ANNUAL

National Records Renewed by our Athletes in 2016 (continued)
Event Mark Date Competition / Venue Record
Mahsum Korkmaz
400 m 48.54 12/02 International Gugl Games / Linz Y-NIR
4x100 m 41.74 02/07 U18 Balkan Championships / Serbia Y-NR
Fatma Arık
3,000 m StplCh 10:11.33 20/08 Sadi Gulcelik Memory Meetings / Enka J-NR
Şevval Özdoğan
4x400 m 4:05.49 04/02 2020 Olympic Education Camp Trial Meetings / Atakoy Y-NIR
Edanur Kılıç
4x100 m 46.35 11/06 International Sprint-Relay Cup / Erzurum Y-NR / J-NR
Jak Ali Harvey
100 m 9.92 11/06 International Sprint-Relay Cup / Erzurum NR
Ali Kaya
Half Marathon 1:00.16 24/04 Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon U23-ER / NR
Tuğba Güvenç
3,000 m 9:22.76 17/01 Indoor Olympic Barrage Meetings / Atakoy U23-NIR
Having won the match 7-6 (6) 7-5, she played in the
2nd tour WTA ranked number 12 Czech Lusie Safarova,
our tennis player Çağla Büyükakçay played with Italian
Roberta Vinci in the 3rd tour at the Qatar Open where
seven players of the world’s top ten competed.
Our tennis player became the quarter finalist in singles
at the WTA Tournament of US$ 226,750 held in Malaysia
from February 29 to March 9.
At the ATP Sofia Tournament of US$ 226,750, held in
Bulgaria between February 1-7, our tennis player Tuna
Altuna became the quarter finalist in doubles.
During the tough final match of 2 hours 23 minutes at
the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup, held in Garanti Koza
Arena between April 18-24, our player Çağla Büyükakçay
after winning against her Montenegrin rival Danka
Kovinic in sets of 3-6/6-2 and 6-3, printed her name in
gold in Turkish Sports History.
Çağla, having improved to the 82nd rank at the WTA
broke ground with her championship and became the
first Turkish woman tennis player to enter the top 100.
In addition, İpek Soylu, competing in doubles, broke
ground with doubles championship with her partner
Andreea Mitu.
İpek Soylu became the finalist in doubles at the WTA
of US$ 115,000 in 125K Bol Open Tournament held in
Croatia, May 31-June 05.
İpek Soylu became the Champion in doubles at the WTA
of US$ 226,750 in Tashkent Open held in Uzbekistan,
between September 26-October 2.
At the WTA Tianjin Open of US$ 426,750 held in China
between October 10-16, our player İpek Soylu became
the quarter finalist in doubles.
At the WTA OEC Taipei Challenger of US$ 115,000 held
in China between November 14-20, İpek Soylu became
the semi-finalist in doubles.
Metin Doğu
Long Jump 2.20 24/12 Indoor Record Trial Meetings / Atakoy J-NIR
İshak Mert Şen - Emrah Bozkurt
4x200 m 1:31.00 25/12 Indoor Record Trial Meetings / Atakoy Y-NIR / J-NIR / NIR
Batuhan Altıntaş - Halit Kılıç
4x400 m 3:02.22 11/06 International Sprint-Relay Cup / Erzurum NR
Tennis
We have a total of 375 active players, including 158
players with active licenses and 217 at formative stages.
At the end of the age group tournaments (in the 10, 12,
14, 16, 18 ages and senior groups), which were organized
by the Turkish and International Tennis Federations
(TTF-ITF), our tennis players won 32 championships,
played in 33 finals and 47 semi-finals in the singles
category. Furthermore, as to doubles’ tournaments, 67
championships were won and 38 finals and 92 semifinals
were played. In the age categories of 14, 16, 18 and
seniors, our 12 players took place on the National Teams.
İpek Soylu became the Champion in doubles at the
Rome Tiro A Volo of US$ 50,000 held in Rome from
June 27 to July 03, whereas at the ITF Zhuhai of US$
50,000 held in China between September 12-18, she
became a finalist in singles.
At the ATP American Express of US$ 75,000 held in Ted
Sports Club between September 12-18, Tuna Altuna and
Cem İlkel became a semi-finalist in doubles.
At the Aurangabad Tournament held from January 11th
to the 17th, Melis Sezer became a finalist in doubles.
İpek Soylu became the Champion in doubles at the
US$ 50,000-75,000 ITF Women’s ATP Challenger Tournaments
Cem İlkel became a finalist in singles at the ATP
Challenger Tour of € 64,000 held in İzmir between
September 19-25.
Our national club player, a 20-year-old, İpek Soylu, had
one of the most brilliant weeks of her career at the ITF
Zhuhai of US$ 50,000, by becoming a finalist by defeating
Belarussian Olga Govortsova.
US$ 25,000 ITF Women’s Tournaments
Beinasco in Italy, held from February 22nd to the 28th,
and became a finalist in singles at the Padova Challenge
Open in Italy held between June 06-12.
International Great Organizations During the Season of 2016
As the first tennis player in Turkish Tennis History to
have represented our country in the Olympics, Çağla
Büyükakçay left the Olympics after losing the match
as 8-6 in a tie-break match set of the first round match
US$ 100,000-500,000 WTA, ATP Tournaments
Our player Çağla Büyükakçay became a semi-finalist in
doubles at WTA Shenzhen Open Tournament of US$
500,000 held in China, on January 3-9.
where she lost a match score. Moreover, Çağla became
the champion in doubles at the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai
of US$ 2,214,500 held in China, between October
31-November 06.
Our national tennis player Çağla Büyükakçay, managed
to ascend to the 3rd tour scoring a remarkable victory at
Premier 5 Level WTA Tournament held in Qatar’s capital
city, Doha between February 21-27.
Melis Sezer, 3 championships in singles, 7 championships,
2 finalists in doubles.
Ayla Aksu, 5 championships in singles, 3 championships
in doubles.
Berfu Cengiz, 1 championship in singles, 2 championships
and 2 finalists in doubles.
İpek Öz, 1 finalist in singles.
Tuna Altuna, 5 championships and 3 finalists in doubles.
Cem İlkel, 4 finalists in singles, 2 championships and 1
US$ 10,000 ITF Women’s & ITF Men’s Tournaments
finalist in doubles.
Altuğ Çelikbilek, 1 finalist in singles, 3 championships
and 2 finalists in doubles.
Sarp Agabigün, 2 championships and 3 finalists in doubles.
Mert Altınalev, 1 championship in doubles.
Yankı Erel, 1 championship in doubles.
Tolunay Sümer, 1 championship in doubles.
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