Noppawan Lertcheewakarn

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Southeast Asian Games

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Country (sports)	Thailand
Residence	Chiang Mai, Thailand
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Righ-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 67,178
Singles
Career record	68-46
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	224 (October 4, 2010)
Current ranking	224 (October 4, 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	-
Australian Open Junior	SF (2009)
French Open Junior	R16 (2008)
Wimbledon Junior	W (2009)
US Open Junior	QF (2009)
Doubles
Career record	33-22
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	224 (October 4, 2010)
Current ranking	224 (October 4, 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-
Australian Open Junior	SF (2009)
French Open Junior	W (2009)
Wimbledon Junior	W (2009)
US Open Junior	W (2008)
	Last updated on: September 20, 2010.

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Thai: นพวรรณ เลิศชีวกานต์; born November 18, 1991) is a professional Thai tennis player. At the Wimbledon 2009, she won the junior singles title, becoming the first Asian player to win a junior grand slam singles title since Shahar Pe'er won the Australian Open in 2004. As of 12 April 2010, Lertcheewakarn has a rank on the WTA singles tour of 224 and doubles tour of 224.^[1]

Playing style

Lertcheewakarn is a counterpuncher with her two-handed backhand and forehand. She is intelligent at court and has a good strategy. Her game is lacking of powerful hits, but based on precise groundstrokes which ruin her opponents to hit many unforced errors. Her main weakness is considered to be her serve, lacking of power, consistency and stability.

Lertcheewakarn has an inspiration by Tamarine Tanasugarn, Monica Seles, Marion Bartoli, and Williams sisters.

Lertcheewakarn is currently coached by Chuck Kriese.^[2]

Junior career

Lertcheewakarn has been named world No. 1 in ITF junior circuit in, becoming the first female Asian player to hold that position. In following weeks, Lertcheewakarn won the 2008 Junior World Championship.^[3]

Lertcheewakarn has reached overall 2 Grand slam Singles finals, 2008 Wimbledon losing to Laura Robson and 2009 Wimbledon defeated Kristina Mladenovic and 4 Grand Slam Doubles finals, capturing 3 titles at 2008 US Open with Sandra Roma, 2009 French Open with Elena Bogdan, 2009 Wimbledon with Sally Peers, and a finalist at 2009 US Open with Elena Bogdan.^[4]

Professional career

2006-2009

Lertcheewakarn started playing her first ITF Circuit events in August 2006.^[5]

Lertcheewakarn made 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 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 hours forty minutes 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 has famously beat former number one, Martina Hingis, in single and Rennae Stubbs and no.1 Venus Williams in double in WTT, playing for Philadelphia Freedom.^[6] She reached 3 ITF circuit finals, $10,000 St. Joseph, $25,000Cairns, and $25,000 Tsukuba which she eventually won.^[7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
RU	1.	17 June 2007	$10,000, Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3-6, 6-4, 6-3
RU	2.	28 July 2007	$10,000, Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Jia Xiang Lu	6-2, 2-6, 7-6(5)
W	3.	4 May 2008	$25,000, Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Isha Lakhani	6–3, 6–2
W	4.	3 August 2008	$10,000, Chiang Mai, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–2, 6–3
RU	5.	22 March 2009	$10,000, Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Ayu-Fani Damayanti	6-4, 4-6, 6-3
RU	6.	27 July 2010	$10,000, Saint Joseph, Missouri	Hard	Gabriela Paz-Franco	6-1, 6-4
W	7.	5 September 2010	$25,000, Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Shiho Akita	6–4, 6–1
RU	8.	12 September 2010	$25,000, Cairns, Australia	Hard	Ana-Clara Duarte	6-3, 3-6, 6-2

Doubles (7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
W	1.	September 26, 2006	$10,000, Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Lavinia Tananta Ayu-Fani Damayanti	6–2, 6–4
W	2.	November 19, 2006	$10,000, Manila, Philippines	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Shao-Yuan Kao Thassha Vitayaviroj	3–6, 6–3 , 7–6(2)
RU	3.	June 17, 2007	$10,000, Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Varanya Vijuksanaboon	Elisa Balsamo Valentina Sulpizio	6-1, 6-0
RU	4.	July 27, 2007	$10,000, Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Napaporn Tongsalee	Sophia Mulsup Varatchaya Wongteanchai	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
W	5.	April 24, 2009	$10,000, Bol, Croatia	Clay	Martina Borecka	Michaela Pochabova Patricia Veresova	6–3, 6–3
RU	6.	May 15, 2010	$25,000, Tanjung Selor, Indonesia	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Liu Wan-Ting Zhang Ling	7-6(5), 6-3
RU	7.	September 11, 2010	$25,000, Cairns, Australia	Hard	Tyra Calderwood	Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska	6-3, 7-6(3)