The Most Famous
TENNIS PLAYERS from Turkey
This page contains a list of the greatest Turkish Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,148 Tennis Players, 4 of which were born in Turkey. This makes Turkey the birth place of the 47th most number of Tennis Players behind Denmark and Ecuador.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Turkish Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Turkish Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet (1881 - 1972)
With an HPI of 47.36, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet is the most famous Turkish Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet (14 June 1881 – 23 July 1972) was a British badminton, tennis and chess player. He was twice British chess champion and a 21-time All-England badminton champion. He also reached the quarterfinals of the singles and the semifinals of the men's tennis doubles at Wimbledon in 1911. Badminton's world men's team championships cup, equivalent to tennis' Davis Cup, is named Thomas Cup after him. Thomas lived most of his life in London and Godalming. He never married, so the hereditary Thomas baronetcy ended on his death.
2. Aristidis Akratopoulos (1900 - )
With an HPI of 44.14, Aristidis Akratopoulos is the 2nd most famous Turkish Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Aristidis Akratopoulos (Greek: Αριστείδης Ακρατόπουλος) was a Greek tennis player. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
3. Çağla Büyükakçay (1989 - )
With an HPI of 29.21, Çağla Büyükakçay is the 3rd most famous Turkish Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Çağla Büyükakçay (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈtʃajla byjyˈkaktʃaj]; born 28 September 1989) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She has won 12 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In September 2016, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 60. She won her first title on the WTA Tour at her home tournament in Istanbul. On 29 February 2016, she peaked at world No. 111 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Turkey at the Billie Jean King Cup, Büyükakçay has a win–loss record of 41–32. She is also the top-ranked tennis player at Istanbul's multi-sports club Enkaspor. Büyükakçay was the first tennis player to represent Turkey at the Olympic Games. She competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
4. İpek Soylu (1996 - )
With an HPI of 23.14, İpek Soylu is the 4th most famous Turkish Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
İpek Soylu (born 15 April 1996) is a Turkish former tennis player. In her career, Soylu won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, her biggest coming at the 2016 year-end Elite Trophy. She also won 12 singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. On 17 April 2017, she peaked at No. 63 in the WTA doubles rankings. Her sole major title as a junior came in 2014, when she partnered Jil Teichmann of Switzerland to win the doubles title at the US Open. Playing for Turkey Fed Cup team, Soylu has accumulated a win–loss record of 13–10. She has been a member of the Enkaspor tennis team. Soylu who was coached by Erhan Oral announced her retirement from professional tennis September 2022.
Pantheon has 4 people classified as tennis players born between 1881 and 1996. Of these 4, 2 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living tennis players include Çağla Büyükakçay and İpek Soylu. The most famous deceased tennis players include Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet and Aristidis Akratopoulos. As of April 2022, 1 new tennis players have been added to Pantheon including Aristidis Akratopoulos.
