Varatchaya Wongteanchai

Varatchaya Wongteanchai
วรัชญา วงค์เทียนชัย

Country (sports)	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok, Thailand
Born	(1989-09-07) 7 September 1989 Chiang Rai, Thailand
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$156,071
Singles
Career record	228-175
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	212 (17 June 2013)
Current ranking	255 (19 January 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	Q1 (2013)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
US Open	Q1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	264-143
Career titles	1 WTA, 29 ITF
Highest ranking	118 (4 February 2013)
Current ranking	178 (19 January 2015)
Medal record yes Representing  Thailand Women's Tennis Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team Southeast Asian Games 2009 Vientiane Doubles 2009 Vientiane Mixed Doubles Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Team 2013 Kazan Doubles 2011 Shenzhen Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 19 January 2015.

Varatchaya "Pias" Wongteanchai (Thai: วรัชญา วงค์เทียนชัย; born 7 September 1989 in Chiang Rai) is a Thai professional tennis player.

Wongteanchai has won four singles and twenty-four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 17 June 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 212. On 4 February 2013, she peaked at world number 118 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Thailand at the Fed Cup, Wongteanchai has a win-loss record of 10-6.^[1]

Wongteanchai's younger sister Varunya is also a tennis professional.

Career

In February 2012, Wongteanchai made her WTA main draw debut at her home tournament, the 2012 PTT Pattaya Open. She qualified for the main draw by defeating Hsu Wen-hsin 0–6, 7–5, 6–1 and Misa Eguchi 6–4, 6–3. She then faced top seed Vera Zvonareva in the first round but lost 6–2, 7–5. She also partnered her younger sister Varunya Wongteanchai in the doubles event, but lost in the quarterfinals.

In 2013, Wongteanchai started her year by winning a title at the 2013 Blossom Cup. This was Wongteanchai's biggest title of her career so far. She was then awarded a wildcard into the 2013 PTT Pattaya Open. She defeated Annika Beck in the first round 6–3, 6–3 and but lost to Marina Erakovic in the second round. In the doubles event Varatchaya Wongteanchai partnered her sister Varunya, in the first round they defeated the third seeds Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching, they then went on to the semifinals after defeating Irina Buryachok and Valeria Solovyeva. They then lost to Akgul Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the semifinals. She then played in the qualifying event of the 2013 Roland Garros but lost to Grace Min in the first round.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 November 2015	Hua Hin Championships, Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	6 March 2016	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	2.	17 July 2016	Bucharest Open, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Jessica Moore	Alexandra Cadanțu Katarzyna Piter	6–3, 7–6(7–5)

ITF finals (35–29)

Singles (4–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002009-06-27-000027 June 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ai Yamamoto	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	000000002009-08-09-00009 August 2009	Solo, Indonesia	Hard	Lavinia Tananta	1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	000000002011-02-18-000018 February 2011	Aurangabad, India	Clay	Vlada Ekshibarova	1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	000000002011-02-25-000025 February 2011	Mumbai, India	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	2.	000000002011-06-19-000019 June 2011	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Wang Qiang	7–5, 6–3
Winner	3.	000000002011-06-25-000025 June 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Anna Tyulpa	6–4, 6–1
Winner	4.	000000002013-01-11-000011 January 2013	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)

Doubles (31–26)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	23 July 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Chang Kai-chen Nguyen Thuy Dung	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	26 September 2006	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Lavinia Tananta Ayu Fani Damayanti	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	19 November 2006	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Kao Shao-yuan Thassha Vitayaviroj	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(2)
Winner	4.	13 July 2007	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Sophia Mulsap	Denise Dy Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	27 July 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Sophia Mulsap	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Napaporn Tongsalee	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	1.	25 August 2007	Noida, India	Carpet	Sophia Mulsap	Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri	1-6 4-6
Runner–up	2.	31 August 2007	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sophia Mulsap	Tara Iyer Nungnadda Wannasuk	4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	3.	4 November 2007	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Ayaka Maekawa	Maki Arai Chang Kyung-mi	7–5, 2–6, 7–10
Winner	6.	12 November 2007	Pune, India	Hard	Zhang Ling	Wynne Prakusya Angelique Widjaja	1-6 7-5 10-5
Winner	7.	19 November 2007	Aurangabad, India	Clay	Sandhya Nagaraj	Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri	7-6(4) 7-5
Winner	8.	28 March 2008	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Ayaka Maekawa	Tomoko Dokei Etsuko Kitazaki	6-1 6-3
Runner-up	4.	13 July 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Oka	Chang Kyung-mi Chae Kyung-yee	6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	5.	11 August 2008	Chiang Mai, Thailand	Hard	Sophia Mulsap	Chen Yanchong Chen Yi	5-7 3-6
Winner	9.	20 September 2008	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Ayumi Oka	Maki Arai Yurina Koshino	5–7, 6–2, [10–2]
Runner-up	6.	16 March 2009	Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Kim So-jung Ayaka Maekawa	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	24 May 2009	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Tomoyo Takagishi	Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura	1–6 4–6
Runner-up	8.	1 June 2009	Komoro, Japan	Clay	Ayumi Oka	Zhang Shuai Xu Yifan	2–6, 1–6
Winner	10.	14 June 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Suchanun Viratprasert	Tomoko Dokei Yoo Mi	6-3 6-1
Winner	11.	26 June 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Suchanun Viratprasert	Tomoko Dokei Yoo Mi	W/O
Winner	12.	2 August 2009	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Runner-up	9.	31 August 2009	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Lavinia Tananta	Albina Khabibulina Kanyapat Narattana	7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	13.	28 June 2010	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Chen Yi	Kim Kun-hee Yu Min-hwa	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	5 July 2010	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Chen Yi Sakiko Shimizu	3–6, 6–7(2)
Runner-up	11.	4 October 2010	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Chen Yi	Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk	5–7, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	11 October 2010	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Chen Yi	Juan Ting-fei Zhu Lin	7–5, 6–2
Winner	15.	000000002010-10-24-000024 October 2010	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Maya Kato	6-4, 7-5
Winner	16.	18 February 2011	Aurangabad, India	Hard	Varunya Wongteanchai	Nicole Clerico Maria Masini	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Runner-up	12.	21 February 2011	Mumbai, India	Hard	Han Sung-hee	Kanae Hisami Li Ting	1-6 5-7
Runner-up	13.	11 April 2011	Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Kao Shao-yuan	Han Sung-hee Hong Hyun-hui	3-6 6-7 (3)
Winner	17.	28 May 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Li Ting	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	6–1, 6–4
Winner	18.	3 June 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Li Ting	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Winner	19.	19 June 2011	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Yurika Sema Natsumi Hamamura	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	4 July 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Yurina Koshino	Liang Chen Zhao Yijing	1–6, 4–6
Winner	20.	11 September 2011	Nato, Japan	Carpet	Kanae Hisami	Ayumi Oka Natsumi Hamamura	1–6, 7–6(7–4), [14–12]
Runner-up	15.	28 October 2011	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang	Natsumi Hamamura Ayumi Oka	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	16.	23 December 2011	Pune, India	Hard	Varunya Wongteanchai	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	1–6, 3–6
Winner	21.	000000002012-07-22-000022 July 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	Veronika Kapshay Ekaterina Yashina	6-2, 6-4
Winner	22.	000000002012-09-02-00002 September 2012	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	Yurina Koshino Mari Tanaka	6-2, 6-2
Runner-up	17.	19 November 2012	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Miki Miyamura	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	1–6, 2–6
Winner	23.	18 March 2013	Ipswich, Australia	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Viktorija Rajicic Storm Sanders	4-6 6-1 10-8
Runner-up	18.	25 March 2013	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Miki Miyamura	Jang Su-jeong Lee So-ra	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	24.	22 April 2013	Wenshan, China	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Rika Fujiwara Junri Namigata	7–5, 6–3
Winner	25.	10 February 2014	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Zhang Ling	Tian Ran Tang Haochen	2-6 6-2 12-10
Runner–up	19.	28 April 2014	Anning, China	Clay	Zhang Ling	Zhang Kailin Han Xinyun	4–6 2–6
Runner-up	20.	26 May 2014	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Varunya Wongteanchai	Michika Ozeki Peangtarn Plipuech	3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Winner	26.	2 June 2014	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Varunya Wongteanchai	Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies	5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
Winner	27.	7 July 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Varunya Wongteanchai	Luksika Kumkhum Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	28.	13 October 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Varunya Wongteanchai	Martina Borecká Lesley Kerkhove	6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	29.	1 November 2014	Margaret River, Australia	Hard	Miyabi Inoue	Carolin Daniels Laura Schäder	4-6 6-4 [10-3]
Runner-up	21.	14 November 2014	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Varunya Wongteanchai	Jessica Moore Abbie Myers	6-3, 1-6, [6–10]
Runner-up	22.	10 January 2015	Hong Kong	Hard	Varunya Wongteanchai	Han Xinyun Hsu Chieh-yu	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	30.	27 February 2015	Aurangabad, India	Clay	Lee Ya-hsuan	Hsu Ching-wen Lee Pei-chi	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	23.	20 September 2015	Redding, United States	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	24.	24 October 2015	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Lauren Embree Asia Muhammad	2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Runner–up	25.	20 March 2016	Canberra, Australia	Clay	Kanae Hisami	Ashleigh Barty Arina Rodionova	4–6, 2–6
Winner	31.	24 April 2016	Nanning, China	Hard	Liu Chang	Ksenia Lykina Emily Webley-Smith	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	26.	2 May 2016	Anning, China	Clay	Yang Zhaoxuan	Wang Yafan Zhang Kailin	7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7), [1–10]

References

External links

• Varatchaya Wongteanchai at the Women's Tennis Association
• Varatchaya Wongteanchai at the International Tennis Federation

Women's Tennis Association: Top Thai female singles tennis players as of 18 July 2016
1. Luksika Kumkhum (162 4) 2. Varatchaya Wongteanchai (328 3) 3. Peangtarn Plipuech (350 1) 4. Kamonwan Buayam (378 2) 5. Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (400 12)
6. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (492 4) 7. Nudnida Luangnam (561 30) 8. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (578 7) 9. Nungnadda Wannasuk (711 4) 10. Varunya Wongteanchai (722 2)