Ergi Kırkın

Ergi Kırkın
Country (sports) Turkey
ResidenceAnkara, Turkey
Born (1999-01-27) 27 January 1999
Ankara, Turkey
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$151,900
Singles
Career record2–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 251 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 313 (31 March 2025)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 300 (26 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 462 (19 August 2024)
Last updated on: 5 April 2025.

Ergi Kırkın (born 27 January 1999) is a Turkish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 251 achieved on 6 May 2024. He has won 9 ITF singles titles. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking No. 300 achieved on 26 February 2024. He is the current No. 1 Turkish player.[1]

Professional career

2018: ATP debut in doubles

Kırkın made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Antalya Open in the doubles draw partnering Koray Kırcı.

2024: Maiden ATP Challenger title

He won his maiden ATP Challenger title at 2024 Brasil Tennis Open,[2] after defeating Lucky Loser and local player Daniel Dutra da Silva in the final.[3][4] With lifting his maiden title, he became the fourth Turkish Challenger champion joining Altug Celikbilek, Cem Ilkel and Marsel Ilhan.[5]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2024 Porto Alegre, Brazil Challenger Clay Daniel Dutra da Silva 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2021 Lošinj, Croatia Challenger Clay Victor Vlad Cornea Andrej Martin
Sam Weissborn
1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–2 Mar 2023 Antalya, Turkey Challenger Clay Sarp Ağabigün Filip Bergevi
Petros Tsitsipas
2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2023 Székesfehérvár, Hungary Challenger Clay (i) Sarp Ağabigün Bogdan Bobrov
Sergey Fomin
2–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss 0–4 Jul 2023 Zug, Switzerland Challenger Clay Dalibor Svrčina Théo Arribagé
Luca Sanchez
3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–5 Aug 2024 Dobrich, Bulgaria Challenger Clay Victor Vlad Cornea Alexander Merino
Christoph Negritu
4–6, 2–6

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (13–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (9–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2018 Serbia F2, Novi Sad Futures Clay Arthur Rinderknech 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Kirill Kivattsev 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 1–2 May 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Ivan Nedelko 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 May 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Denis Klok 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 2–3 May 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Christopher Heyman 4-6, 3-6
Loss 2–4 Dec 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Skander Mansouri 2-6, 0-6
Win 3–4 Nov 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Kenneth Raisma 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
Win 4–4 Dec 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Titouan Droguet 6-3, 6-1
Win 5–4 Aug 2021 M15 Vejle, Denmark WTT Clay August Holmgren 7-6(7–4), 6-4
Win 6–4 Aug 2021 M15 Pärnu, Estonia WTT Clay Mattias Siimar 5-7, 6–3, 6-3
Win 7–4 Aug 2021 M25 Überlingen, Germany WTT Clay Henri Squire 6-3, 4–6, 6-4
Win 8–4 Jul 2022 M25 Telfs, Austria WTT Clay Oliver Crawford 6-4, 7–5
Win 9–4 May 2023 M15 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina WTT Clay Sebastian Sorger 7-6(7–5), 7–5
Win 10-4 Jul 2023 M15 Belgrade, Serbia WTT Clay Miljan Zekić 3-6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 11-4 Aug 2023 M25 Tainan, Chinese Taipei WTT Clay Makoto Ochi 6–0, 6–2
Win 12–4 Jan 2024 M15 Doha, Qatar WTT Hard Khumoyun Sultanov 3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win 13–4 Mar 2024 M15 Torelló, Spain WTT Hard Adrià Soriano Barrera 7–6(10–8), 2–6, 7–5

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (2–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2018 Turkey F17, Antalya Futures Clay Gijs Brouwer Cengiz Aksu
Mert Naci Türker
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2018 Austria F2, Kramsach Futures Clay Filip Duda Peter Heller
Johannes Härteis
3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2022 M25 Poreč, Croatia WTT Clay Titouan Droguet Aristotelis Thanos
Petros Tsitsipas
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Win 1–3 May 2023 M15 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina WTT Clay Ryan Nijboer Matt Hulme
Zaharije-Zak Talic
7–5, 6–4
Win 2–3 Jan 2024 M15 Doha, Qatar WTT Hard Yankı Erel Naoki Tajima
Masamichi Imamura
4–6, 6–3, [10–2]

References

  1. ^ "Turkey ATP Rankings". Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Ergi Kırkın Brezilya'da şampiyon" (in Turkish). 5 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Daniel Dutra e o vice em Porto Alegre: "Foi uma grande semana"" (in Portuguese). 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Navone notches biggest career title at Cagliari Challenger". ATPTour. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine". ATPTour. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.