Luksika Kumkhum 2014 at the Wimbledon
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Country (sports) | Thailand | |||||||||||||||
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Residence | Chantaburi, Thailand | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Chantaburi, Thailand |
21 July 1993 |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Plays | Right handed (two-handed both sides) | |||||||||||||||
Prize money | $ 420,547 | |||||||||||||||
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Career record | 204–99 | |||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 WTA, 11 ITF | |||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 85 (20 October 2014) | |||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 212 (3 April 2017) | |||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2013, 2014) | |||||||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2014) | |||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2016) | |||||||||||||||
US Open | Q2 (2014) | |||||||||||||||
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Career record | 85–61 | |||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF | |||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 139 (24 February 2014) | |||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 335 (8 February 2016) | |||||||||||||||
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Last updated on: 8 February 2016. |
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. 85, which was achieved on 20 October 2014. Her highest doubles ranking is World No. 139, which was achieved on 24 February 2014.
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.