Hülya Esen, Хюлия Велиева (born 7 August 1989) is a Turkish-Bulgarian former professional tennis player. Esen won six ITF doubles titles and reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 504 in singles (on 9 July 2012) and No. 406 in doubles (on 11 November 2013). She was the No. 1 player in the Bulgaria national rankings for seven consecutive years.Хюлия Велиева - Тенис клуб „Про Спорт“ She represented team Bulgaria until 2011, before switching her representation to play in the Turkey team competitions. Personal life Her parents are from Turkish origin from Kardzhali, Bulgaria, and her ancestors came from Konya. Her mother Nebahat Velieva (maiden name Sadakova) is from Ardino, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria and has been her coach, managing her and her sister's Lütfiye careers. She has dual Bulgarian and Turkish citizenship.

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.

She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in September 2024.

Together with her sister Lütfiye, they were 12 times women's doubles champions of Bulgaria. Hülya is in an 18 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.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups) Legend$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Gaziantep, Turkey10,000 Hard Melis Sezer 2–6, 1–6Loss 0–2 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Hard Nicole Melichar 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner–ups) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (4–9) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Palić, Serbia10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Martina Babáková Davinia Lobbinger 2–6, 3–6Win 1–1 ITF Adana, Turkey10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Julia Efremova Diana Isaeva 5–7, 6–1, [10–4]Loss 1–2 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Diana Marcu Simona Matei 5–7, 6–4, [5–10]Loss 1–3 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Camelia Hristea Ionela-Andreea Iova 0–6, 6–2, [6–10]Win 2–3 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Hard Lütfiye Esen Magali de Lattre Christina Shakovets 7–5, 7–5Loss 2–4 ITF Adana, Turkey10,000 Hard Lütfiye Esen Nikola Fraňková Hsu Chieh-yu 6–7(4), 4–6Win 3–4 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Khristina Kazimova Francesca Stephenson 6–4, 6–2Win 4–4 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Laura Ioana Paar Raluca Elena Platon 6–0, 1–6, [10–7]Loss 4–5 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Seda Arantekin Diana Enache Daniëlle Harmsen 6–7(5), 1–6Win 5–5 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Hard Lütfiye Esen Lu Jiaxiang Lu Jiajing 1–6, 6–4, [10–8]Win 6–5 ITF Niš, Serbia10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Lina Gjorcheska Maria Mokh 3–6, 7–6(2), [10–6]Loss 6–6 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Lina Gjorcheska Dalia Zafirova 3–6, 2–6Loss 6–7 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Diana Buzean Daniëlle Harmsen 6–4, 1–6, [3–10]Loss 6–8 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Laura Ioana Andrei Raluca Elena Platon 4–6, 6–3, [7–10]Loss 6–9 ITF Izmir, Turkey10,000 Hard Lütfiye Esen Başak Eraydın Zuzana Zlochová 1–6, 3–6Loss 6–10 ITF Izmir, Turkey10,000 Hard Lütfiye Esen Anett Kontaveit Polina Leykina 4–6, 5–7Loss 6–11 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Lina Gjorcheska Alexandra Nancarrow 2–6, 4–6Loss 6–12 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia10,000 Clay Lütfiye Esen Veronika Miroshnichenko Valeriya Zeleva 5–7, 1–6

ITF Junior Circuit finals Singles: 3 (3 runner–ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Plovdiv, Bulgaria G5 Clay Anna Maskaljun 2–6, 7–5, 1–6Loss 0–2 Istanbul, Turkey G5 Hard Nikki Prosser 1–6, 6–7(4)Loss 0–3 Skopje, Macedonia G5 Clay Lütfiye Esen 2–6, 0–2 ret.

Doubles: 4 (4 titles) ResultW–LDateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreWin 1–0 Istanbul, Turkey G5 Hard Gözde Ünkaya Ina Sireţeanu Gabriela Stepa 6–4, 6–0Win 2–0 Sofia, Bulgaria G5 Clay Lütfiye Esen Ioana-Alexandra Bara Nicoleta-Ana Maria Bara 6–0, 6–4Win 3–0 Istanbul, Turkey G5 Hard Lütfiye Esen Eylül Benli Valeria Savinykh 7–6(5), 4–6, 6–4Win 4–0 Skopje, Macedonia G5 Clay Lütfiye Esen Nives Pavlovic Nevena Selaković 6–4, 6–1

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