Luksika Kumkhum

Luksika Kumkhum
ลักษิกา คำขำ

Country	Thailand
Residence	Chantaburi, Thailand
Born	(1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 Chantaburi, Thailand
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Right handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$135,448
Singles
Career record	134–49
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 87 (25 November 2013)
Current ranking	No. 98 (27 January 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013, 2014)
French Open	Q2 (2013)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	66–35
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 143 (10 June 2013)
Current ranking	No. 152 (29 July 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	SF (2010)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2010)
Last updated on: 29 July 2013.

Luksika Kumkhum (Thai: ลักษิกา คำขำ, born 21 July 1993) is a professional Thai tennis player. Her highest singles ranking was World No. 87, which was achieved on 25 November 2013. Her highest doubles ranking is World No. 143, which was achieved on 10 June 2013.

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: (10–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	02010-10-1616 October 2010	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Emma Flood	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	02010-10-2323 October 2010	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Zhu Lin	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	02010-11-077 November 2010	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Piia Suomalainen	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	02010-12-044 December 2010	Mandya, India	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
2.	02011-05-077 May 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayu Fani Damayanti	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	02011-05-1414 May 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	02011-06-044 June 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	02011-06-1818 June 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Liang Chen	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	02011-07-022 July 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Liang Chen	6–2, 6–7(6), 5–7
Winner	5.	02011-11-066 November 2011	Kuching, Malaysia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	7–6(3), 6–3
Winner	6.	02011-11-2020 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Zhao Yijing	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	02012-07-077 July 2012	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	02012-07-2222 July 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	02013-04-2828 April 2013	Phuket, Thailand	Hard	Lisa Whybourn	6–0, 7–5
Winner	10.	02013-11-2424 November 2013	Toyota, Japan	Carpet	Hiroko Kuwata	3-6 6-1 6-3

Doubles: (8–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	02010-10-2424 October 2010	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Trang Huynh Maya Kato	6-4 7-5
Winner	2.	02010-11-1414 November 2010	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Ivana King Jasmin Schnack	6-4 7-5
Winner	3.	02010-12-1212 December 2010	Bangalore,India	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Yi Chen Kumiko Iijima	7-6(7) 5-7 6-4
Runner-up	1.	02011-06-1919 June 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Napatsakorn Sankaew	Chen Liang Yi-Jing Zhao	6-1 1-6 5-7
Winner	4.	02011-11-066 November 2011	Kuching, Malaysia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Jia Xiang Lu Jia-Jing Lu	6-4 6-3
Winner	5.	02011-11-1313 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Yi-Jing Zhao Jun-Yi Zheng	6-3 6-0
Runner-up	2.	02011-11-2020 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Napatsakorn Sankaew Varunya Wongteanchai	1-6 6-3 3-6
Winner	6.	02012-07-2222 July 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Veronika Kapshay Ekaterina Yashina	6-2 6-4
Winner	7.	02012-09-022 September 2012	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Yurina Koshino Mari Tanaka	6-2 6-2
Winner	8.	02013-05-055 May 2013	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Erika Sema	Nao Hibino Riko Sawayanagi	6-4 6-3
Runner-up	3.	02013-11-033 November 2013	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Yi Chen	Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus	4-6 6-2 12-14

References

External links

• Luksika Kumkhum at the Women's Tennis Association
• Luksika Kumkhum at the International Tennis Federation
• Luksika Kumkhum at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Thai female singles tennis players as of 27 January 2014 1. Luksika Kumkhum (98 10) 2. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (222 4) 3. Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (347 6) 4. Peangtarn Plipuech (357 6) 5. Varatchaya Wongteanchai (367 4) 6. Nudnida Luangnam (398 ) 7. Tamarine Tanasugarn (433 4) 8. Nungnadda Wannasuk (471 1) 9. Kamonwan Buayam (621 1) 10. Varunya Wongteanchai (766 3)