Leonie Küng

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leonie Küng
Leonie Kung & Iga Swiatek (50498672966).jpg
Küng (left) and Iga Świątek in Wimbledon, 2018
Country (sports)  Switzerland
ResidenceBeringen, Switzerland
Born (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 21)
Beringen
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 266,928
Singles
Career record165–129 (56.1%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 144 (14 September 2020)
Current rankingNo. 167 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2021, 2022)
French OpenQ2 (2020)
WimbledonQ1 (2021)
US OpenQ1 (2021)
Doubles
Career record76–89 (46.1%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 220 (26 July 2021)
Current rankingNo. 274 (8 November 2021)
Last updated on: 17 November 2021.

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 five singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF 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 is the reigning 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[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) Won; (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)
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[]

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 Masters 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 career finals[]

Singles: 1 runner-up[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier M & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss Feb 2020 Thailand Open Hard Poland Magda Linette 3–6, 2–6

WTA 125 finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 WTA 125 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Mirjam Björklund Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
Russia Kamilla Rakhimova 		5–7, 6–3, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$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: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–2)
$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
Loss 2–4 Jun 2019 ITF Klosters, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova Switzerland Lisa Sabino
Italy Gaia Sanesi 		6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss 2–5 Dec 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Turkey Melis Sezer Romania Georgia Andreea Craciun
Romania Ioana Gaspar 		4–6, 6–1, [12–14]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals[]

Girls' singles: 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".
  5. ^ "Leylah Fernandez". Australian Open. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

External links[]

Flag of SwitzerlandTennis icon

This biographical article relating to Swiss tennis is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""