Andrė Lukošiūtė (born 23 June 2001) is a Lithuanian

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player. Lukošiūtė has a career-high singles ranking by the

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(WTA) of 705, achieved on 23 October 2023. She also has a career-high doubles ranking by WTA of 399, achieved on 30 January 2023. She has won one single and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Lukošiūtė competes for

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in the

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, where she has a win-loss record of 5–2 as of July 2024.

Personal life

Lukosiute was born in

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and began playing tennis at the age of 6. Her favourite players growing up were

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and

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. She resides in the

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and has previously represented

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at county tennis, starting at U14 level.

Career

Junior

Lukosiute entered several tournaments on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2016 and 2017 but did not play regularly and reached a highest ranking of 876. She was the winner of the Grade 5 Preveza Cup in Greece in July 2016. In

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junior tour events, Lukosiute won the Nike Junior International held in

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in 2015, defeating Amarni Banks in the final; and later that year was runner-up to

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in the Nike Junior International at the National Tennis Centre in London.

Senior

Lukosiute made her professional debut in December 2018 at an ITF event in

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but played only sporadically on the ITF Circuit until 2021. She won two doubles titles during the 2022 ITF season with Eliz Maloney, which saw her crack the top 500 in the doubles rankings.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lukosiute, Andre 2001 births Living people Lithuanian female tennis players 21st-century Lithuanian sportswomen Lithuanian emigrants to the United Kingdom Sportspeople from Kaunas