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Swiss tennis player
Leonie Küng Country (sports) Switzerland Residence Beringen , SwitzerlandBorn (2000-10-21 ) 21 October 2000 (age 23) Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Plays Right handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 84,666Career record 144–92 (61.0%) Career titles 5 ITF Highest ranking No. 155 (2 March 2020) Current ranking No. 157 (10 August 2020) Wimbledon JuniorF (2018 ) Career record 63–77 (45.0%) Career titles 2 ITF Highest ranking No. 331 (19 August 2019) Current ranking No. 403 (10 August 2020) Last updated on: 12 August 2020.
Leonie Küng (born 21 October 2000) is a Swiss tennis player. Küng has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 156, achieved on 17 February 2020. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 331, achieved on 19 August 2019. As a qualifier, Küng reached the singles final of the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2018.[1] .
Küng has won 5 singles and 2 doubles titles on the ITF tour. She won her first $15,000 events in singles and doubles at the age of 17 in November 2017 in Oslo. Küng is the reigning Swiss National Singles Champion and also won the Swiss National Doubles title partnering Ylena In-Albon . [2] .
Küng made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne in the doubles draw partnering Ylena In-Albon .[3] . Küng reached her maiden WTA Tour singles final at the 2020 Thailand Open by defeating three top-100 players en-route to the final.[4]
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments (5–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Oct 2016
ITF Telde, Spain
10,000
Clay
Giulia Gatto-Monticone
6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win
1–1
Nov 2017
ITF Oslo, Norway
15,000
Hard (i)
Simona Waltert
6–4, 6–4
Win
2–1
Jan 2018
ITF Fort-de-France, Martinique
15,000
Hard
Emily Appleton
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss
2–2
Jan 2018
ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe
15,000
Hard
Irina Ramialison
3–6, 5–7
Win
3–2
Dec 2018
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
15,000
Hard
Chiara Scholl
6–2, 6–1
Win
4–2
Dec 2018
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
15,000
Hard
Bojana Marinković
6–2, 6–4
Loss
4–3
Aug 2019
ITF Las Palmas, Spain
25,000+H
Clay
Mayar Sherif
1–6, 0–6
Win
5–3
Dec 2019
ITF Antalya, Turkey
15,000
Hard
Georgia Crăciun
6–2, 6–4
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Sep 2016
ITF Sion, Switzerland
10,000
Clay
Simona Waltert
Emily Arbuthnott Karin Kennel
2–6, 1–6
Loss
0–2
Oct 2016
ITF Telde, Spain
10,000
Clay
Vivian Wolff
Lucía de la Puerta Uribe Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales
5–7, 4–6
Loss
0–3
Jul 2017
ITF Knokke, Belgium
15,000
Clay
Axana Mareen
Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani
4–6, 5–7
Win
1–3
Nov 2017
ITF Oslo, Norway
15,000
Hard (i)
Shaline-Doreen Pipa
Ina Kaufinger Anette Munozova
6–4, 5–7, [10–3]
Win
2–3
Sep 2018
ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France
25,000
Hard (i)
Isabella Shinikova
Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix
6–2, 7–5
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)
References
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