Pemra Özgen
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| Country |  Turkey |
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| Residence | İstanbul | |
| Date of birth | May 8, 1986 [1] | |
| Place of birth | İstanbul, Turkey | |
| Height | 1.69 m | |
| Weight | 15 kg | |
| Turned pro | 2004 | |
| Retired | Active | |
| Plays | Right (two-handed both sides) | |
| Career prize money | $40,809 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 97-92 | |
| Career titles: | 0 WTA, 0 ITF | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 332 (13 August 2007) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | - | |
| French Open | - | |
| Wimbledon | - | |
| US Open | - | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 80-69 | |
| Career titles: | 0 WTA, 0 ITF | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 293 (25 February 2008) | |
Pemra Özgen (8 May 1986, İstanbul) is a Turkish tennis player. She has the second best ranking position among Turkish players of all time after İpek Şenoğlu.
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[edit] Career
Özgen had begun her career at the age of 8 when she was emulating her friends to play tennis in 1994.[2] She kept training at İstanbul based clubs; respectively at Taçspor Kulübü and Dağcılık Tenis Spor Kulübü. She had been invloved in tournaments at the age of 12. Begun her professional career in 2002, she had shown a rapid improvement as ascending from 1099th to 471th place at World Ranking.[2] However, she could not reach enough scale to play at Grand Slams.
In Doubles, she attended Istanbul Cup with Çağla Büyükakçay with wild card and eliminated in the first round in 2007. Özgen won various titles both in domestic and foreign tournaments in Greece[3], France, Portugal and, Israel.[4]
[edit] Miscellaneous
- She studies at Bilgi University, but she failed her first year lectures due to busy tournament schedule and paused her education in 2006.
- Her coach is Erhan Oral.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Pemra Ozgen - Player Profile", sports.espn.go.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.(English)
- ^ a b "Pemra Ozgen", hurriyet.com.tr, 10-06-2006. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.(Turkish)
- ^ "Teniste Pemra Yüzümüzü Güldürdü", hurriyet-europe.com, 03-04-2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.(Turkish)
- ^ "Pemra'nın Başarıları", pemraozgen.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.(Turkish)
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