Berfu Cengiz

Turkish tennis player
Berfu Cengiz
Cengiz at the 2019 Fed Cup
Country (sports) Turkey
Born (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 24)
Adana, Turkey
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$144,159
Singles
Career record244–168 (59.2%)
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 228 (11 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 250 (24 June 2024)
Doubles
Career record130–92 (58.6%)
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 214 (15 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 564 (6 May 2024)
Last updated on: 23 June 2024.

Berfu Cengiz (born 18 October 1999) is a Turkish tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of 228 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2023, and 214 in doubles, set on 15 July 2019.

Cengiz won her first major ITF title ($80k) at the 2018 President's Cup in Astana.[1]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
$60/75W tournaments (0–1)
$40/50W tournaments (3–0)
$25/35W tournaments (1–1)
$10/15W tournaments (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (5–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Clay Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2015 Antalya, Turkey W10 Clay Romania Diana Enache 6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2016 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W10 Hard Sweden Anette Munozova 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jun 2017 Banja Luka, BiH W15 Clay Slovenia Nina Potočnik 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Oct 2017 Jounieh, Lebanon W15 Clay France Clothilde de Bernardi 0–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2018 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Belarus Yuliya Hatouka 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Feb 2020 Jodhpur, India W25 Hard India Ankita Raina 5–7, 1–6
Loss 3–4 Dec 2020 Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay France Diane Parry 3–6, 1–6
Win 4–4 Jan 2021 Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Turkey İpek Öz 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–4 Feb 2023 Mexico City, Mexico W40 Hard China Yuan Yue 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(9)
Loss 5–5 Apr 2023 Istanbul, Turkey W60 Clay Romania Irina Bara 7–6(2), 4–6, 1–6
Win 6–5 May 2024 Båstad, Sweden W35 Clay Bulgaria Gergana Topalova 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–5 Jun 2024 Troisdorf, Germany W50 Clay Switzerland Susan Bandecchi 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Win 8–5 Jun 2024 Ystad, Sweden W50 Clay Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 21 (8 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60/75W tournaments (0–3)
$40/50W tournaments (1–0)
$25/35W tournaments (1–7)
$10/15W tournaments (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–12)
Clay (5–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2016 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W10 Hard India Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Greece Despina Papamichail
Montenegro Ana Veselinović
6–7(4), 6–1, [5–10]
Win 1–1 Oct 2016 Antalya, Turkey W10 Clay Bulgaria Ani Vangelova Romania Cristina Adamescu
Belarus Sadafmoh Tolibova
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Nov 2016 Antalya, Turkey W10 Hard Turkey Melis Sezer Ukraine Diana Khodan
Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
1–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Nov 2016 Antalya, Turkey W10 Clay Serbia Olga Danilović Germany Tayisiya Morderger
Germany Yana Morderger
6–4, 6–4
Win 3–2 Jun 2017 Banja Luka, BiH W15 Clay Bulgaria Ani Vangelova India Riya Bhatia
Serbia Tamara Čurović
7–5, 7–6(4)
Win 4–2 Aug 2017 Istanbul, Turkey W15 Clay Turkey İpek Öz Russia Vasilisa Aponasenko
Croatia Tea Faber
6–4, 6–1
Win 5–2 Sep 2017 Jounieh, Lebanon W15 Clay Egypt Ola Abou Zekry Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
Sweden Fanny Östlund
6–4, 7–5
Loss 5–3 Oct 2017 Óbidos, Portugal W25 Hard United Kingdom Katie Swan Russia Olga Doroshina
Russia Yana Sizikova
2–6, 2–6
Loss 5–4 Jan 2018 Sharm El Sheikh W15 Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmina Tinjić New Zealand Jade Lewis
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
1–6, 7–5, [10–12]
Loss 5–5 Jun 2018 Óbidos, Portugal W25 Hard Australia Sara Tomic Sweden Linnéa Malmqvist
Italy Angelica Moratelli
5–7, 1–2 ret.
Win 6–5 Jul 2018 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W80 Hard Kazakhstan Anna Danilina Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 6–6 Dec 2018 Navi Mumbai, India W25 Hard Indonesia Jessy Rompies Uzbekistan Albina Khabibulina
Russia Ekaterina Yashina
2–6, 1–6
Win 7–6 Jun 2019 Fergana, Uzbekistan W25 Hard Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova Australia Isabella Bozicevic
Russia Ksenia Laskutova
4–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss 7–7 Dec 2019 Solapur, India W25 Hard Greece Despina Papamichail Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
India Ankita Raina
7–5, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss 7–8 Mar 2020 Potchefstroom, South Africa W25 Hard New Zealand Paige Hourigan United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan
Hungary Fanny Stollár
1–6, 1–6
Loss 7–9 Apr 2021 Dubai, UAE W25 Hard Turkey İpek Öz United States Emina Bektas
United Kingdom Tara Moore
5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 7–10 Jun 2021 Figueira da Foz, Portugal W25 Hard Russia Anastasia Tikhonova United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls
3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 7–11 Apr 2022 Istanbul, Turkey W60 Clay Russia Anastasia Tikhonova Poland Maja Chwalińska
Czech Republic Jesika Malečková
6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 8–11 Feb 2023 Mexico City, Mexico W40 Hard United States Sofia Sewing Netherlands Suzan Lamens
Latvia Darja Semeņistaja
6–1, 1–6, [12–10]
Loss 8–12 Apr 2023 Croissy-Beaubourg, France W60 Hard United Kingdom Jodie Burrage Belgium Greet Minnen
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
4–6, 4–6
Loss 8–13 June 2023 Madrid, Spain W60 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava United States Makenna Jones
United States Jamie Loeb
4–6, 7–5, [6–10]

Junior finals

ITF Junior Circuit

Legend
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (5–3)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2013 ITF Doha, Qatar Clay Cyprus Maria Siopacha 6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2013 ITF Doha, Qatar Clay Cyprus Maria Siopacha 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2013 ITF Amman, Jordan Hard Egypt Nermeen Shawky 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–2 Nov 2013 ITF Hawali, Kuwait Hard Egypt Laila Elnimr 6–4, 7–6(8)
Loss 2–3 May 2014 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Turkey Ayla Aksu 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–3 Jun 2014 ITF Tunis, Tunisia Hard Tunisia Chiraz Bechri 6–0, 6–2
Win 4–3 May 2015 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Belarus Katsiaryna Yemelyanenka 6–2, 6–1
Win 5–3 Sep 2015 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Chinese Taipei Wei Tang 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles (3–6)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2012 ITF Hawali, Kuwait Clay Australia Skye Hopper Egypt Marina Albert
Lebanon Nancy Karaky
5–7, 6–7(4)
Loss 1–1 Jul 2013 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Turkey Müge Topsel Egypt Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz
Egypt Rana Essam
w/o
Win 2–1 Aug 2013 ITF Amman, Jordan Hard Turkey Defne Olcay Turkey Ceylin Günay
Turkey Müge Topsel
6–3, 6–1
Win 3–1 Sep 2013 ITF Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Hard Turkmenistan Jahana Bayramova Russia Anastasia Gasanova
Russia Melissa Ifidzhen
6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Jun 2014 ITF Carthage, Tunisia Hard Egypt Habiba Lasheen Slovakia Timea Pavlíková
Slovakia Tamara Kupková
4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Jun 2014 ITF Tunis, Tunisia Hard Egypt Habiba Lasheen Tunisia Chiraz Bechri
United Kingdom Katarina Weymouth
6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 3–4 Jan 2015 ITF Tunis, Tunisia Hard Namibia Lesedi Sheya Jacobs Russia Tatiana Makarova
Hungary Panna Udvardy
6–1, 5–7, [6–10]
Loss 3–5 Feb 2015 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Namibia Lesedi Sheya Jacobs Netherlands Nina Kruijer
Netherlands Liza Lebedzeva
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 3–6 Sep 2015 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Turkey Selin Övünç Russia Aleksandra Kuznetsova
Russia Maria Solnyshkina
4–6, 4–6

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Berfu Cengiz çiftlerde şampiyon oldu". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-07-21.

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