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Luksika Kumkhum
ลักษิกา คำขำ
Luksika Kumkhum at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Thailand
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Born (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 30)
Chanthaburi, Thailand
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight (two-handed both sides)
CoachLersak Kumkhum (her father)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,172,893
Singles
Career record362–190 (65.6%)
Career titles2 WTA Challengers, 18 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 66 (19 November 2018)
Current rankingNo. 473 (3 July 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2018)
French Open1R (2014, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon2R (2018)
US OpenQ2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record182–112 (61.9%)
Career titles17 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 86 (16 July 2018)
Current rankingNo. 206 (3 July 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2019)
Wimbledon2R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup21–10
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  Thailand
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Palembang Mixed doubles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vietnam Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vietnam Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Phnom Penh Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Phnom Penh Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Phnom Penh Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 7 July 2023.

Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum (Thai: ลักษิกา คำขำ; RTGS: Laksika Khamkham; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at No. 86 of the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

In 2010, Kumkhum had won one ITF Circuit event in singles but three events in doubles. The following year, she won five singles ITF events, all $10ks, and two in doubles. In 2012, she won two singles and two doubles events on the ITF Circuit.

2013

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 Australian Open where she defeated Sofia Arvidsson in the first round, she was then beaten by Jamie Hampton. She played the 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 quarterfinals, she also reached the semifinals of the tournament where she partnered with Erika Sema, falling to Janette Husárová and Zhang Shuai in the semifinals. In April 2013, she won the $25k event in Phuket, defeating Lisa Whybourn in the final.

She played the Roland Garros qualifying event where she defeated Zarina Diyas before falling to Sandra Záhlavová in the second qualifying round. She then suffered first-round losses at Nottingham, Birmingham and Wimbledon. Kumkhum's next event was the $100k event, President's Cup in Astana, where she defeated Eugeniya Pashkova, 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.

2014

At the Australian Open, Kumkhum, ranked No. 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 faced a top-ten opponent in her career. She then suffered a first-round loss at the Pattaya Open from Julia Görges, in straight sets.

2017: First WTA Tour doubles final

She reached the final at the 2017 Korea Open, partnering fellow Thai Peangtarn Plipuech.

2018: Australian Open third round, two Challenger singles titles

Having qualified for the Australian Open, Kumkhum has progressed to the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. In the second round, she defeated former top-ten player Belinda Bencic, 6–1, 6–3.

2023: Second WTA Tour doubles final

She reached the semifinals at the home tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand as a wildcard player with Peangtarn Plipuech with the withdrawal of Anna Kalinskaya and Linda Fruhvirtová.

She reached the final of the 2023 Korea Open with Plipuech, five years after her first final at the same tournament.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open 2R 2R Q1 1R 1R 3R 1R A 0 / 6 4–6 40%
French Open Q2 1R A Q1 A 1R 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 Q3 1R Q2 2R 1R NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–3 0–3 0–0 0 / 12 5–12 29%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (International) (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2017 Korea Open, South Korea International Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2023 Korea Open, South Korea WTA 250 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands 		2–6, 1–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2018 WTA 125 Mumbai, India Hard Russia Irina Khromacheva 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 Nov 2018 WTA 125 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Germany Sabine Lisicki 6–1, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (17–9)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2010 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard Norway Emma Flood 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 2010 ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand 10,000 Hard China Zhu Lin 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2010 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Hard Finland Piia Suomalainen 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Dec 2010 ITF Mandya, India 10,000 Hard Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 2–3 May 2011 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 10,000 Hard Indonesia Ayu Fani Damayanti 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–3 May 2011 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 10,000 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 6–1, 6–0
Loss 3–4 Jun 2011 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 25,000 Hard Russia Marta Sirotkina 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–4 Jun 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard China Liang Chen 6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Jul 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard China Liang Chen 6–2, 6–7(6), 5–7
Win 5–5 Nov 2011 ITF Kuching, Malaysia 10,000 Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 7–6(3), 6–3
Win 6–5 Nov 2011 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Hard China Zhao Yijing 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–5 Jul 2012 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–5 Jul 2012 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard Thailand Nudnida Luangnam 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 9–5 Apr 2013 ITF Phuket, Thailand 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Lisa Whybourn 6–0, 7–5
Win 10–5 Nov 2013 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Japan Hiroko Kuwata 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss 10–6 Aug 2014 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000 Hard China Wang Qiang 2–6, 2–6
Win 11–6 May 2015 ITF Xuzhou, China 50,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen 1–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 11–7 Nov 2015 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Croatia Jana Fett 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 11–8 Jul 2016 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000 Hard China Wang Qiang 5–7, 2–6
Loss 11–9 May 2017 ITF Incheon, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae 6–7(2), 5–7
Win 12–9 Jul 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard Russia Alisa Kleybanova 7–5, 6–7(4), 6–3
Win 13–9 Aug 2017 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard China Yuan Yue 7–5, 6–2
Win 14–9 Apr 2018 Kōfu International Open, Japan 25,000 Hard Canada Bianca Andreescu 6–3, 6–3
Win 15–9 Apr 2018 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Canada Bianca Andreescu 6–3, 7–6(4)
Win 16–9 Oct 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard India Jennifer Luikham 6–2, 6–2
Loss 16–10 Apr 2022 ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand 25,000 Hard Philippines Alex Eala 4–6, 2–6
Win 17–10 Apr 2022 ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand 25,000 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 6–3, 6–3
Win 18–10 Apr 2022 ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand 15,000 Hard Australia Talia Gibson 6–0, 6–1

Doubles: 27 (17 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (16–9)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2010 ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand 10,000 Hard Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai Vietnam Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang
Japan Maya Kato 		6–4, 7–5
Win 2–0 Nov 2010 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech United States Ivana King
United States Jasmin Schnack 		6–4, 7–5
Win 3–0 Dec 2010 ITF Bangalore, India 25,000 Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
Japan Kumiko Iijima 		7–6(7), 5–7,
Loss 3–1 Jun 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard Thailand Napatsakorn Sankaew China Liang Chen
China Zhao Yijing 		6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Win 4–1 Nov 2011 ITF Kuching, Malaysia 10,000 Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk China Lu Jiaxiang
China Lu Jiajing 		6–4, 6–3
Win 5–1 Nov 2011 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech China Zhao Yijing
China Zheng Junyi 		6–3, 6–0
Loss 5–2 Nov 2011 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech Thailand Napatsakorn Sankaew
Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai 		1–6, 6–3,
Win 6–2 Jul 2012 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
Russia Ekaterina Yashina 		6–2, 6–4
Win 7–2 Sep 2012 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai Japan Yurina Koshino
Japan Mari Tanaka 		6–2, 6–2
Win 8–2 May 2013 Kangaroo Cup, Japan 50,000 Hard Japan Erika Sema Japan Nao Hibino
Japan Riko Sawayanagi 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 8–3 Nov 2013 ITF Taipei, Taiwan 50,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Yi Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
Netherlands Arantxa Rus 		4–6, 6–2,
Loss 8–4 Jul 2014 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 10,000 Hard Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai 		3–6, 6–4,
Loss 8–5 Nov 2015 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Japan Yuuki Tanaka Japan Akiko Omae
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 		6–3, 0–6,
Win 9–5 Apr 2017 Kōfu International Open, Japan 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae Japan Erina Hayashi
Japan Robu Kajitani 		6–3, 6–0
Win 10–5 Jul 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina Australia Naiktha Bains
Switzerland Karin Kennel 		6–3, 2–6,
Win 11–5 Mar 2018 Kōfu International Open, Japan 25,000 Hard China Gao Xinyu Japan Erina Hayashi
Japan Momoko Kobori 		6–0, 2–6,
Win 12–5 Jun 2018 Manchester Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass India Prarthana Thombare United Kingdom Naomi Broady
United States Asia Muhammad 		7–6(5), 6–3
Loss 12–6 Oct 2018 Suzhou Ladies Open, China 100,000 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech Japan Misaki Doi
Japan Nao Hibino 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 12–7 Nov 2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee Japan Shuko Aoyama
China Yang Zhaoxuan 		2–6, 3–6
Win 13–7 Oct 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Japan Natsuho Arakawa Japan Mana Ayukawa
Austria Tamira Paszek 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 13–8 Apr 2022 ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand 25,000 Hard Japan Momoko Kobori Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova
Russia Maria Timofeeva 		6–2, 5–7,
Win 14–8 Jun 2022 ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand 25,000 Hard Japan Momoko Kobori Japan Misaki Matsuda
Japan Naho Sato 		6–3, 6–3
Win 15–8 Sep 2022 ITF Darwin, Australia 25,000 Hard Japan Momoko Kobori Japan Yui Chikaraishi
Japan Nanari Katsumi 		6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss 15–9 Dec 2022 Indoor Championships, Japan 60,000 Hard (i) Japan Momoko Kobori Chinese Taipei Liang En-shuo
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien 		6–2, 6–7(5),
Loss 15–10 Mar 2023 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 25,000 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech China Ma Yexin
Japan Moyuka Uchijima 		0–6, 2–6
Win 16–10 May 2023 ITF Goyang, South Korea 25,000 Hard Thailand Punnin Kovapitukted China Guo Hanyu
China Tang Qianhui 		6–3, 6–1,
Win 17–10 Jun 2023 ITF Tokyo, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Kanako Morisaki Australia Talia Gibson
Japan Natsumi Kawaguchi 		1–6, 6–2,

Top 10 wins

Season 2014 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score LKR
2014
1. Czech Republic Petra Kvitová No. 6 Australian Open Hard 1R 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 No. 88

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile". itftennis.com. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ^ Sixth seed Petra Kvitova crashes out to Luksika Kumkhum, Sky Sports, 13 January 2014
  3. ^ Salvado, John (17 January 2018). "Belinda Bencic out of Australian Open after shock loss to Luksika Kumkhum". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

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