Luksika Kumkhum

Luksika Kumkhum
ลักษิกา คำขำ

Country	Thailand
Residence	Chantaburi, Thailand
Born	(1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 Chantaburi, Thailand
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$283,078
Singles
Career record	166 - 69
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 85 (20 October 2014)
Current ranking	No. 116 (5 January 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013, 2014)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2014)
US Open	Q2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	77 - 45
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (24 February 2014)
Current ranking	No. 239 (04 August 2014)
Last updated on: 04 August 2014.

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. 87, which was achieved on 25 November 2013. 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:M 16 (10–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	02010-10-16-000016 October 2010	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Emma Flood	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	02010-10-23-000023 October 2010	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Zhu Lin	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	02010-11-07-00007 November 2010	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Piia Suomalainen	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	02010-12-04-00004 December 2010	Mandya, India	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	2.	02011-05-07-00007 May 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayu Fani Damayanti	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	02011-05-14-000014 May 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	02011-06-04-00004 June 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	02011-06-18-000018 June 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Liang Chen	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	02011-07-02-00002 July 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Liang Chen	6–2, 6–7(6), 5–7
Winner	5.	02011-11-06-00006 November 2011	Kuching, Malaysia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	7–6(3), 6–3
Winner	6.	02011-11-20-000020 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Zhao Yijing	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	02012-07-07-00007 July 2012	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	02012-07-22-000022 July 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	02013-04-28-000028 April 2013	Phuket, Thailand	Hard	Lisa Whybourn	6–0, 7–5
Winner	10.	02013-11-24-000024 November 2013	Toyota, Japan	Carpet	Hiroko Kuwata	3-6 6-1 6-3
Runner-up	6.	02014-08-03-00003 August 2014	Wuhan, China	Hard	Wang Qiang	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (8–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	02010-10-24-000024 October 2010	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Trang Huynh Maya Kato	6-4 7-5
Winner	2.	02010-11-14-000014 November 2010	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Ivana King Jasmin Schnack	6-4 7-5
Winner	3.	02010-12-12-000012 December 2010	Bangalore,India	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Yi Chen Kumiko Iijima	7-6(7) 5-7 6-4
Runner-up	1.	02011-06-19-000019 June 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Napatsakorn Sankaew	Liang Chen Zhao Yijing	6-1 1-6 5-7
Winner	4.	02011-11-06-00006 November 2011	Kuching, Malaysia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Jia Xiang Lu Jia-Jing Lu	6-4 6-3
Winner	5.	02011-11-13-000013 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Zhao Yijing Jun-Yi Zheng	6-3 6-0
Runner-up	2.	02011-11-20-000020 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Napatsakorn Sankaew Varunya Wongteanchai	1-6 6-3 3-6
Winner	6.	02012-07-22-000022 July 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Veronika Kapshay Ekaterina Yashina	6-2 6-4
Winner	7.	02012-09-02-00002 September 2012	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Yurina Koshino Mari Tanaka	6-2 6-2
Winner	8.	02013-05-05-00005 May 2013	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Erika Sema	Nao Hibino Riko Sawayanagi	6-4 6-3
Runner-up	3.	02013-11-03-00003 November 2013	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Yi Chen	Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus	4-6 6-2 12-14
Runner-up	4.	02014-07-07-00007 July 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Varunya Wongteanchai	3–6 6–4 8–10

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

Women's Tennis Association: Top Thai female singles tennis players as of 3 November 2014 1. Luksika Kumkhum (85 ) 2. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (284 22) 3. Varatchaya Wongteanchai (300 16) 4. Tamarine Tanasugarn (340 7) 5. Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (361 8) 6. Peangtarn Plipuech (401 1) 7. Nudnida Luangnam (412 9) 8. Nungnadda Wannasuk (511 2) 9. Kamonwan Buayam (538 30) 10. Patcharin Cheapchandej (818 20)