![]() Luksika Kumkhum at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Bangkok, Thailand |
Born | Chanthaburi, Thailand | 21 July 1993
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Turned pro | 2011 |
Plays | Right (two-handed both sides) |
Coach | Lersak Kumkhum (her father) |
Prize money | US$ 1,172,893 |
Singles | |
Career record | 362–190 (65.6%) |
Career titles | 2 WTA Challengers, 18 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 66 (19 November 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 473 (3 July 2023) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2018) |
French Open | 1R (2014, 2018, 2019) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2018) |
US Open | Q2 (2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 182–112 (61.9%) |
Career titles | 17 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 86 (16 July 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 206 (3 July 2023) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2019) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2018) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 21–10 |
Medal record | |
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.[1]
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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[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
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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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)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | Korea Open, South Korea | International | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2023 | Korea Open, South Korea | WTA 250 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2018 | WTA 125 Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Nov 2018 | WTA 125 Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2010 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2010 | ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2010 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Dec 2010 | ITF Mandya, India | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Win | 2–3 | May 2011 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 3–3 | May 2011 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–0 |
Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2011 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–4 | Jun 2011 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–5 | Jul 2011 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–7(6), 5–7 |
Win | 5–5 | Nov 2011 | ITF Kuching, Malaysia | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(3), 6–3 |
Win | 6–5 | Nov 2011 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 7–5 | Jul 2012 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 8–5 | Jul 2012 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 9–5 | Apr 2013 | ITF Phuket, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 7–5 |
Win | 10–5 | Nov 2013 | Toyota World Challenge, Japan | 75,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 10–6 | Aug 2014 | ITF Wuhan, China | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 11–6 | May 2015 | ITF Xuzhou, China | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Loss | 11–7 | Nov 2015 | Toyota World Challenge, Japan | 75,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Loss | 11–8 | Jul 2016 | ITF Wuhan, China | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 11–9 | May 2017 | ITF Incheon, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(2), 5–7 |
Win | 12–9 | Jul 2017 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–7(4), 6–3 |
Win | 13–9 | Aug 2017 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 14–9 | Apr 2018 | Kōfu International Open, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 15–9 | Apr 2018 | ITF Kashiwa, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(4) |
Win | 16–9 | Oct 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 16–10 | Apr 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 17–10 | Apr 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 18–10 | Apr 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–1 |
Doubles: 27 (17 titles, 10 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2010 | ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 2–0 | Nov 2010 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 3–0 | Dec 2010 | ITF Bangalore, India | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7), 5–7, [10–8] |
Loss | 3–1 | Jun 2011 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4–1 | Nov 2011 | ITF Kuching, Malaysia | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 5–1 | Nov 2011 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Loss | 5–2 | Nov 2011 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
Win | 6–2 | Jul 2012 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 7–2 | Sep 2012 | ITF Tsukuba, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 8–2 | May 2013 | Kangaroo Cup, Japan | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 8–3 | Nov 2013 | ITF Taipei, Taiwan | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, [12–14] |
Loss | 8–4 | Jul 2014 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Loss | 8–5 | Nov 2015 | Toyota World Challenge, Japan | 75,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 0–6, [9–11] |
Win | 9–5 | Apr 2017 | Kōfu International Open, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 10–5 | Jul 2017 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, [14–12] |
Win | 11–5 | Mar 2018 | Kōfu International Open, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 2–6, [10–4] |
Win | 12–5 | Jun 2018 | Manchester Trophy, UK | 100,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 6–3 |
Loss | 12–6 | Oct 2018 | Suzhou Ladies Open, China | 100,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 12–7 | Nov 2018 | Shenzhen Longhua Open, China | 100,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 13–7 | Oct 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 13–8 | Apr 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, [4–10] |
Win | 14–8 | Jun 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 15–8 | Sep 2022 | ITF Darwin, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(3) |
Loss | 15–9 | Dec 2022 | Indoor Championships, Japan | 60,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(5), [2–10] |
Loss | 15–10 | Mar 2023 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 2–6 |
Win | 16–10 | May 2023 | ITF Goyang, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1, [10–6] |
Win | 17–10 | Jun 2023 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–2, [10–3] |
Top 10 wins
Season | 2014 | Total |
Wins | 1 | 1 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | LKR |
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1. | ![]() |
No. 6 | Australian Open | Hard | 1R | 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 | No. 88 |
References
- 1 2 https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/luksika-kumkhum/800284781/tha/wt/s/titles/#pprofile-info-tabs
- ↑ Sixth seed Petra Kvitova crashes out to Luksika Kumkhum, Sky Sports, 13 January 2014
- ↑ 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.