Sonay Kartal
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| Bio | She is a British female tennis player. Kartal was born in Sidcup, London, and lives in the city of Brighton and Hove. She attended Saltdean Primary School and Longhill High School. She began playing tennis at the age of six after watching her older brother play. She currently trains at Pavilion & Avenue tennis club in Hove. Her favourite tennis players are Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters. Kartal began playing tennis at aged six and has been playing on the ITF Women's World Tour since 2019. She has won 6 ITF titles - all in 2021 and in 2022 after returning from a period of injury. Kartal won her first title in November 2021, on the clay courts at ITF W15 Antalya, beating Hungarian player Amarissa Toth 7-5, 7-5 in the final, shortly followed by her second title, and her first on hardcourts, at ITF W15 Monastir beating former world No.40 Ayumi Morita, in the final by 6-1, 6-2. Kartal won the women's title at the 2021 UK Pro League with a straight sets win over Freya Christie in the final. She ended 2021 ranked 993. She followed up her success in late 2021 with a strong start to the 2022 season, winning her third title at ITF W25 Birmingham after a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 win over compatriot Talia Neilson Gatenby, and a second consecutive title at ITF W25 Glasgow, beating Czech player Barbora Palicova 7-6(5), 7-5. Kartal was called up to the Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team for the Qualifying Round match against Czech Republic in Prague in April 2022, although she was not selected to play any rubbers. In June 2022, it was announced that Kartal had been awarded a main draw wildcard at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where she made her Grand Slam debut. In May 2022, she won two consecutive singles titles in the third and fourth weeks of the 25k Nottingham events, beating Danielle Lao and Joanna Garland in the finals. During the grass-court season, she went on to receive additional wildcards into the main draws at the 2022 Surbiton Trophy. In the W100 Surbiton Trophy, defeated Yuriko Miyazaki in the first round before being defeated in the second round by top seed Madison. She made her WTA Tour debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2022 Nottingham Open, where she lost in the first round to Camila Giorgi. At the 2022 Ilkley Trophy, she reached her first semifinal at 100k level, losing in two tiebreakers to compatriot Jodie Burrage. Kartal was awarded wildcard entry into the main-draw at the Wimbledon Championships, where she made her major debut, losing in the first round to lucky loser Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove in three sets. In October, she posted a quarterfinal result at the W60 indoor event in Trnava, losing to the second seed Vitalia Diatchenko. The following week at the W60 Trvana 2, she upset third seed Daria Snigur in the first round, but was forced to retire from her second-round match due to injury. However, these performances allowed Kartal to make her top-200 debut and she ended the year ranked as world No. 198, almost 800 places above her 2021 year-end ranking. At the 2023 Australian Open, Kartal lost in three sets to 21st seed Elizabeth Mandlik in the first qualifying round. As a wildcard player, Kartal entered the W60 event in Sunderland, England, falling to former top-30 player Mona Barthel in the quarterfinals. In June 2024, ranked No. 295, she qualified for the first time at the Wimbledon Championships, earning a spot in the main draw, having received wildcards in the previous two editions. She defeated 29th seed Sorana Cirstea and world No. 45, Clara Burel. She 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. She lost her third round match to second seed Coco Gauff, going down in straight sets. In August 2024, Kartal lifted back-to-back W35 GB Pro Series trophies on hardcourts in Roehampton, England, her fourth and fifth titles at that level in the season. The following month, ranked No. 151, having made it through qualifying, she reached the first WTA Tour quarterfinal in her career at the 2024 Jasmin Open in Monastir, upsetting fifth seed Jaqueline Cristian, her third top 100 win of 2024, and Mai Hontama. Next, she defeated Yuliia Starodubtseva in straight sets, and then Eva Lys in the semifinals by retirement, to reach her maiden WTA Tour final. In the final, Kartal defeated Rebecca Šramková in straight sets. As a result, she broke into the top 100, rising 55 positions up to a new career-high of world No. 96 in the WTA singles rankings for the first time in her career. Kartal won her sixth ITF title of the year at the W100 in Shrewsbury in October 2024, defeating fellow Briton Heather Watson in the final. In 2025, Kartal made her Australian Open main-draw debut, after securing direct entry thanks to her WTA ranking, but lost in the first round to Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro. In February, after qualifying at the Abu Dhabi Open, she lost in the first round to fellow qualifier Katie Volynets, in three sets. In March, she entered the main draw at Indian Wells as a lucky loser, making her WTA 1000 debut, and defeated qualifier Varvara Lepchenko, before overcoming 16th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia to register her maiden win against a top-20 ranked player and to reach the third round of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time. Next, she defeated Polina Kudermetova in straight sets, before losing to world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, in the fourth round. Despite the defeat, Kartal moved up 20 places in the WTA rankings to a new career-high of 63 on March 17, 2025. 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. She then defeated Eva Vedder as Great Britain beat the Netherlands to secure a place at the finals. At the Madrid Open, Kartal overcame Jaqueline Cristian in the first round, before losing her next match to 17th seed Elina Svitolina. Also in her debut appearance at the Italian Open, she defeated Kimberly Birrell, but lost to 30th seed Linda Nosková in the second round. At the French Open where she also made her debut, Kartal defeated Erika Andreeva in the first round. She lost her next match to Marie Bouzková. Following Roland Garros, Kartal made her top 50 debut on June 9, 2025. Moving onto the grass-court season as a wildcard entrant at the Queen's Club Championships in London, Kartal defeated world No. 16 Daria Kasatkina in the first round, before losing to eighth seed Amanda Anisimova. The following week at the Nottingham Open, she overcame qualifier Léolia Jeanjean to set up a second round match against two-time defending champion Katie Boulter which she lost in three sets. At Wimbledon, Kartal defeated 20th seed Jeļena Ostapenko, Viktoriya Tomova and qualifier Diane Parry to reach the fourth round at a major for the first time, at which point she lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Despite her loss, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 44 on July 14, 2025. Making her main-draw debut at the US Open, Kartal lost in the first round to 18th seed Haddad Maia in three sets. At the BJK Cup finals, Kartal defeated Ena Shibahara in straight sets as Great Britain overcame Japan 2–0 to reach the semifinals. In the last four, she lost to Emma Navarro in three sets as the team were eliminated 2–0 by the USA. At the China Open, Kartal defeated Alycia Parks, 14th seed Daria Kasatkina and Maya Joint to make it into the fourth round. She then overcame world No. 5, Mirra Andreeva, in three sets for her first win against a top-10 ranked player and to advance to her maiden WTA 1000 quarterfinal. Her run was ended in the last eight by 26th seed Linda Nosková. Kartal was named 2025 Lawn Tennis Association female player of the year. Kartal started her 2026 season at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, where she defeated sixth seed Janice Tjen and Ella Seidel, before her run was ended in the quarterfinals by top seed and eventual champion Elina Svitolina in a match which went to a deciding set tiebreak. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to 31st seed Anna Kalinskaya. |
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