Player data updated: 2026-10-17 16:37 UTC

Sonay Kartal

GBR Age 24 163 cm / 5'4" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2022–2026

Sonay Kartal represents Great Britain on the WTA Tour and is ranked No. 170, having reached a career high of No. 44. She most recently defeated Jelena Ostapenko in the Wuhan Open semifinal on October 17, 2026.

Singles ranking

170

Career singles high

44 (Jul 14, 2025)

Elo peak

1932 (88th percentile)

Singles record

36–26 (58.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$2,042,961

YTD W-L

14–6

Equipment brand

Babolat

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 → Last 5: 5–0

Sonay Kartal's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jelena Ostapenko #34	7-6(9) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 2026	SF	Wuhan Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Elina Svitolina #6	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 2026	QF	Wuhan Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Jasmine Paolini #33	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 2026	R16	Wuhan Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Belinda Bencic #12	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2026	R32	Wuhan Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Anhelina Kalinina #48	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 2026	R64	Wuhan Open	WTA 1000	Hard

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Sonay Kartal's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Elina Svitolina	1	2	3	Oct 16, 2026	H2H
Jelena Ostapenko	2	0	2	Oct 17, 2026	H2H
Madison Keys	1	1	2	Mar 10, 2026	H2H
Linda Noskova	0	2	2	Oct 3, 2025	H2H
Daria Kasatkina	2	0	2	Sep 27, 2025	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Sonay Kartal singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles 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
2024	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Monastir
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Sonay Kartal career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2022	20	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	864	206
2023	21	Qualifying Q	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—
2023	21	WTA	0	3	3	0.0%	207	248
2024	22	Qualifying Q	6	2	8	75.0%	—	—
2024	22	WTA	7	1	8	87.5%	252	84
2025	23	Qualifying Q	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—
2025	23	WTA	15	14	29	51.7%	87	68
2026	24	Qualifying Q	5	1	6	83.3%	—	—
2026	24	WTA	14	6	20	70.0%	63	170
Career		—	36	26	62	58.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Sonay Kartal 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 %
2022	20	WTA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2023	21	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	2	0	2	100.0%
2023	21	WTA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2024	22	Qualifying Q	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	6	2	8	75.0%
2024	22	WTA	5	0	5	100.0%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	7	1	8	87.5%
2025	23	Qualifying Q	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
2025	23	WTA	7	7	14	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	5	3	8	62.5%	15	14	29	51.7%
2026	24	Qualifying Q	5	1	6	83.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	1	6	83.3%
2026	24	WTA	14	6	20	70.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	6	20	70.0%
Career	—	—	26	13	39	66.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	7	9	16	43.8%	36	26	62	58.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Sonay Kartal 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 %
2022	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2023	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2024	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	7	1	8	87.5%
2025	23	1	1	2	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	6	7	13	46.2%	4	1	5	80.0%	15	14	29	51.7%
2026	24	1	1	2	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	14	6	20	70.0%
Career		2	3	5	40.0%	7	8	15	46.7%	17	11	28	60.7%	10	4	14	71.4%	36	26	62	58.1%

Performance Stats

Sonay Kartal 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%
2022	20	2/2	0.0	2.0	70.3%	53.7%	39.3%	34.7%	70.8%	48.9%	41.5%
2023	21	3/3	2.3	2.7	68.2%	60.4%	42.8%	66.1%	17.8%	54.8%	34.3%
2024	22	8/8	1.1	1.8	69.2%	68.0%	43.4%	53.6%	53.7%	60.7%	49.1%
2025	23	25/29	2.1	1.6	70.7%	63.5%	53.7%	55.4%	55.2%	60.8%	43.6%
2026	24	20/20	1.7	1.3	63.6%	67.1%	54.2%	44.7%	50.7%	62.1%	45.5%
Career		58/62	1.7	1.6	67.9%	64.9%	51.4%	51.3%	52.1%	60.5%	44.4%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 58/62 (93.5%) of Sonay Kartal's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Sonay Kartal 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
2022	20	1479	98.9	-1.13	-0.67	0.812	45.0%	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.80	0–1	—	—	+0.14
2023	21	1513	105.2	-0.93	-0.45	0.759	45.1%	—	—	+50	25.0%	-2.13	0–2	—	—	-0.28
2024	22	1700	120.0	+2.83	+1.89	1.252	54.8%	-37	—	-5	70.6%	+1.41	3–0 (100%)	1–0	—	+0.25
2025	23	1761	136.2	+2.72	-0.15	1.111	52.2%	-47	-215	+31	52.2%	+0.31	4–5 (44%)	1–3 (25%)	99.3	+0.63
2026	24	1932	153.3	+3.65	+1.99	1.201	53.6%	+5	—	—	65.2%	+1.06	4–2 (67%)	5–3 (63%)	106.0	-0.33
Career		1932	140.4	+2.73	+0.84	1.126	52.4%	-19	-215	+27	55.9%	+0.47	11–10 (52%)	7–6 (54%)	104.9	+0.66

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Sonay Kartal Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2022	20	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2023	21	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2024	22	—	—	R32	Q2	5–2 (71%)
2025	23	R128	R64	R16	R128	4–4 (50%)
2026	24	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	1–2 (33%)	9–9 (50%)

WTA 1000

Sonay Kartal WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	CIN	DOH	DUB	IW	MAD	MIA	ITA	WUH	W-L Win %
2025	23	QF	R128	Q2	—	R16	R64	Q2	R64	—	11–8 (58%)
2026	24	R32	—	R64	Q2	R16	—	—	—	SF	13–4 (76%)
W-L		6–2 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	7–3 (70%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	24–12 (67%)

WTA 500

Sonay Kartal WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	QUE	ABU	W-L Win %
2025	23	R16	R32	3–2 (60%)
2026	24	—	QF	4–1 (80%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	6–2 (75%)	7–3 (70%)

WTA 250

Sonay Kartal WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	TEN	MON	NOT	ROU	W-L Win %
2022	20	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2023	21	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	2–2 (50%)
2024	22	—	—	—	W	Q2	—	8–1 (89%)
2025	23	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	1–3 (25%)
2026	24	QF	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	7–0 (100%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	13–8 (62%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Current rank

170

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 14, 2025

First Top 100

Sep 16, 2024

First Top 50

Jun 9, 2025

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Sonay Kartal ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2021	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1232	1007	865
2022	20	863	397	391	371	284	226	214	216	210	209	199	206
2023	21	195	261	246	217	277	264	260	259	217	229	236	248
2024	22	232	248	256	298	262	295	191	161	101	95	84	84
2025	23	90	81	61	60	56	51	48	51	81	66	70	68
2026	24	66	52	55	55	62	83	122	124	129	170	—	—

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Lilli Tagger (active player)	AUT	#45	1,758	29	15	14	51.7%	$829,443	1	2025–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Daria Snigur (active player)	UKR	#42	1,855	46	24	22	52.2%	$1,962,547	0	2022–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Tereza Valentova (active player)	CZE	#42	1,856	43	23	20	53.5%	$1,250,144	0	2025–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Petra Marcinko (active player)	CRO	#45	1,733	33	15	18	45.5%	$1,269,907	1	2022–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Zeynep Sonmez (active player)	TUR	#48	1,814	83	39	44	47.0%	$2,390,924	1	2023–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Oleksandra Oliynykova (active player)	UKR	#41	1,803	35	18	17	51.4%	$1,144,049	0	2026–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Lucia Bronzetti (active player)	ITA	#46	1,741	162	70	92	43.2%	$3,545,750	1	2021–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Clara Burel (active player)	FRA	#42	1,811	116	54	62	46.6%	$2,762,963	0	2019–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Kimberly Birrell (active player)	AUS	#40	1,834	118	54	64	45.8%	$3,214,812	1	2016–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Yuliia Starodubtseva (active player)	UKR	#42	1,800	75	32	43	42.7%	$2,863,505	0	2024–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Eva Lys (active player)	GER	#39	1,885	97	46	51	47.4%	$2,887,825	0	2022–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (active player)	ESP	#40	1,836	105	48	57	45.7%	$3,342,136	0	2023–2026	Rivalries	Match log

Equipment

Equipment summary

Babolat

Model: Not specified by manufacturer
Frame style: —

The official manufacturer roster confirms the brand relationship but does not publish a racquet model. TennisDB does not infer one from photos or third-party lists.

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Last source check: Oct 14, 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Sonay Kartal?: Sonay Kartal is 24 years old, born on October 28, 2001.
Which country does Sonay Kartal represent?: Sonay Kartal represents Great Britain in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Sonay Kartal?: Sonay Kartal is 163 cm / 5'4".
Is Sonay Kartal left-handed or right-handed?: Sonay Kartal plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Sonay Kartal won?: Sonay Kartal has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Sonay Kartal won?: TennisDB does not group any of Sonay Kartal's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Sonay Kartal won?: Sonay Kartal has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Monastir in 2024.
What is Sonay Kartal's highest WTA ranking?: Sonay Kartal's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 44, first achieved on July 14, 2025.
What is Sonay Kartal's career win-loss record?: Sonay Kartal has a career WTA singles record of 36 wins and 26 losses (58.1%).
How much career prize money has Sonay Kartal earned?: Sonay Kartal has earned at least $2,042,961 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Sonay Kartal's career appear in TennisDB?: Sonay Kartal appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2022 through 2026.
On which surface does Sonay Kartal have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Sonay Kartal's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 66.7% (26–13).
Who has Sonay Kartal faced most often?: Sonay Kartal's most frequent opponent is Elina Svitolina, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.
What racquet does Sonay Kartal use?: The official Babolat player roster lists Sonay Kartal with Babolat, but it does not specify a racquet model. TennisDB does not infer one.