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Leonie Küng
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceBeringen, Switzerland
Born (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 23)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight handed
(two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 84,666
Singles
Career record144–92 (61.0%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 155 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 157 (10 August 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon JuniorF (2018)
Doubles
Career record63–77 (45.0%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 331 (19 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2020 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand International Hard Poland Magda Linette 3–6, 2–6

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 Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2017 ITF Oslo, Norway 15,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Simona Waltert 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jan 2018 ITF Fort-de-France, Martinique 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Emily Appleton 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jan 2018 ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe 15,000 Hard France Irina Ramialison 3–6, 5–7
Win 3–2 Dec 2018 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard United States Chiara Scholl 6–2, 6–1
Win 4–2 Dec 2018 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Serbia Bojana Marinković 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Aug 2019 ITF Las Palmas, Spain 25,000+H Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif 1–6, 0–6
Win 5–3 Dec 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Romania 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 Switzerland Simona Waltert United Kingdom Emily Arbuthnott
Switzerland Karin Kennel
2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 ITF Telde, Spain 10,000 Clay Germany Vivian Wolff Spain Lucía de la Puerta Uribe
Spain Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales
5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2017 ITF Knokke, Belgium 15,000 Clay Belgium Axana Mareen United States Quinn Gleason
Brazil Luisa Stefani
4–6, 5–7
Win 1–3 Nov 2017 ITF Oslo, Norway 15,000 Hard (i) Germany Shaline-Doreen Pipa Germany Ina Kaufinger
Sweden Anette Munozova
6–4, 5–7, [10–3]
Win 2–3 Sep 2018 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France 25,000 Hard (i) Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova France Manon Arcangioli
France Shérazad Reix
6–2, 7–5

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2018 Wimbledon Grass Poland Iga Świątek 4–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ "ITF".
  2. ^ "SwissTennis".
  3. ^ "DigiSport".
  4. ^ "WTA".

External links