Berfu Cengiz

Berfu Cengiz
Cengiz at the 2019 Fed Cup
Country (sports) Turkey
Born 18 October 1999
Adana, Turkey
Plays Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$136,177
Singles
Career record 212–153 (58.1%)
Career titles 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 228 (11 September 2023)
Current ranking No. 264 (25 December 2023)
Doubles
Career record 128–88 (59.3%)
Career titles 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 214 (15 July 2019)
Current ranking No. 324 (25 December 2023)
Last updated on: 25 December 2023.

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.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (2–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Clay Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Diana Enache 6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Anette Munozova 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jun 2017 ITF Banja Luka, BiH 15,000 Clay Nina Potočnik 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Oct 2017 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon 15,000 Clay Clothilde de Bernardi 0–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2018 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Yuliya Hatouka 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Feb 2020 ITF Jodhpur, India 25,000 Hard Ankita Raina 5–7, 1–6
Loss 3–4 Dec 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Diane Parry 3–6, 1–6
Win 4–4 Jan 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay İpek Öz 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–4 Feb 2023 ITF Mexico City 40,000 Hard Yuan Yue 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(9)
Loss 5–5 Apr 2023 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 60,000 Clay Irina Bara 7–6(2), 4–6, 1–6

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

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (1–7)
$10/15,000 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 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Despina Papamichail
Ana Veselinović
6–7(4), 6–1, [5–10]
Win 1–1 Oct 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ani Vangelova Cristina Adamescu
Sadafmoh Tolibova
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Nov 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Melis Sezer Diana Khodan
Mariya Koryttseva
1–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Nov 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Olga Danilović Tayisiya Morderger
Yana Morderger
6–4, 6–4
Win 3–2 Jun 2017 ITF Banja Luka, BiH 15,000 Clay Ani Vangelova Riya Bhatia
Tamara Čurović
7–5, 7–6(4)
Win 4–2 Aug 2017 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 15,000 Clay İpek Öz Vasilisa Aponasenko
Tea Faber
6–4, 6–1
Win 5–2 Sep 2017 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon 15,000 Clay Ola Abou Zekry Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
Fanny Östlund
6–4, 7–5
Loss 5–3 Oct 2017 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Hard Katie Swan Olga Doroshina
Yana Sizikova
2–6, 2–6
Loss 5–4 Jan 2018 ITF Sharm El Sheikh 15,000 Hard Jasmina Tinjić Jade Lewis
Erin Routliffe
1–6, 7–5, [10–12]
Loss 5–5 Jun 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Hard Sara Tomic Linnéa Malmqvist
Angelica Moratelli
5–7, 1–2 ret.
Win 6–5 Jul 2018 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 80,000 Hard Anna Danilina Akgul Amanmuradova
Ekaterine Gorgodze
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 6–6 Dec 2018 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard Jessy Rompies Albina Khabibulina
Ekaterina Yashina
2–6, 1–6
Win 7–6 Jun 2019 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Nigina Abduraimova Isabella Bozicevic
Ksenia Laskutova
4–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss 7–7 Dec 2019 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard Despina Papamichail Ulrikke Eikeri
Ankita Raina
7–5, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss 7–8 Mar 2020 ITF Potchefstroom, South Africa 25,000 Hard Paige Hourigan Samantha Murray Sharan
Fanny Stollár
1–6, 1–6
Loss 7–9 Apr 2021 ITF Dubai, UAE 25,000 Hard İpek Öz Emina Bektas
Tara Moore
5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 7–10 Jun 2021 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000 Hard Anastasia Tikhonova Alicia Barnett
Olivia Nicholls
3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 7–11 Apr 2022 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 60,000 Clay Anastasia Tikhonova Maja Chwalińska
Jesika Malečková
6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 8–11 Feb 2023 ITF Mexico City 40,000 Hard Sofia Sewing Suzan Lamens
Darja Semeņistaja
6–1, 1–6, [12–10]
Loss 8–12 Apr 2023 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France 60,000 Hard Jodie Burrage Greet Minnen
Yanina Wickmayer
4–6, 4–6
Loss 8–13 June 2023 Madrid Open, Spain 60,000 Hard Destanee Aiava Makenna Jones
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 Maria Siopacha 6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2013 ITF Doha, Qatar Clay Maria Siopacha 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2013 ITF Amman, Jordan Hard Nermeen Shawky 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–2 Nov 2013 ITF Hawali, Kuwait Hard Laila Elnimr 6–4, 7–6(8)
Loss 2–3 May 2014 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Ayla Aksu 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–3 Jun 2014 ITF Tunis, Tunisia Hard Chiraz Bechri 6–0, 6–2
Win 4–3 May 2015 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Katsiaryna Yemelyanenka 6–2, 6–1
Win 5–3 Sep 2015 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay 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 Skye Hopper Marina Albert
Nancy Karaky
5–7, 6–7(4)
Loss 1–1 Jul 2013 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Müge Topsel Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz
Rana Essam
w/o
Win 2–1 Aug 2013 ITF Amman, Jordan Hard Defne Olcay Ceylin Günay
Müge Topsel
6–3, 6–1
Win 3–1 Sep 2013 ITF Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Hard Jahana Bayramova Anastasia Gasanova
Melissa Ifidzhen
6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Jun 2014 ITF Carthage, Tunisia Hard Habiba Lasheen Timea Pavlíková
Tamara Kupková
4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Jun 2014 ITF Tunis, Tunisia Hard Habiba Lasheen Chiraz Bechri
Katarina Weymouth
6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 3–4 Jan 2015 ITF Tunis, Tunisia Hard Lesedi Sheya Jacobs Tatiana Makarova
Panna Udvardy
6–1, 5–7, [6–10]
Loss 3–5 Feb 2015 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Lesedi Sheya Jacobs Nina Kruijer
Liza Lebedzeva
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 3–6 Sep 2015 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Selin Övünç Aleksandra Kuznetsova
Maria Solnyshkina
4–6, 4–6