Player data updated: 2026-09-04 02:15 UTC

Cagla Buyukakcay

TUR Age 36 172 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2005–2023

Cagla Buyukakcay represented Turkey on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 60. In TennisDB's records, Cagla Buyukakcay finished with a career record of 22–53 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

60 (Sep 12, 2016)

Elo peak

1613 (39th percentile)

Singles record

22–53 (29.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,332,835

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Cagla Buyukakcay's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Chloe Paquet #187	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2023	Q1 Q	Monastir	WTA 250	Hard
Mia Ristic #439	7-6(4) 6-7(8) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 2023	Q1 Q	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay
Julia Grabher #74	1-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data	May 25, 2023*	R16	Morocco Open	WTA 250	Clay
Linda Fruhvirtova #56	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 2023*	R32	Morocco Open	WTA 250	Clay
Kristina Kucova #118	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 5, 2021*	R32	Cluj-Napoca 1	WTA 250	Clay

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

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Cagla Buyukakcay's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Lara Arruabarrena	1	2	3	Apr 8, 2015	H2H
Karolina Pliskova	0	3	3	Jul 17, 2014	H2H
Kristina Kucova	1	1	2	Aug 5, 2021	H2H
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	0	2	2	Mar 18, 2021	H2H
Caroline Garcia	0	2	2	Sep 10, 2020	H2H

Titles (1)

Cagla Buyukakcay titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2016	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Istanbul
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Cagla Buyukakcay Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2016	Rio de Janeiro Olympics	First Round	0	1	Ekaterina Makarova #35 def. Cagla Buyukakcay #72 3-6 6-0 7-6(6)	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Cagla Buyukakcay career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2005	15	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2008	18	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	433	388
2009	19	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	388	280
2010	20	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	280	191
2013	23	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	172	158
2014	24	WTA	3	6	9	33.3%	157	137
2015	25	WTA	2	8	10	20.0%	136	126
2016	26	Qualifying Q	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—
2016	26	WTA	12	12	24	50.0%	126	83
2017	27	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
2017	27	WTA	4	10	14	28.6%	82	160
2018	28	Qualifying Q	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—
2018	28	WTA	0	3	3	0.0%	158	264
2019	29	Qualifying Q	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—
2019	29	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	271	179
2020	30	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	177	178
2021	31	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
2021	31	WTA	0	4	4	0.0%	178	241
2023	33	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
2023	33	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	271	382
Career		—	22	53	75	29.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Cagla Buyukakcay career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2005	15	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2008	18	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2009	19	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2010	20	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2013	23	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2014	24	WTA	2	5	7	28.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
2015	25	WTA	2	5	7	28.6%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%
2016	26	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
2016	26	WTA	5	6	11	45.5%	7	4	11	63.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	12	12	24	50.0%
2017	27	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2017	27	WTA	0	5	5	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—	—	—	4	10	14	28.6%
2018	28	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%
2018	28	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2019	29	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%
2019	29	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2020	30	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2021	31	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2021	31	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
2023	33	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2023	33	WTA	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	—	9	28	37	24.3%	13	23	36	36.1%	0	2	2	0.0%	22	53	75	29.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Cagla Buyukakcay career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2005	15	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2008	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2009	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2010	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2013	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2014	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	6	9	33.3%
2015	25	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
2016	26	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	5	2	7	71.4%	12	12	24	50.0%
2017	27	0	2	2	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	10	14	28.6%
2018	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2019	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2020	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2021	31	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
2023	33	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	9	34	43	20.9%	10	8	18	55.6%	22	53	75	29.3%

Performance Stats

Cagla Buyukakcay performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2008	18	1/1	2.0	11.0	64.2%	69.1%	26.3%	40.0%	62.5%	53.8%	39.5%
2009	19	1/1	0.0	3.0	62.1%	40.7%	48.5%	30.8%	45.5%	43.7%	47.4%
2010	20	1/1	3.0	7.0	58.3%	61.9%	26.7%	33.3%	33.3%	47.2%	45.9%
2013	23	1/1	1.0	2.0	50.0%	35.7%	46.4%	45.5%	50.0%	41.1%	32.5%
2014	24	6/9	1.0	2.2	77.4%	57.8%	48.3%	49.0%	66.6%	55.9%	41.8%
2015	25	10/10	1.1	1.4	70.7%	56.7%	44.8%	46.6%	42.1%	53.2%	39.2%
2016	26	23/24	0.9	2.1	72.8%	60.3%	44.0%	51.9%	53.3%	56.2%	43.8%
2017	27	14/14	0.8	1.9	72.2%	51.3%	46.6%	50.0%	44.8%	50.5%	39.6%
2018	28	3/3	0.0	1.3	73.7%	46.1%	30.8%	31.0%	35.0%	42.0%	39.6%
2019	29	2/2	0.0	1.5	63.9%	53.8%	36.3%	43.8%	37.5%	47.5%	40.6%
2020	30	2/2	0.0	4.5	74.3%	53.9%	30.5%	57.7%	73.3%	47.8%	40.6%
2021	31	4/4	0.0	3.0	70.6%	54.0%	39.4%	42.2%	19.1%	49.9%	34.3%
2023	33	2/2	0.5	2.0	78.0%	54.7%	36.4%	44.4%	45.0%	50.7%	45.8%
Career		70/75	0.8	2.3	71.8%	55.8%	42.9%	48.0%	48.0%	52.4%	41.1%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 70/75 (93.3%) of Cagla Buyukakcay's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Cagla Buyukakcay advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2005	15	1483	94.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	+0.10
2008	18	1468	99.2	-1.12	-0.54	0.855	47.4%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	0–1	—	+0.07
2009	19	1457	96.7	-2.02	+3.84	0.842	45.5%	—	—	—	33.3%	-2.33	0–1	—	—	+0.02
2010	20	1447	101.4	-4.34	0.00	0.870	46.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.50	—	0–1	—	0.00
2013	23	1439	95.4	-4.52	-3.14	0.552	37.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.03
2014	24	1443	104.7	-0.68	+0.08	0.946	49.6%	+20	—	—	33.3%	-0.83	0–2	0–2	—	+0.25
2015	25	1423	111.8	-1.87	-2.44	0.838	46.4%	+37	+52	—	26.1%	-1.39	1–2 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	97.2	-0.22
2016	26	1529	118.4	-0.08	+0.21	1.000	50.1%	-35	+83	—	50.0%	+0.06	3–3 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	100.3	-0.09
2017	27	1513	103.4	-3.91	-1.87	0.800	45.3%	-77	+91	—	36.4%	-1.36	1–4 (20%)	4–1 (80%)	98.4	-0.02
2018	28	1522	102.5	-2.80	-0.42	0.682	40.8%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.23
2019	29	1533	105.1	-1.34	-0.45	0.773	44.1%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.75	—	0–1	—	-0.22
2020	30	1560	107.9	-2.62	+0.10	0.777	45.3%	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.20	0–1	—	—	-0.08
2021	31	1513	99.5	-0.59	-0.91	0.685	42.6%	—	—	—	11.1%	-3.22	0–1	1–0	—	-0.38
2023	33	1472	97.9	-1.98	-1.25	0.927	48.8%	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.50	—	0–1	—	-0.04
2024	34	1459	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	35	1411	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2026	36	1381	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1613	110.3	-1.63	-0.76	0.865	47.0%	-12	+82	—	33.9%	-1.13	5–15 (25%)	8–15 (35%)	89.7	-1.16

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Cagla Buyukakcay Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2016	26	—	R64	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
2017	27	R128	R64	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–5 (38%)

WTA 1000

Cagla Buyukakcay WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	DOH	DUB	MIA	W-L Win %
2014	24	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2015	25	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
2016	26	Q1	R16	—	—	2–2 (50%)
2017	27	—	—	R64	Q1	0–2 (0%)
2018	28	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2020	30	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2021	31	—	—	Q1	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	3–9 (25%)

WTA 500

Cagla Buyukakcay WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DOH	DUB	SPB	BIR	CHA	NEW	W-L Win %
2015	25	—	—	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
2016	26	—	Q1	—	Q1	R64	Q2	3–4 (43%)
2017	27	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
2021	31	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	4–10 (29%)

WTA 250

Cagla Buyukakcay WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAD	BUC	BAK	BUD	CLU	MOR	IST	KUA	LIN	LUG	MON	NOT	NÜR	PAL	MOR	SHE	STR	TAS	TIA	W-L Win %
2005	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2008	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2009	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2010	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2013	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2014	24	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	3–5 (38%)
2015	25	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–6 (14%)
2016	26	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	W	QF	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	8–6 (57%)
2017	27	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	4–6 (40%)
2018	28	—	R32	—	Q1	—	—	R32	—	—	Q2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
2019	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
2020	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2021	31	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2023	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	Q1	R16	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	7–11 (39%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	23–40 (37%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 12, 2016

First Top 100

Apr 25, 2016

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Cagla Buyukakcay ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2006	16	—	—	1265	1083	831	774	775	774	697	663	627	616
2007	17	613	609	618	575	638	585	478	467	493	487	444	433
2008	18	433	437	439	450	398	378	424	394	383	363	387	388
2009	19	388	370	363	361	347	339	295	323	316	317	309	280
2010	20	279	272	269	265	253	230	196	192	199	186	173	191
2011	21	168	171	177	162	173	194	236	223	210	210	214	214
2012	22	234	236	229	232	202	200	186	184	181	177	175	172
2013	23	161	158	157	160	172	149	144	138	150	150	163	158
2014	24	174	172	157	147	137	148	134	141	139	140	136	137
2015	25	123	108	117	139	139	140	186	187	166	168	129	126
2016	26	134	128	121	82	83	77	72	66	69	67	77	83
2017	27	82	94	106	181	155	175	151	156	171	168	160	—
2018	28	160	162	161	184	181	186	209	206	248	255	268	264
2019	29	257	259	258	255	237	247	255	231	188	175	180	179
2020	30	177	172	182	—	—	—	—	186	174	175	176	178
2021	31	178	180	179	177	179	184	194	202	235	246	236	241
2022	32	241	240	245	252	259	299	293	266	321	313	323	270
2023	33	255	260	266	261	248	254	254	275	257	274	319	382
2024	34	425	423	428	449	505	438	451	405	479	470	426	347
2025	35	351	334	333	342	339	345	333	348	317	294	306	357
2026	36	362	380	387	388	383	383	383	426	—	—	—	—

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Mandy Minella	LUX	66	1,646	1	158	58	100	36.7%	2005–2021	Match log
Andrea Sestini Hlavackova	CZE	58	1,640	0	100	37	63	37.0%	2005–2018	Match log
Mathilde Johansson	FRA	59	1,616	0	119	44	75	37.0%	2005–2015	Match log
Alla Kudryavtseva	RUS	56	1,671	1	224	85	139	37.9%	2005–2017	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Cagla Buyukakcay?: Cagla Buyukakcay is 36 years old, born on September 28, 1989.
Which country does Cagla Buyukakcay represent?: Cagla Buyukakcay represents Turkey in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Cagla Buyukakcay?: Cagla Buyukakcay is 172 cm / 5'8".
Is Cagla Buyukakcay left-handed or right-handed?: Cagla Buyukakcay plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Cagla Buyukakcay won?: Cagla Buyukakcay has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Cagla Buyukakcay won?: TennisDB does not group any of Cagla Buyukakcay's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Cagla Buyukakcay won?: Cagla Buyukakcay has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Istanbul in 2016.
What is Cagla Buyukakcay's highest WTA ranking?: Cagla Buyukakcay's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 60, first achieved on September 12, 2016.
What is Cagla Buyukakcay's career win-loss record?: Cagla Buyukakcay has a career WTA singles record of 22 wins and 53 losses (29.3%).
How much career prize money has Cagla Buyukakcay earned?: Cagla Buyukakcay has earned at least $1,332,835 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Cagla Buyukakcay's career appear in TennisDB?: Cagla Buyukakcay appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2005 through 2023.
On which surface does Cagla Buyukakcay have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Cagla Buyukakcay's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 36.1% (13–23).
Who has Cagla Buyukakcay faced most often?: Cagla Buyukakcay's most frequent opponent is Lara Arruabarrena, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.