Hülya Esen

Hülya Esen, Хюлия Велиева (born 7 August 1989) is a Turkish born professional tennis player. Esen won six ITF doubles titles and reached career-high WTA rankings of 504 in singles (on 9 July 2012) and No. 406 in doubles (on 11 November 2013). She was the number-one-player in the Bulgarian women's tennis rankings for seven consecutive years.

Personal life
Her parents have a Turkish origin from Kardzhali, Bulgaria, and her ancestors came from Konya. Her mother Nebahat is from Ardino, and has been her coach, managing her and her sister’s Lütfiye careers.

Career
Esen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2008 Gastein Ladies in the doubles event, partnering Stefanie Haidner. She also played in the doubles event of the 2010 İstanbul Cup, partnering Derya Turhan.

Together with her sister Lütfiye, they were 12 times women's doubles champions of Bulgaria. Hülya is in total 17 times champion of Bulgaria, in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She is the first and was the only triple champion of Bulgaria (till 2021), that have won all singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions in one championship.

She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in October 2018.