Varatchaya Wongteanchai

Varatchaya Wongteanchai
วรัชญา วงค์เทียนชัย
Country  Thailand
Residence Bangkok, Thailand
Born 7 September 1989
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 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 29 ITF
Highest ranking 118 (4 February 2013)
Current ranking 178 (19 January 2015)
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.

ITF circuit finals

Singles: (4–3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Titles by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 27 June 2009 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Hard Japan Ai Yamamoto 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 9 August 2009 Indonesia Solo, Indonesia Hard Indonesia Lavinia Tananta 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 18 February 2011 India Aurangabad, India Clay Uzbekistan Vlada Ekshibarova 1–6, 4–6
Winner 4. 25 February 2011 India Mumbai, India Hard Uzbekistan Vlada Ekshibarova 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner 5. 19 June 2011 Indonesia Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard China Wang Qiang 7–5, 6–3
Winner 6. 25 June 2011 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand Hard Russia Anna Tyulpa 6–4, 6–1
Winner 7. 11 January 2013 China Quanzhou, China Hard Ukraine Nadiya Kichenok 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)

References

  1. ↑ "Varatchaya Wongteanchai". Retrieved 25 July 2014.

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