Ayla Aksu

Ayla Aksu
Country (sports)	Turkey (2010–2012; 2014–present); United States (2013);
Born	15 July 1996; San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$177,021
Singles
Career record	335–225
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 214 (18 September 2017)
Current ranking	No. 327 (26 May 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Junior	Q1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	171–120
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 199 (11 June 2018)
Current ranking	No. 266 (26 May 2025)
	Last updated on: 26 May 2025.

Ayla Aksu (born 15 July 1996) is a Turkish tennis player.

Aksu has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 214, achieved on 18 September 2017, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 199, set on 11 June 2018. She has won 13 singles titles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

Aksu grew up in Sacramento, California.^[1] Growing up, she looked up to Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Çağla Büyükakçay.^[2]

Career

Aksu represented Turkey from 2010 to 2012, before choosing to represent the United States in 2013, but switched back to Turkey in 2014. Competing for Turkey in the Billie Jean King Cup, she has a win-loss record of 5–9.

Aksu made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 İstanbul Cup, in the doubles event, partnering Melis Sezer.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 26 (13 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (11–8)
Clay (2–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	ITF Adana, Turkey	W10	Hard	Carla Touly	3–6, 6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	1–1	Aug 2015	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Melis Sezer	5–7, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	2–1	Aug 2015	Bursa Cup, Turkey	W10	Hard	María Fernanda Álvarez	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–1	Aug 2015	ITF Izmir, Turkey	W10	Hard	Keren Shlomo	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Dec 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–2	May 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Julia Stamatova	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–2	May 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Sarah Lee	6–1, 4–6, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Win	6–2	Jun 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Raluca Șerban	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–2	Oct 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ágnes Bukta	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win	8–2	Oct 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ágnes Bukta	7–5, 6–2
Win	9–2	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Tayisiya Morderger	7–5, 6–1
Loss	9–3	Mar 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Andreea Mitu	2–6, 3–6
Loss	9–4	Mar 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	6–2, 6–7⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	9–5	Mar 2017	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	W15	Hard (i)	Katie Boulter	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	9–6	Jul 2017	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	W15	Clay	Sanaz Marand	1–6, 4–6
Loss	9–7	Aug 2017	ITF El Espinar, Spain	W25	Hard	Paula Badosa	2–6, 4–6
Loss	9–8	Aug 2017	Mençuna Cup, Turkey	W60	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 6–7⁽¹⁰⁾, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	10–8	Nov 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Kirsten-Andrea Weedon	7–5, 6–1
Win	11–8	Oct 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Pimrada Jattavapornvanit	6–3, 6–4
Loss	11–9	Dec 2022	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Nahia Berecoechea	2–6, 3–6
Loss	11–10	Aug 2023	ITF Malmö, Sweden	W25	Clay	Suzan Lamens	1–6, 4–6
Loss	11–11	Dec 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Antonia Ružić	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win	12–11	Apr 2024	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W35	Clay	Lucie Havlíčková	w/o
Win	13–11	Aug 2024	ITF Collonge–Bellerive, Switzerland	W35	Clay	Sada Nahimana	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	13–12	Oct 2024	Open de Touraine, France	W35	Hard (i)	Yuliya Hatouka	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽⁸⁾
Loss	13–13	Oct 2024	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W35	Hard (i)	Patricia Maria Țig	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (13–10)
Clay (3–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2014	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	İpek Soylu	Elke Lemmens Julia Stamatova	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Oct 2014	ITF İstanbul	W25	Hard (i)	Müge Topsel	Xenia Knoll İpek Soylu	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Dec 2014	ITF İstanbul	W10	Hard (i)	İpek Soylu	Jana Fett Adrijana Lekaj	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Müge Topsel	Anna Morgina Julia Terziyska	1–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Win	2–3	Mar 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Melis Sezer	Dorien Cuypers Aymet Uzcategui	6–2, 6–4
Win	3–3	May 2015	ITF Antalya	W10	Hard	Melis Sezer	Mariaryeni Gutiérrez María Martínez Martínez	7–5, 6–2
Win	4–3	Jun 2015	ITF Adana, Turkey	W10	Hard	Melis Sezer	Cemre Anıl Vasilisa Aponasenko	6–1, 6–3
Win	5–3	Jun 2015	ITF Adana	W10	Hard	Melis Sezer	Emma Flood Anette Munozova	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	6–3	Jun 2015	ITF Balıkesir, Turkey	W10	Hard	Melis Sezer	Cristina Adamescu Cemre Anıl	6–3, 6–2
Loss	6–4	Aug 2015	ITF Izmir, Turkey	W10	Hard	Arina Folts	Julia Wachaczyk Nora Niedmers	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 4–6
Win	7–4	Sep 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Julia Stamatova	Tamara Kupková Elina Nepliy	7–5, 6–3
Loss	7–5	Oct 2015	ITF Antalya	W10	Hard	Anita Husarić	Vivien Juhászová Aryna Sabalenka	1–6, 3–6
Win	8–5	Apr 2016	ITF Antalya	W10	Hard	Melis Sezer	Viktoriya Tomova Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–6	May 2016	ITF Antalya	W10	Hard	Julia Stamatova	Emina Bektas Sarah Lee	0–6, 3–6
Win	9–6	Aug 2016	ITF Arad, Romania	W10	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	Yasmin Gülman Camelia Hristea	6–4, 6–2
Win	10–6	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Melis Sezer	Dia Evtimova Valeria Gorlats	6–1, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	11–6	Feb 2017	ITF Antalya	W15	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Başak Eraydın Karin Kennel	6–3, 6–1
Win	12–6	Jun 2017	ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal	W25	Hard	Raluca Șerban	María Herazo González Victoria Rodríguez	6–4, 6–1
Loss	12–7	Aug 2017	ITF El Espinar, Spain	W25	Hard	Bibiane Schoofs	Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani	3–6, 2–6
Win	13–7	Oct 2017	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Ana Veselinović	Conny Perrin Valeriya Strakhova	6–4, 6–2
Win	14–7	Apr 2018	Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey	W60	Hard	Harriet Dart	Anastasia Potapova Olga Doroshina	6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	14–8	Dec 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Gizem Melisa Ateş	Georgia Crăciun Başak Eraydın	1–6, 2–6
Loss	14–9	Jan 2021	ITF Antalya	W15	Clay	Ani Vangelova	Pia Lovrič Adrienn Nagy	4–6, 5–7
Loss	14–10	May 2021	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	W15	Hard	Valeriia Olianovskaia	Jenny Dürst Weronika Falkowska	3–6, 2–6
Loss	14–11	May 2023	ITF Bodrum, Turkey	W60	Hard	Harriet Dart	Oana Gavrilă Isabelle Haverlag	4–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	14–12	Jul 2023	Amstelveen Open, Netherlands	W60	Clay	Ena Kajevic	Noma Noha Akugue Marie Weckerle	5–7, 3–6
Win	15–12	Jan 2025	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	W75	Hard (i)	Yuliya Hatouka	Conny Perrin Lian Tran	5–7, 6–4, [14–12]
Loss	15–13	Mar 2025	ITF Helsinki, Finland	W35	Hard (i)	Martyna Kubka	Laura Hietaranta Ella McDonald	3–6, 4–6
Win	16–13	May 2025	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	W75	Clay	Anna Sisková	Freya Christie Zhibek Kulambayeva	6–4, 6–2

References

^ Arild, Derek (2010-10-11). "Girls prep of the week: Ayla Aksu". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
^ "Turkish Tennis Federation hits court running with women's series". Daily Sabah. 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2025-01-01.

External links

Ayla Aksu at the Women's Tennis Association
Ayla Aksu at the International Tennis Federation
Ayla Aksu at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived former page)
Ayla Aksu at ESPN.com

[1] Arild, Derek (2010-10-11). "Girls prep of the week: Ayla Aksu". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved 2025-01-01.

[2] "Turkish Tennis Federation hits court running with women's series". Daily Sabah. 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2025-01-01.

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