Our own Sonay Kartal gets through to the 4th round of Wimbledon 2025

September 19, 2024July 6, 2025 jasonsq Sonay Kartal

So dreams do come true after all.

When Sonay Kartal first started playing tennis at Pavilion & Avenue at the age of 6 after watching her older brother play, not even her gutsy self could possible believe that 17 years later she would be the only British female to get to the 4th round of Wimbledon 2025!

Sonay storms through to the 4th round of Wimbledon

It’s been an incredible year for Sonay.

At the start of Wimbledon 2024, she was ranked 298 and defied the odds to reach the third round (losing to #2 Coco Gauff). She went on to lift her first ever WTA trophy at the Jasmin Open in Tunisia, reached the quarter finals of the Indian Wells Masters in March (knocked out by #1 Sabalenka) and helped the GB team win the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers.

Sonay’s ranking has skyrocketed to 51, she’s the 3rd best female tennis player in Great Britain and the GB team are headed for the final in Shenzhen, China in September 2025.

During her journey, Sonay has been guided by Pav & Ave’s Coaching Team and supported by many Club members. Over the years, she has been coached by Julie Hobbs and Martin and Ben Reeves. Ben is now her main coach accompanying her to all her tournaments.

Sonay with Coach Ben after winning her first WTA at the Monastir Open

Sonay puts her success down to improved fitness and the inner belief that she now knows she can compete mentally and physically with all the top players.

It’s an astonishing rise in one of the toughest of sports and makes us wonder which other young stars at Pav & Ave could be a future Sonay.