Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum ( th, ลักษิกา คำขำ; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai

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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

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as well as the ITF Circuit. Kumkhum qualified for the

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where she defeated

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in the first round, she was then beaten by

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. She played the Malaysian Open where she qualified for the tournament and reached the quarterfinals defeating

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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

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and Zhang Shuai in the semifinals. In April 2013, she won the 25k event in Phuket, defeating

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in the finals. She played the Roland Garros qualifying event where she defeated

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before falling to

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in the second qualifying round. She then suffered first-round losses at

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and

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. Kumkhum's next event was the 100k event, President's Cup in Astana, where she defeated

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, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the second round, and Ekaterina Bychkova in the quarterfinals before she lost to

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in the semifinals. In the doubles event, she and Tamarine Tanasugarn reached the final before falling to first seeds Nina Bratchikova and

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2014

At the

, Kumkhum, ranked 87 in the world, caused a major upset when she defeated former

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.Sixth seed Petra Kvitova crashes out to Luksika Kumkhum
''Sky Sports'', 13 January 2014 She then suffered first-round loss at the Pattaya Open from

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, in straight sets.

2018

Having qualified for the

, 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.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ITF Circuit finals

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

Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Top 10 wins

References

External links

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Luksika Kumkhum Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum ( th, ลักษิกา คำขำ; ; 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 ...

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