Person in history
Çağla Büyükakçay
Çağla Büyükakçay, Turkish tennis player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1989 · September 28
- Age this year
- 37No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- tennis player. Citizenship: Turkey
- Born
- 37th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Çağla Büyükakçay is a Turkish professional tennis player. She won her first title at her home tournament in Istanbul, becoming the first Turkish woman to lift a WTA Tour title.
Path and career
Career Büyükakçay at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships She did not contest many junior tournaments, only playing four, before competing at the senior level. After a few aborted starts, Büyükakçay played her first professional match at an ITF event in Istanbul in May 2004. Losing in the qualifying draw, she would play two more tournaments during the 2004 season. She won her first ever Fed Cup match in 2005, partnering Pemra Özgen to defeat Stephanie Pace and Stephanie Sullivan of Malta .
Why this date
Çağla Büyükakçay appears on our September 28 calendar for 1989 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1989.
- January 4Grumman F-14 Tomcat
- November 17Walt Disney Pictures
- October 22TAN-SAHSA Flight 414
- May 12San Bernardino train disaster
- December 17Fernando Collor de Mello
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1989Andrew LuckSeptember 12
- 1989Elysée (footballer)September 13
- 1989Nastia LiukinOctober 30
- 1989Ryan McGowanAugust 15
- 1989Kelsey AdrianOctober 5
- 1989Agnes KnochenhauerMay 5
- 1989Matthew Lewis (actor)June 27
- 1989Jesús MonteroNovember 28
Sources
Cite this page
“Çağla Büyükakçay”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/cagla-buyukakcay, accessed October 28, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Çağla Büyükakçay
When was Çağla Büyükakçay born?
September 28 1989.
How old would Çağla Büyükakçay be today?
37 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on September 28?
Panna Udvardy, Jason Williams (footballer, born 1995), Eddie Rosario and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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