Maia Lumsden

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Maia Lumsden
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Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 24)
Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Prize moneyUS$ 80,418
Singles
Career record124–96 (56.4%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 250 (14 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 581 (13 December 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonQ1 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Doubles
Career record34–32 (51.5%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 514 (20 November 2017)
Current rankingNo. 926 (13 December 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2015)
French Open Junior2R (2015)
Wimbledon JuniorQF (2015)
US Open JuniorSF (2014)
Last updated on: 14 December 2021.

Maia Lumsden (born 10 January 1998) is an inactive professional tennis player from Scotland.

Lumsden has won three singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Nottingham Open.

Early and personal life[]

Raised in Bearsden, near Glasgow from a family of five, her mother Gillian and father David[2] brother Ewen and sister Eve, two and four years younger, respectively.[3] Both siblings have played competitive tennis as juniors with Ewen progressing to the senior level.[4][5] Educated at Beaconhurst School, Bridge of Allan[6] later studying at nearby University of Stirling after returning to Scotland in 2016.[7]

Junior career[]

Recognized as young as ten years old as the best in Britain in her age group[8] and training at the national academy, University of Stirling,[9] under coach Toby Smith with mentoring by Judy Murray who said at the time that Lumsden may need to train abroad to realise her potential.[10]

By 2012, she was the No. 1 under-14 player in the Tennis Europe rankings[9] and Under-14 champion at the Junior Orange Bowl beating Gabriella Taylor 6–3, 7–5, in an all-British final.[11] The following year the two players teamed up to become under-16 British National Junior Champions in the doubles whilst Lumsden was also the under-16 singles champion.[12]

Gabi Taylor, Katie Swan, Freya Christie and Lumsden were members of the 2014 British team, coached by Judy Murray, that triumphed in the Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy, an annual under-18s competition against the USA.[13]

She has won an ITF under-18 title in Malta and the Super Open Auray, and reached the third round in the girls’ tournament at Wimbledon.[14]

Lumsden was a member of Great Britain’s University Tennis Team that won a gold medal at the Master’U BNP Paribas Tournament in 2017,[15] and silver medal in 2018.[16]

Senior career[]

As a 14 year old, she won her first matches at Challenger level beating England's Pippa Horn and Oman's Fatma Al Nabhani, the second seed and world No. 463, to qualify for the Pro Series event at Scotstoun.[17]

2017[]

Lumsden's first full year as a professional saw two individual title wins in Sunderland and the Wirral[2] and six ITF Futures doubles finals, three of them as winner.

2018[]

Entering her home competition in Scotstoun as a wildcard, Lumsden lost to her Spanish opponent Paula Badosa in the final of the GB Pro Series or Scottish Championships.[18] In November, Lumsden claimed her first $25k title, beating former top 100 player Valeria Savinykh in the final.[19]

2019[]

In February, Lumsden lost at the quarterfinal stage in the $60k Shrewsbury tournament to top seed Yanina Wickmayer.[20] She made her WTA Tour debut at the Nottingham Open in June, after receiving a wildcard to the main draw of the tournament,[21] winning her first match against fellow Brit Tara Moore,[22] before losing the following day to top seed Caroline Garcia.[23]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2016 ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard (i) Germany Anna Zaja 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2017 ITF Wirral, United Kingdom 15,000 Hard (i) Poland Maja Chwalińska 6–4, 6–1
Win 2–1 Nov 2017 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom 15,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Freya Christie 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–2 Feb 2018 ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard (i) Spain Paula Badosa 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Nov 2018 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK 25,000 Hard (i) Russia Valeria Savinykh 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 3–3 May 2019 ITF Goyang, South Korea 25,000 Hard Serbia Natalija Kostić 3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Sep 2019 ITF Kiryat Shmona, Israel 25,000 Hard Ukraine Daria Snigur 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tier Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1 15 April 2017 15,000 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Hungary Panna Udvardy Chile Fernanda Brito
Sweden Fanny Östlund 		6–4, 5–7, [10–4]
Runner-up 1 18 August 2017 15,000 ITF Mrągowo, Poland Clay Ukraine Anastasiya Shoshyna Italy Angelica Moratelli
France Jade Suvrijn 		4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2 22 September 2017 15,000 ITF Varna, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Julia Stamatova Bulgaria Dia Evtimova
Belgium Michaela Boev 		6–2, 6–7(5), [3–10]
Winner 2 27 October 2017 15,000 ITF Wirral, United Kingdom Hard (i) United Kingdom Samantha Murray United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom 		6–4, 6–3
Winner 3 3 November 2017 15,000 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) Greece Eleni Kordolaimi United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey 		2–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up 3 10 November 2017 25,000 ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Hard (i) United Kingdom Katie Swan United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Harriet Dart 		6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Runner-up 4 30 October 2020 25,000 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Turkey Melis Sezer Romania Jaqueline Cristian
Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse 		3–6, 4–6

References[]

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  4. ^ "Ewen Lumsden". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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  6. ^ Lowson, Alison (9 January 2013). "Beaconhurst tennis scholar Maia Lumsden". dailyrecord. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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  8. ^ "Kids just love making a racket". HeraldScotland. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  9. ^ a b MacDonald, Hugh (27 June 2012). "The future of Scottish tennis? European No.1 considers her next step". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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  11. ^ MacDonald, Hugh (9 January 2013). "I just want to be a tennis player . . . I just love winning". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Scots shine at British Junior Championships - LTA". www3.lta.org.uk. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  13. ^ "The Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy". MCB Tennis. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. ^ Sheilds, Graham (6 January 2016). "Maia Lumsden now at crucial crossroads in tennis career". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Great Britain win historic gold medal at world's biggest annual university tennis team event". Tennis Foundation. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  16. ^ "GB university team take 2018 Master'U silver medal". Tennis Foundation. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Lumsden win leaves her one victory from Scotstoun main draw". HeraldScotland. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  18. ^ Fisher, Stewart (6 February 2018). "Tennis ace Lumsden hoping to carry momentum into Loughborough". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Maia Lumsden's memorable week ends in victory at The Shrewsbury Club". Shropshire Live. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Top seed Wickmayer ends Lumsden's exciting run to reach semi-finals of W60 Shrewsbury tournament". Shropshire Live. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Nature Valley Open: Young British stars awarded main draw wild cards". www.lta.org.uk.
  22. ^ Chiesa, Victoria (12 June 2019). "Tomljanovic, Maria advance on mixed day for seeds in Nottingham". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  23. ^ Fodens, Eve (13 June 2019). "Caroline Garcia too strong for Scot Maia Lumsden". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

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