australian Open, Sonay Kartal lost in three sets to 21st seed Elizabeth Mandlik in the first qualifying round.
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Sonay Kartal defeated 29th seed Sorana Cirstea and world No 45, Clara Burel.
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Sonay Kartal became the second British woman in the Open Era to reach the third round at this Major as a qualifier, and first since Karen Cross in 1997.
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Sonay Kartal lost her third round match to second seed Coco Gauff, going down in straight sets.
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Sonay Kartal made her Australian Open main-draw debut, after securing direct entry thanks to her WTA ranking, but lost in the first round to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
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Sonay Kartal made her debut for the Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team against Germany in the 2025 qualifying round held in The Hague, recording a win over Jule Niemeier in the opening singles match.
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Sonay Kartal then defeated Eva Vedder as Great Britain beat the Netherlands to secure a place at the finals.