Luksika Kumkhum

Luksika Kumkhum
ลักษิกา คำขำ

Luksika Kumkhum 2014 at the Wimbledon
tournament
Country (sports)  Thailand
Residence Chantaburi, Thailand
Born (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993
Chantaburi, Thailand
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Plays Right handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money $ 420,547
Singles
Career record 204–99
Career titles 0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking No. 85 (20 October 2014)
Current ranking No. 148 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2013, 2014)
French Open 1R (2014)
Wimbledon 1R (2016)
US Open Q2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record 85–61
Career titles 0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 139 (24 February 2014)
Current ranking No. 335 (8 February 2016)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum (Thai: ลักษิกา คำขำ; rtgs: Laksika Khamkham; born 21 July 1993) is a professional Thai tennis player. Her highest singles ranking was World No. 85, which was achieved on 20 October 2014. Her highest doubles ranking is World No. 139, which was achieved on 24 February 2014.

Career

In 2010, Kumkhum had won one ITF event in singles but three ITF events in doubles. The next year she won five singles ITF events all 10ks and two in doubles. In 2012 she won two singles ITF events and two doubles ITF events. In 2013 she cracked the top 200 and started to play on the WTA Tour as well as the ITF circuit. Kumkhum qualified for the 2013 Australian Open where she defeated Sofia Arvidsson in the first round. She was beaten in the 2nd round by Jamie Hampton. She played the 2013 Malaysian Open where she qualified for the tournament and reached the quarterfinals defeating Olivia Rogowska and Eleni Daniilidou en route before falling to Ayumi Morita in the quarters, she also reached the semifinals of the tournament where she partnered with Erika Sema, falling to Janette Husárová and Zhang Shuai in the semis. In April she won the 25K ITF event in Phuket defeating Lisa Whybourn in the finals. She then played the 2013 Roland Garros qualifying event where she defeating Zarina Diyas in the first round before falling to Sandra Záhlavová in the second qualifying round. She then suffered first round losses at the 2013 Aegon Trophy, 2013 Aegon Classic and 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Kumkhum's next event was the 100k ITF event, 2013 President's Cup where she defeated Eugeniya Pashkova in the first round, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the second round and Ekaterina Bychkova in the quarterfinals before she lost to Nadiya Kichenok in the semifinals. In the doubles event she and Tamarine Tanasugarn reached the final before falling to first seeds Nina Bratchikova and Valeria Solovyeva.

At the 2014 Australian Open, Kumkhum, ranked 87 in the world, caused a major upset when she defeated former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová in the first round, in three sets. This was the first time ever that Kumkhum had ever faced a top ten opponent in her career.[1] She then suffered first round loss at the PTT Pattaya Open from Julia Görges 6-4, 6-4.

ITF circuit finals

Singles: 19 (11–8)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Titles by surface
Hard (11–7)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 16 October 2010 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Norway Emma Flood 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 23 October 2010 Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard China Zhu Lin 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 7 November 2010 Manila, Philippines Hard Finland Piia Suomalainen 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 4 December 2010 Mandya, India Hard Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 2. 7 May 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Indonesia Ayu Fani Damayanti 6–2, 6–2
Winner 3. 14 May 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 4. 4 June 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Russia Marta Sirotkina 4–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 18 June 2011 Pattaya, Thailand Hard China Liang Chen 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 2 July 2011 Pattaya, Thailand Hard China Liang Chen 6–2, 6–7(6), 5–7
Winner 5. 6 November 2011 Kuching, Malaysia Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 7–6(3), 6–3
Winner 6. 20 November 2011 Manila, Philippines Hard China Zhao Yijing 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 7. 7 July 2012 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 6–2, 6–2
Winner 8. 22 July 2012 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Thailand Nudnida Luangnam 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner 9. 28 April 2013 Phuket, Thailand Hard United Kingdom Lisa Whybourn 6–0, 7–5
Winner 10. 24 November 2013 Toyota, Japan Carpet Japan Hiroko Kuwata 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Runner-up 6. 3 August 2014 Wuhan, China Hard China Wang Qiang 2–6, 2–6
Winner 11. 31 May 2015 Xuzhou, China Hard Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-Chen 1-6, 7-5, 6-1
Runner-up 7. 28 November 2015 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Croatia Jana Fett 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 8. 30 July 2016 Wuhan, China Hard China Wang Qiang 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Titles by surface
Hard (8–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 24 October 2010 Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai Vietnam Trang Huynh
Japan Maya Kato		 6-4, 7-5
Winner 2. 14 November 2010 Manila, Philippines Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech United States Ivana King
United States Jasmin Schnack		 6-4, 7-5
Winner 3. 12 December 2010 Bangalore,India Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk Chinese Taipei Yi Chen
Japan Kumiko Iijima		 7-6(7), 5-7, 6-4
Runner-up 1. 19 June 2011 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Thailand Napatsakorn Sankaew China Liang Chen
China Zhao Yijing		 6-1, 1-6, 5-7
Winner 4. 6 November 2011 Kuching, Malaysia Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk China Lu Jiaxiang
China Lu Jiajing		 6-4, 6-3
Winner 5. 13 November 2011 Manila, Philippines Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech China Zhao Yijing
China Zheng Junyi		 6-3, 6-0
Runner-up 2. 20 November 2011 Manila, Philippines Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech Thailand Napatsakorn Sankaew
Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai		 1-6, 6-3, 3-6
Winner 6. 22 July 2012 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
Russia Ekaterina Yashina		 6-2, 6-4
Winner 7. 2 September 2012 Tsukuba, Japan Hard Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai Japan Yurina Koshino
Japan Mari Tanaka		 6-2, 6-2
Winner 8. 5 May 2013 Gifu, Japan Hard Japan Erika Sema Japan Nao Hibino
Japan Riko Sawayanagi		 6-4, 6-3
Runner-up 3. 3 November 2013 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Hard Chinese Taipei Yi Chen Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
Netherlands Arantxa Rus		 4-6, 6-2, 12-14
Runner-up 4. 7 July 2014 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai		 3-6, 6-4, 8-10
Runner-up 5. 28 November 2015 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Yuuki Tanaka Japan Akiko Omae
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech		 6–3, 0–6, [9–11]

References

  1. ↑ Sixth seed Petra Kvitova crashes out to Luksika Kumkhum, Sky Sports, 13 January 2014
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