Noppawan Lertcheewakarn

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
นพวรรณ เลิศชีวกานต์

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 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$231,061
Singles
Career record	153–117
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	149 (26 September 2011)
Current ranking	253 (9 August 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2011)
French Open	Q1 (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	95–75
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	97 (15 August 2011)
Current ranking	150 (9 August 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	–
French Open	–
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
US Open	–
Medal record Representing Thailand Women's Tennis Southeast Asian Games 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Singles Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Doubles
Last updated on: 9 September 2013.

Noppawan 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.

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.

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.

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.

Due to the abandonment of her father during childhood, her family was often financially strained. In many cases, Noppawan was forced to earn an income in extremely degrading ways. When she was eight years old she became a child porn star and worked in the industry till the age of eleven. She has been featured in many pornographic films, ranging from "The Lollipop Man" to "Daddy Help Me!". Although this provided a temporary financial stability for her family, after two years the wealth was exhausted and Noppawan had to resort to child labor to care for her family. During her time working for a clothes factory, she barely survived a catastrophic building collapse, and from there on, she discovered her love for tennis.

Professional career

2006–2009

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

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

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 .

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) WTA 125K series (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]

WTA 125s finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	11 November 2012	Royal Indian Open, Pune, India	Hard	Julia Glushko	Nina Bratchikova Oksana Kalashnikova	0–6, 6–4, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (4–9)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–9) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 June 2007	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	28 July 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Lu Jiaxiang	6–2, 2–6, 7–6(5)
Winner	3.	4 May 2008	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Isha Lakhani	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	3 August 2008	Chiang Mai, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	22 March 2009	Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Ayu Fani Damayanti	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	27 July 2010	Saint Joseph, United States	Hard	Gabriela Paz	6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	5 September 2010	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Shiho Akita	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	12 September 2010	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Ana Clara Duarte	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	9.	3 December 2011	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	19 September 2012	Phuket, Thailand	Hard	Dinah Pfizenmaier	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	30 April 2012	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	21 October 2013	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	7 March 2014	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Zarina Diyas	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 14 (6–8)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments 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 3. 17 June 2007 Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal Hard Varanya Vijuksanaboon Elisa Balsamo Valentina Sulpizio 6–1, 6–0 Runner-up 4. 27 July 2007 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Napaporn Tongsalee Sophia Mulsup Varatchaya Wongteanchai 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 Winner 5. 24 April 2009 Bol, Croatia Clay Martina Borecká Michaela Pochabová Patricia Veresová 6–3, 6–3 Runner-up 6. 15 May 2010 Tanjung Selor, Indonesia Hard Jessy Rompies Liu Wanting Zhang Ling 7–6(5), 6–3 Runner-up 7. 26 July 2010 St. Joseph, United States Hard Gabriela Paz Maria Sanchez Ellen Tsay 6-4 4-6 4-6 Runner-up 8. 11 September 2010 Cairns, Australia Hard Tyra Calderwood Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska 6–3, 7–6(3) Runner-up 9. 25 April 2011 Gifu, Japan Hard Erika Sema Chan Yung-jan Chan Hao-ching 6–2, 6–3 Runner-up 10. 7 August 2011 Vancouver, Canada Hard Jamie Hampton Kristýna Plíšková Karolína Plíšková 5–7, 6–2, [10–2] Winner 11. 26 March 2012 Phuket, Thailand Hard Zheng Saisai Sun Shengnan Han Xinyun 6–3, 6–3 Winner 12. 18 March 2013 Ipswich, Australia Hard Varatchaya Wongteanchai Viktorija Rajicic Storm Sanders 4-6 6-1 10-8 Runner-up 13. 19 August 2013 Saint Petersburg, Russia Clay Justyna Jegiołka Victoria Kan Ganna Poznikhirenko 2–6, 0–6 Winner 14. 12 October 2013 Margaret River, Australia Hard Arina Rodionova Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson 6–2, 3–6, [10–8] References External links Noppawan Lertcheewakarn at the Women's Tennis Association Lertcheewakarn Noppawan CoreTennis Profile