# Luksika Kumkhum

Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum (Thai: ลักษิกา คำขำ; RTGS: Laksika Khamkham; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at No. 86 in the WTA doubles rankings.

## Career

In 2010, Kumkhum had won one ITF Circuit event in singles but three events in doubles. The following year, she won five singles ITF events, all $10ks, and two in doubles. In 2012, she won two singles and two doubles events on the ITF Circuit.

### 2013

In 2013, she cracked the top 200 and started to play on the WTA Tour as well as the ITF Circuit. Kumkhum qualified for the Australian Open where she defeated Sofia Arvidsson in the first round, she was then beaten by Jamie Hampton. She played the Malaysian Open where she qualified for the tournament and reached the quarterfinals defeating Olivia Rogowska and Eleni Daniilidou en route before falling to Ayumi Morita in the quarterfinals, she also reached the semifinals of the tournament where she partnered with Erika Sema, falling to Janette Husárová and Zhang Shuai in the semifinals. In April 2013, she won the $25k event in Phuket, defeating Lisa Whybourn in the final.
She played the Roland Garros qualifying event where she defeated Zarina Diyas before falling to Sandra Záhlavová in the second qualifying round. She then suffered first-round losses at Nottingham, Birmingham and Wimbledon. Kumkhum's next event was the $100k event, President's Cup in Astana, where she defeated Eugeniya Pashkova, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the second round, and Ekaterina Bychkova in the quarterfinals before she lost to Nadiya Kichenok in the semifinals. In the doubles event, she and Tamarine Tanasugarn reached the final before falling to first seeds Nina Bratchikova and Valeria Solovyeva.

### 2014

At the Australian Open, Kumkhum, ranked No. 87 in the world, caused a major upset when she defeated former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová in the first round, in three sets. This was the first time ever that Kumkhum had faced a top-ten opponent in her career. This lead to Kumkhum gaining a cult following at the Australian Open that year, and the crowd chanting "Come on Kumkhum, Come on!" in her support. She then suffered a first-round loss at the Pattaya Open from Julia Görges, in straight sets.

### 2017: First WTA Tour doubles final

She reached the final at the 2017 Korea Open, partnering fellow Thai Peangtarn Plipuech.

### 2018: Australian Open third round, two Challenger singles titles

Having qualified for the Australian Open, Kumkhum has progressed to the third round of a major tournament for the first time. In the second round, she defeated former top-ten player Belinda Bencic, 6–1, 6–3.

### 2023: Second WTA Tour doubles final

She reached the semifinals at her home tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand as a wildcard player with Peangtarn Plipuech with the withdrawal of Anna Kalinskaya and Linda Fruhvirtová. She reached the final of the Korea Open with Plipuech, six years after her first final at the same tournament but they lost to Marie Bouzková and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

## Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Australian Open | 2R | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| French Open | Q2 | 1R | A | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | NH | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| US Open | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 12 | 5–12 | 29% |

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam
* WTA 1000
* WTA 500
* WTA 250 (0–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | Korea Open, South Korea | International | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2023 | Korea Open, South Korea | WTA 250 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Marie Bouzková Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 2–6, 1–6 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 2 (2 titles)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2018 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard | Irina Khromacheva | 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2018 | Taipei Open, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | Sabine Lisicki | 6–1, 6–3 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10/15,000 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (17–9)
* Carpet (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2010 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Emma Flood | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2010 | ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Zhu Lin | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2010 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | Piia Suomalainen | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Dec 2010 | ITF Mandya, India | 10,000 | Hard | Anastasiya Vasylyeva | 2–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | May 2011 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Ayu Fani Damayanti | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–3 | May 2011 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2011 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Marta Sirotkina | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Jun 2011 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Liang Chen | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Jul 2011 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Liang Chen | 6–2, 6–7$^{(6)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–5 | Nov 2011 | ITF Kuching, Malaysia | 10,000 | Hard | Nungnadda Wannasuk | 7–6$^{(3)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–5 | Nov 2011 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | Zhao Yijing | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–5 | Jul 2012 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Nungnadda Wannasuk | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–5 | Jul 2012 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard | Nudnida Luangnam | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–5 | Apr 2013 | ITF Phuket, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Lisa Whybourn | 6–0, 7–5 |
| Win | 10–5 | Nov 2013 | Toyota World Challenge, Japan | 75,000 | Carpet (i) | Hiroko Kuwata | 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10–6 | Aug 2014 | ITF Wuhan, China | 50,000 | Hard | Wang Qiang | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 11–6 | May 2015 | ITF Xuzhou, China | 50,000 | Hard | Chang Kai-chen | 1–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 11–7 | Nov 2015 | Toyota World Challenge, Japan | 75,000 | Carpet (i) | Jana Fett | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 11–8 | Jul 2016 | ITF Wuhan, China | 50,000 | Hard | Wang Qiang | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 11–9 | May 2017 | Incheon Open, Korea | 25,000 | Hard | Han Na-lae | 6–7$^{(2)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 12–9 | Jul 2017 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Alisa Kleybanova | 7–5, 6–7$^{(4)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 13–9 | Aug 2017 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Yuan Yue | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 14–9 | Apr 2018 | Kōfu International Open, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Bianca Andreescu | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 15–9 | Apr 2018 | ITF Kashiwa, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Bianca Andreescu | 6–3, 7–6$^{(4)}$ |
| Win | 16–9 | Oct 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Jennifer Luikham | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 16–10 | Apr 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Alex Eala | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 17–10 | Apr 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 18–10 | Apr 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 15,000 | Hard | Talia Gibson | 6–0, 6–1 |

### Doubles: 33 (19 titles, 14 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50/60,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10/15,000 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (18–13)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2010 | ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Maya Kato | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2010 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Ivana King Yasmin Schnack | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–0 | Dec 2010 | ITF Bangalore, India | 25,000 | Hard | Nungnadda Wannasuk | Chen Yi Kumiko Iijima | 7–6$^{(7)}$, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Loss | 3–1 | Jun 2011 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Napatsakorn Sankaew | Liang Chen Zhao Yijing | 6–1, 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 4–1 | Nov 2011 | ITF Kuching, Malaysia | 10,000 | Hard | Nungnadda Wannasuk | Lu Jiaxiang Lu Jiajing | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–1 | Nov 2011 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Zhao Yijing Zheng Junyi | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Nov 2011 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Napatsakorn Sankaew Varunya Wongteanchai | 1–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Win | 6–2 | Jul 2012 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | Veronika Kapshay Ekaterina Yashina | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–2 | Sep 2012 | ITF Tsukuba, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | Yurina Koshino Mari Tanaka | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–2 | May 2013 | Kangaroo Cup, Japan | 50,000 | Hard | Erika Sema | Nao Hibino Riko Sawayanagi | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–3 | Nov 2013 | ITF Taipei, Taiwan | 50,000 | Hard | Chen Yi | Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus | 4–6, 6–2, [12–14] |
| Loss | 8–4 | Jul 2014 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Tamarine Tanasugarn | Varatchaya Wongteanchai Varunya Wongteanchai | 3–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Loss | 8–5 | Nov 2015 | Toyota World Challenge, Japan | 75,000 | Carpet (i) | Yuuki Tanaka | Akiko Omae Peangtarn Plipuech | 6–3, 0–6, [9–11] |
| Win | 9–5 | Apr 2017 | Kōfu International Open, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Han Na-lae | Erina Hayashi Robu Kajitani | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 10–5 | Jul 2017 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Ksenia Palkina | Naiktha Bains Karin Kennel | 6–3, 2–6, [14–12] |
| Win | 11–5 | Mar 2018 | Kōfu International Open, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Gao Xinyu | Erina Hayashi Momoko Kobori | 6–0, 2–6, [10–4] |
| Win | 12–5 | Jun 2018 | Manchester Trophy, UK | 100,000 | Grass | Prarthana Thombare | Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 12–6 | Oct 2018 | Suzhou Ladies Open, China | 100,000 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Misaki Doi Nao Hibino | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 12–7 | Nov 2018 | Shenzhen Longhua Open, China | 100,000 | Hard | Choi Ji-hee | Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 13–7 | Oct 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Natsuho Arakawa | Mana Ayukawa Tamira Paszek | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 13–8 | Apr 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Nikol Paleček | Ni Ma Zhuoma Yao Xinxin | 1–6, 6–4, [2–10] |
| Loss | 13–9 | Apr 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | W25 | Hard | Momoko Kobori | Gozal Ainitdinova Maria Timofeeva | 6–2, 5–7, [4–10] |
| Win | 14–9 | Jun 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | W25 | Hard | Momoko Kobori | Misaki Matsuda Naho Sato | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 15–9 | Sep 2022 | ITF Darwin, Australia | W25 | Hard | Momoko Kobori | Yui Chikaraishi Nanari Katsumi | 6–2, 7–6$^{(3)}$ |
| Loss | 15–10 | Dec 2022 | Indoor Championships, Japan | W60 | Hard (i) | Momoko Kobori | Liang En-shuo Wu Fang-hsien | 6–2, 6–7$^{(5)}$, [2–10] |
| Loss | 15–11 | Mar 2023 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | W25 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Ma Yexin Moyuka Uchijima | 0–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 16–11 | May 2023 | ITF Goyang, South Korea | W25 | Hard | Punnin Kovapitukted | Guo Hanyu Tang Qianhui | 6–3, 1–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 17–11 | Jun 2023 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | W25 | Hard | Kanako Morisaki | Talia Gibson Natsumi Kawaguchi | 1–6, 6–2, [10–3] |
| Win | 18–11 | Sep 2023 | ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand | W25 | Hard | Park So-hyun | Vaidehi Chaudhari Zeel Desai | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 6–0 |
| Win | 19–11 | Nov 2023 | Takasaki Open, Japan | W100 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Liang En-shuo Wu Fang-hsien | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 19–12 | Mar 2024 | Branik Maribor Open, Slovenia | W75 | Hard (i) | Peangtarn Plipuech | Eden Silva Anastasia Tikhonova | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 19–13 | May 2024 | Jin'an Open, China | W75 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Tang Qianhui Zheng Wushuang | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 19–14 | May 2024 | ITF Goyang, South Korea | W50 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Eudice Chong Liang En-shuo | 5–7, 4–6 |

## Top 10 wins

| Season | 2014 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | LKR |
| 2014 ||||||||
| 1. | Petra Kvitová | No. 6 | Australian Open | Hard | 1R | 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 | No. 88 |