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Leonie Küng
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceBeringen, Switzerland
Born (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 24)
Beringen
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$366,539
Singles
Career record271–210
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 144 (14 September 2020)
Current rankingNo. 244 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2021, 2022)
French OpenQ2 (2020)
WimbledonQ1 (2021)
US OpenQ1 (2021)
Doubles
Career record151–133
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 220 (26 July 2021)
Current rankingNo. 242 (21 October 2024)
Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Leonie Küng (born 21 October 2000) is a Swiss tennis player. As a qualifier, she reached the singles final at the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2018.[1]

Küng has career-high WTA rankings of 144 in singles, achieved on 14 September 2020, and 220 in doubles, reached on 26 July 2021. To date, she has won one doubles WTA Challenger title with 10 singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Küng played first ITF events in Greece in 2014, and won her first $15k events in singles and doubles at the age of 17, in November 2017 in Oslo. She was the 2021 Swiss national singles champion, and she also won the 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]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[5]

Singles

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Tournament 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250[a] (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss Feb 2020 Thailand Open, Thailand International Hard Poland Magda Linette 3–6, 2–6

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 Bastad Open, Sweden Clay Sweden Mirjam Björklund Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
Russia Kamilla Rakhimova
5–7, 6–3, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Legend
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (3–4)
W10/15 tournaments (7–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2016 ITF Telde, Spain W10 Clay Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2017 ITF Oslo, Norway W15 Hard (i) Switzerland Simona Waltert 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jan 2018 ITF Fort-de-France, Martinique W15 Hard United Kingdom Emily Appleton 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jan 2018 ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe W15 Hard France Irina Ramialison 3–6, 5–7
Win 3–2 Dec 2018 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard United States Chiara Scholl 6–2, 6–1
Win 4–2 Dec 2018 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Serbia Bojana Marinković 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Aug 2019 ITF Las Palmas, Spain W25+H Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif 1–6, 0–6
Win 5–3 Dec 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Hard Romania Georgia Crăciun 6–2, 6–4
Win 6–3 Apr 2023 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia W15 Clay Romania Lavinia Tanasie 7–6(7), 6–1
Win 7–3 Apr 2023 ITF Kursumlijska Banja 2, Serbia W15 Clay Romania Lavinia Tanasie 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–4 Jun 2023 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25 Clay Argentina Martina Capurro Taborda 2–6, 4–6
Loss 7–5 Jan 2024 ITF Naples, United States W35 Clay Belgium Marie Benoît 4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 8–5 Feb 2024 ITF Wesley Chapel, United States W35 Clay United States Sophie Chang 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 9–5 Mar 2024 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi 6–4, 6–4
Loss 9–6 Apr 2024 ITF Telde, Spain W15 Clay Spain Ariana Geerlings 1–6, 1–6
Loss 9–7 Jun 2024 ITF Palma del Río, Spain W50 Hard Czech Republic Linda Klimovičová 5–7, 4–6
Loss 9–8 Sep 2024 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Win 10–8 Oct 2024 ITF Loulé, Portugal W35 Hard Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 22 (11 titles, 11 runner-ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (4–5)
W10/15 tournaments (6–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2016 ITF Sion, Switzerland W10 Clay Switzerland Simona Waltert United Kingdom Emily Arbuthnott
Switzerland Karin Kennel
2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 ITF Telde, Spain W10 Clay Germany Vivian Wolff Spain Lucía de la Puerta Uribe
Spain Guiomar Maristany
5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2017 ITF Knokke, Belgium W15 Clay Belgium Axana Mareen United States Quinn Gleason
Brazil Luisa Stefani
4–6, 5–7
Win 1–3 Nov 2017 ITF Oslo, Norway W15 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 W25 Hard (i) Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova France Manon Arcangioli
France Shérazad Reix
6–2, 7–5
Loss 2–4 Jun 2019 ITF Klosters, Switzerland W25 Clay Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova Switzerland Lisa Sabino
Italy Gaia Sanesi
6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss 2–5 Dec 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Hard Turkey Melis Sezer Romania Georgia Crăciun
Romania Ioana Gaspar
4–6, 6–1, [12–14]
Win 3–5 Nov 2022 ITF Solarino, Italy W15 Carpet Netherlands Lian Tran Italy Giulia Crescenzi
Italy Miriana Tona
6–2, 6–2
Win 4–5 Nov 2022 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i) France Océane Babel Spain Celia Cerviño Ruiz
Switzerland Tess Sugnaux
7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–2]
Win 5–5 Feb 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Germany Chantal Sauvant Belgium Tilwith Di Girolami
Lithuania Patricija Paukštytė
7–5, 6–2
Win 6–5 Feb 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Japan Naho Sato Greece Eleni Christofi
United States Paris Corley
6–2, 6–1
Loss 6–6 Apr 2023 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia W15 Clay Serbia Bojana Marinković Slovakia Katarína Kužmová
Ksenia Laskutova
5–7, 3–6
Win 7–6 May 2023 ITF Pörtschach, Austria W15 Clay Germany Chantal Sauvant Valeriia Olianovskaia
Czech Republic Linda Ševčíková
w/o
Win 8–6 Jul 2023 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25 Clay Ksenia Laskutova Spain Noelia Bouzo Zanotti
Argentina Martina Capurro Taborda
6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss 8–7 Nov 2023 ITF Limassol, Cyprus W25 Hard United Kingdom Katy Dunne Anastasiia Gureva
Polina Iatcenko
Walkover
Win 9–7 Jan 2024 ITF Naples, United States W35 Clay Belgium Marie Benoît Japan Mayuka Aikawa
Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu
6–7(6), 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 9–8 Feb 2024 ITF Wesley Chapel, United States W35 Clay Poland Weronika Falkowska Maria Kononova
Maria Kozyreva
5–7, 1–6
Loss 9–9 Mar 2024 ITF Alaminos, Cyprus W35 Clay United Kingdom Eliz Maloney Malta Francesca Curmi
Greece Despina Papamichail
3–6, 2–6
Loss 9–10 May 2024 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W50 Hard Evialina Laskevich United Kingdom Madeleine Brooks
Hong Kong Eudice Chong
4–6, 4–6
Loss 9–11 Jul 2024 ITF Rome, Italy W35 Clay United States Rasheeda McAdoo Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Italy Aurora Zantedeschi
4–6, 4–6
Win 10–11 Jul 2024 ITF Rome Open, Italy W75 Clay India Vasanti Shinde Italy Matilde Paoletti
Italy Beatrice Ricci
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win 11–11 Oct 2024 Open de Touraine, France W35 Hard (i) United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey Ukraine Anastasiia Firman
Switzerland Chelsea Fontenel
6–4, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)

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

Notes

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  1. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "ITF".
  2. ^ "SwissTennis".
  3. ^ "DigiSport".
  4. ^ "WTA".
  5. ^ "Leylah Fernandez". Australian Open. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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