Luksika Kumkhum

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.

Luksika Kumkhum
ลักษิกา คำขำ

Luksika Kumkhum at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok
Born	(1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 Chanthaburi
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Coach	Lersak Kumkhum (her father)
Prize money	$1,138,199
Singles
Career record	317–162 (66.2%)
Career titles	2 WTA 125K, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 66 (19 November 2018)
Current ranking	No.634 (20 January 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2018)
French Open	1R (2014, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2018)
US Open	Q2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	140–93 (60.1%)
Career titles	12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 86 (16 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 494 (20 January 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	18–8
Medal record Representing  Thailand Women's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Doubles 2014 Incheon Singles 2018 Palembang Mixed doubles Southeast Asian Games 2015 Singapore Women's team 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's Singles 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's Doubles
Last updated on: 27 January 2020.

Career

In 2010, Kumkhum had won one ITF event in singles but three events in doubles. The next year she won five singles ITF events, all 10Ks, and two in doubles. In 2012, she won two singles and two doubles ITF events.

2013

In 2013, she cracked the top 200 and started to play on the WTA Tour as well as the ITF Women's 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, she won the 25K event in Phuket, defeating Lisa Whybourn in the finals. 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 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 Pattaya Open from Julia Görges 4–6, 4–6.

2018

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.[2]

WTA finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) 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, Seoul, South Korea	International	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	1–6, 4–6

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (15–9)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (14–8) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 October 2010	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Emma Flood	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	23 October 2010	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Zhu Lin	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	7 November 2010	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Piia Suomalainen	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	4 December 2010	Mandya, India	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	2.	7 May 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayu Fani Damayanti	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	14 May 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	4 June 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	18 June 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Liang Chen	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	2 July 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Liang Chen	6–2, 6–7^(6), 5–7
Winner	5.	6 November 2011	Kuching, Malaysia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	7–6^(3), 6–3
Winner	6.	20 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Zhao Yijing	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	7 July 2012	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	22 July 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	28 April 2013	Phuket, Thailand	Hard	Lisa Whybourn	6–0, 7–5
Winner	10.	24 November 2013	Toyota, Japan	Carpet	Hiroko Kuwata	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	3 August 2014	Wuhan, China	Hard	Wang Qiang	2–6, 2–6
Winner	11.	31 May 2015	Xuzhou, China	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	1–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	29 November 2015	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Jana Fett	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	30 July 2016	Wuhan, China	Hard	Wang Qiang	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	21 May 2017	Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Han Na-lae	6–7^(2), 5–7
Winner	12.	29 July 2017	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Alisa Kleybanova	7–5, 6–7^(4), 6–3
Winner	13.	19 August 2017	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Yuan Yue	7–5, 6–2
Winner	14.	1 April 2018	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Bianca Andreescu	6–3, 6–3
Winner	15.	8 April 2018	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Bianca Andreescu	6–3, 7–6^(4)

Doubles (12–7)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (11–6) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	24 October 2010	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Maya Kato	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	14 November 2010	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Ivana King Jasmin Schnack	6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	12 December 2010	Bangalore, India	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Chen Yi Kumiko Iijima	7–6^(7), 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	19 June 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Napatsakorn Sankaew	Liang Chen Zhao Yijing	6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	6 November 2011	Kuching, Malaysia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Lu Jiaxiang Lu Jiajing	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	13 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Zhao Yijing Zheng Junyi	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	20 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Napatsakorn Sankaew Varunya Wongteanchai	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	6.	22 July 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Veronika Kapshay Ekaterina Yashina	6–2, 6–4
Winner	7.	2 September 2012	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Yurina Koshino Mari Tanaka	6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	5 May 2013	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Erika Sema	Nao Hibino Riko Sawayanagi	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	3 November 2013	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Chen Yi	Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus	4–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Runner-up	4.	11 July 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Varunya Wongteanchai	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-up	5.	28 November 2015	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Yuuki Tanaka	Akiko Omae Peangtarn Plipuech	6–3, 0–6, [9–11]
Winner	9.	2 April 2017	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Han Na-lae	Erina Hayashi Robu Kajitani	6–3, 6–0
Winner	10.	28 July 2017	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Naiktha Bains Karin Kennel	6–3, 2–6, [14–12]
Winner	11.	31 March 2018	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Gao Xinyu	Erina Hayashi Momoko Kobori	6–0, 2–6, [10–4]
Winner	12.	17 June 2018	Manchester, Great Britain	Grass	Prarthana Thombare	Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad	7–6^(5), 6–3
Runner-up	6.	20 October 2018	Suzhou, China	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Misaki Doi Nao Hibino	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	10 November 2018	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Choi Ji-hee	Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan	2–6, 3–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	W–L
Australian Open	2R	2R	Q1	1R	1R	3R	1R	4–6
French Open	Q2	1R	A	Q1	A	1R	1R	0–3
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	Q3	1R	Q2	2R	1R	1–3
US Open	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0–0
Win–Loss	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–3	0–3	5–12

Top 10 wins

Season	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Total
Wins	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	LKR
2014
1.	Petra Kvitová	No. 6	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	1st round	6–2, 1–6, 6–4	No. 88

References

1. Sixth seed Petra Kvitova crashes out to Luksika Kumkhum, Sky Sports, 13 January 2014
2. 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.

External links

• Luksika Kumkhum at the Women's Tennis Association
• Luksika Kumkhum at the International Tennis Federation
• Luksika Kumkhum at the Fed Cup