Noppawan Lertcheewakarn

Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn (Thai: นพวรรณ เลิศชีวกานต์; born 18 November 1991) is a Thai professional tennis player. At Wimbledon 2009, she won the junior singles title. Lertcheewakarn has a highest rank on the WTA singles tour of 149 and doubles tour of 97.[1]

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
นพวรรณ เลิศชีวกานต์

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn at the 2011 US Open
Country (sports)	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok, Thailand
Born	(1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 Chiang Mai, Thailand
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	18 June 2009
Plays	Right handed (two hands both sides)
Prize money	US$293,576
Singles
Career record	242–189
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 149 (26 September 2011)
Current ranking	No. 354 (2 July 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2011)
French Open	Q1 (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	141–112
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 97 (15 August 2011)
Current ranking	No. 472 (2 July 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	–
French Open	–
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
US Open	–
Medal record Representing  Thailand Women's Tennis Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team Southeast Asian Games 2011 Palembang Doubles 2011 Palembang Team 2015 Singapore Singles 2015 Singapore Doubles 2015 Singapore Team 2011 Palembang Singles 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Singles Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Doubles
Last updated on: 2 July 2017.

As of July 2018, Lertcheewakarn having played her last match in August 2017, is in training to be a police officer. She has yet to officially retire, still dreams of coming back to the sport.[2]

Playing style

Lertcheewakarn is a counterpuncher with her two-handed backhand and forehand. She is intelligent on court and has a good strategy. Her game is lacking powerful strokes, but based on precise groundstrokes. Her main weakness is considered to be her serve, lacking of power, consistency and stability.

Lertcheewakarn has inspiration by Tamarine Tanasugarn, Monica Seles, Marion Bartoli, and Williams sisters.

Lertcheewakarn is currently coached by Chuck Kriese.[3]

Junior career

In 2008, Lertcheewakarn was world No. 1 in ITF junior circuit, became the first Thai player to ever hold that position. In the same year, Lertcheewakarn won the ITF Girls World Champion.[4]

Lertcheewakarn has reached 2 Grand Slam Girls' Singles finals, 2008 Wimbledon losing to Laura Robson and 2009 Wimbledon beating Kristina Mladenovic. She also reached 4 Grand Slam Girls' Doubles finals, won 2008 US Open with Sandra Roma, 2009 French Open with Elena Bogdan, 2009 Wimbledon with Sally Peers, but lost 2009 US Open partnering Elena Bogdan.[5]

Professional career

2006–2009

Lertcheewakarn started playing her first ITF Circuit events in August 2006.[6]

Lertcheewakarn made her WTA Tour main draw debut in 2007 as a qualifier, defeating world No. 97 Melinda Czink of Hungary in straight sets in the final qualifying round, before losing to Aiko Nakamura in three sets in the first round.

In May 2008, Lertcheewakarn won her first pro title in singles at $25,000 Balikpapan, defeating the top seed Isha Lakhani of India in straight sets.

In 2009, Lertcheewakarn received a main draw wildcard to Pattaya Women's Open, lost early in a first round match against Shahar Pe'er, which lasted nearly 52 minutes with a score, 6–1, 6–0.

2010

She received a wild card to PTT Pattaya Open, but lost in the first round to Chanelle Scheepers, 7–6⁽⁹⁾, 4–6, 4–6 in a two-hour-and-forty-minute match in which Lertcheewakarn had a 4–1 lead in the second set. She then received a wildcard to the Malaysian Open where she beat Ksenia Pervak in the first round in straight sets, making this her first WTA main draw win ever. At the US$50,000 Aegon Trophy in Nottingham, she advanced into the quarterfinal round before losing to Elena Baltacha in two straights sets. Lertcheewakarn received a wildcard entry to the Wimbledon Championships, where she was defeated by Andrea Hlaváčková in the first round 6–3, 6–2. Lertcheewakarn ended the year inside top 200 in singles and doubles[7][7]

2011

Lertcheewakarn qualified in Auckland but lost to Heather Watson in the first round, 6–1, 6–1. In 2011 Malaysian Open, Lertcheewakarn defeated Alberta Brianti, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, she lost to a qualifier, Anne Kremer, in the second round. In double, Lertcheewakarn reached WTA double final partnering Jessica Moore, they lost to Dinara Safina and Galina Voskoboeva, 7–5, 2–6, 10–5. She lost in the first round of 2011 Baku Cup to Ksenia Pervak 3–6, 6–1, 7–5, having led 5–3 in the third set. At the 2011 US Open Lertcheewakarn qualified for her second Grand Slam main draw, defeating Zuzana Kučová, Ashley Weinhold and Kristýna Plíšková in three tough matches. In the first round, in just her second Grand Slam tournament she lost to Anastasiya Yakimova 0–6, 6–4, 3–6. Lertcheewakarn won 2011 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge beat Bojana Jovanovski, Regina Kulikova, Simona Halep and Kristina Mladenovic en route. She also qualified in 2011 HP Open but lost to Samantha Stosur 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, she was two points away to score the victory. In 2011, Lertcheewakarn broke into top 100 in doubles and top 150 in singles.

2012

Lertcheewakarn reached the final in $50,000 Gifu but lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm in three sets. She qualified for Birmingham main draw, defeating Sesil Karatantcheva 7–6 ^(13–11), 6–4 en route. In the first round, she lost to Misaki Doi in three sets. In Stanford Classic Lertcheewakarn lost to Nicole Gibbs 6–4, 6–4 .[8]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	6 March 2011	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Jessica Moore	Dinara Safina Galina Voskoboeva	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]

ITF finals

Singles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend WTA 125s tournaments $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Titles by surface Hard (5–9) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2007	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	10,000	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	0–2	Jul 2007	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Lu Jiaxiang	6–2, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	1–2	May 2008	ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia	25,000	Hard	Isha Lakhani	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–2	Aug 2008	ITF Chiang Mai, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Mar 2009	ITF Hamilton, New Zealand	10,000	Hard	Ayu Fani Damayanti	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Jul 2010	ITF Saint Joseph, United States	10,000	Hard	Gabriela Paz	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–4	Sep 2010	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	25,000	Hard	Shiho Akita	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–5	Sep 2010	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Ana Clara Duarte	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win	4–5	Dec 2011	ITF Dubai, UAE	75,000	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 6–4
Loss	4–6	Sep 2012	ITF Phuket, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Dinah Pfizenmaier	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4–7	Apr 2012	ITF Gifu, Japan	50,000	Hard	Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	4–8	Oct 2013	ITF Bendigo, Australia	50,000	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–9	Mar 2014	ITF Quanzhou, China	50,000	Hard	Zarina Diyas	1–6, 1–6
Win	5–9	May 2016	ITF Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Prerna Bhambri	6–4, 6–1

Doubles (8–11)

Legend WTA 125s tournaments $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (6–10) Clay (1–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 September 2006	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Lavinia Tananta Ayu Fani Damayanti	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	19 November 2006	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Kao Shao-yuan Thassha Vitayaviroj	3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(2)
Runner-up	1.	17 June 2007	Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Varanya Vijuksanaboon	Elisa Balsamo Valentina Sulpizio	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	27 July 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Napaporn Tongsalee	Sophia Mulsup Varatchaya Wongteanchai	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	24 April 2009	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Martina Borecká	Michaela Pochabová Patricia Veresová	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	15 May 2010	Tanjung Selor, Indonesia	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Liu Wanting Zhang Ling	7–6^(5), 6–3
Runner-up	4.	26 July 2010	St. Joseph, United States	Hard	Gabriela Paz	Maria Sanchez Ellen Tsay	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	11 September 2010	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Tyra Calderwood	Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska	6–3, 7–6^(3)
Runner-up	6.	25 April 2011	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Erika Sema	Chan Yung-jan Chan Hao-ching	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	7 August 2011	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Jamie Hampton	Kristýna Plíšková Karolína Plíšková	5–7, 6–2, [10–2]
Winner	4.	26 March 2012	Phuket, Thailand	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Sun Shengnan Han Xinyun	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	11 November 2012	Pune, India	Hard	Julia Glushko	Nina Bratchikova Oksana Kalashnikova	0–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	5.	18 March 2013	Ipswich, Australia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Viktorija Rajicic Storm Sanders	4–6, 6–1, 10–8
Runner-up	9.	19 August 2013	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Clay	Justyna Jegiołka	Victoria Kan Ganna Poznikhirenko	2–6, 0–6
Winner	6.	12 October 2013	Margaret River, Australia	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	10.	5 May 2014	Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Melis Sezer	Han Na-lae Yoo Mi	1–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	20 April 2015	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	24 October 2015	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Lauren Embree Asia Muhammad	2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Winner	8.	10 March 2017	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Lu Jiajing	Tessah Andrianjafitrimo Shérazad Reix	6–4, 1–6, [10–8]

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0–1
US Open	A	A	1R	Q1	A	Q1	A	A		0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–2

Doubles

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–1

References

1. Women's Tennis Association. "Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Bio". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
2. Rothenberg, Ben (5 July 2018). "An Exclusive Club at Wimbledon: Champions as Juniors and Adults". New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
3. Chuck Kriese
4. "Juniors – News Article". ITF Tennis. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
5. "Juniors – Player Activity". ITF Tennis. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
6. "WTA | Players | Activity | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn". Sonyericssonwtatour.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
7. "WTA | Players | Activity | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn". Wtatennis.com. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
8. "Success for younger Radwanska in Stanford". 11 July 2012.

External links

• Noppawan Lertcheewakarn at the Women's Tennis Association
• Noppawan Lertcheewakarn at the International Tennis Federation
• Lertcheewakarn Noppawan CoreTennis Profile

Preceded by Urszula Radwańska	ITF Junior World Champion 2008	Succeeded by Kristina Mladenovic