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Berfu Cengiz
	Cengiz at the 2019 Fed Cup
Country (sports)	Turkey
Born	18 October 1999 (age 25); Adana, Turkey
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 180,967
Singles
Career record	258–177
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 195 (9 December 2024)
Current ranking	No. 195 (9 December 2024)
Doubles
Career record	134–94
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 214 (15 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 616 (9 December 2024)
	Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

Berfu Cengiz (born 18 October 1999) is a Turkish tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of 195 in singles, achieved on 9 December 2024, and 214 in doubles, set on 15 July 2019.

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

She made her WTA Tour main draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2020 İstanbul Cup, losing in the first round to third seed Polona Hercog.^[2]

Cengiz defeated eighth seed Noma Noha Akugue to reach the second round at the 2023 WTA 125 Open delle Puglie,^[3] where she lost to wildcard entrant Jennifer Ruggeri.^[4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (0–1)
W40/50 tournaments (3–0)
W25/35 tournaments (1–2)
W10/15 tournaments (4–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (5–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Clay	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Diana Enache	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Anette Munozova	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–1	Jun 2017	ITF Banja Luka, BiH	W15	Clay	Nina Potočnik	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Oct 2017	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	W15	Clay	Clothilde de Bernardi	0–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Mar 2018	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Yuliya Hatouka	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Feb 2020	Jodhpur, India	W25	Hard	Ankita Raina	5–7, 1–6
Loss	3–4	Dec 2020	Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Diane Parry	3–6, 1–6
Win	4–4	Jan 2021	Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	5–4	Feb 2023	Mexico City, Mexico	W40	Hard	Yuan Yue	6–4, 1–6, 7–6⁽⁹⁾
Loss	5–5	Apr 2023	Istanbul, Turkey	W60	Clay	Irina Bara	7–6⁽²⁾, 4–6, 1–6
Win	6–5	May 2024	Båstad, Sweden	W35	Clay	Gergana Topalova	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–5	Jun 2024	Troisdorf, Germany	W50	Clay	Susan Bandecchi	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Win	8–5	Jun 2024	Ystad, Sweden	W50	Clay	Irene Burillo Escorihuela	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	8–6	Jul 2024	Amstelveen Open, Netherlands	W35	Clay	Jaimee Fourlis	6–7, 6–2, 1–6

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

Legend
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W60/75 tournaments (0–3)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W25/35 tournaments (1–7)
W10/15 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	W10	Hard	Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	Despina Papamichail Ana Veselinović	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–1, [5–10]
Win	1–1	Oct 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Ani Vangelova	Cristina Adamescu Sadafmoh Tolibova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Melis Sezer	Diana Khodan Mariya Koryttseva	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Olga Danilović	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–2	Jun 2017	ITF Banja Luka, BiH	W15	Clay	Ani Vangelova	Riya Bhatia Tamara Čurović	7–5, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	4–2	Aug 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	Vasilisa Aponasenko Tea Faber	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–2	Sep 2017	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	W15	Clay	Ola Abou Zekry	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Fanny Östlund	6–4, 7–5
Loss	5–3	Oct 2017	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	W25	Hard	Katie Swan	Olga Doroshina Yana Sizikova	2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–4	Jan 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh	W15	Hard	Jasmina Tinjić	Jade Lewis Erin Routliffe	1–6, 7–5, [10–12]
Loss	5–5	Jun 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	W25	Hard	Sara Tomic	Linnéa Malmqvist Angelica Moratelli	5–7, 1–2 ret.
Win	6–5	Jul 2018	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	W80	Hard	Anna Danilina	Akgul Amanmuradova Ekaterine Gorgodze	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	6–6	Dec 2018	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	W25	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Albina Khabibulina Ekaterina Yashina	2–6, 1–6
Win	7–6	Jun 2019	Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan	W25	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	Isabella Bozicevic Ksenia Laskutova	4–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss	7–7	Dec 2019	ITF Solapur, India	W25	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Ulrikke Eikeri Ankita Raina	7–5, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	7–8	Mar 2020	ITF Potchefstroom, South Africa	W25	Hard	Paige Hourigan	Samantha Murray Sharan Fanny Stollár	1–6, 1–6
Loss	7–9	Apr 2021	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	W25	Hard	İpek Öz	Emina Bektas Tara Moore	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	7–10	Jun 2021	ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal	W25	Hard	Anastasia Tikhonova	Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls	3–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	7–11	Apr 2022	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W60	Clay	Anastasia Tikhonova	Maja Chwalińska Jesika Malečková	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	8–11	Feb 2023	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	W40	Hard	Sofia Sewing	Suzan Lamens Darja Semeņistaja	6–1, 1–6, [12–10]
Loss	8–12	Apr 2023	Open de Seine-et-Marne, France	W60	Hard	Jodie Burrage	Greet Minnen Yanina Wickmayer	4–6, 4–6
Loss	8–13	June 2023	Madrid Open, Spain	W60	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