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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]

Leonie Küng
Küng (l.) and Iga Świątek in Wimbledon, 2018
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceBeringen, Switzerland
Born (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 23)
Beringen
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$338,650
Singles
Career record245–190 (56.3%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 144 (14 September 2020)
Current rankingNo. 310 (8 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2021, 2022)
French OpenQ2 (2020)
WimbledonQ1 (2021)
US OpenQ1 (2021)
Doubles
Career record133–121 (52.4%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 220 (26 July 2021)
Current rankingNo. 399 (8 April 2024)
Last updated on: 8 April 2024.

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 eight singles titles and nine 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Singles: 1 (runner-up) edit

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   Magda Linette 3–6, 2–6

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 1 (title) edit

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

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups) edit

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

Doubles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner-ups) edit

Legend
W25/35 tournaments (3–4)
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   Simona Waltert   Emily Arbuthnott
  Karin Kennel 		2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 ITF Telde, Spain W10 Clay   Vivian Wolff   Lucía de la Puerta Uribe
  Guiomar Maristany 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2017 ITF Knokke, Belgium W15 Clay   Axana Mareen   Quinn Gleason
  Luisa Stefani 		4–6, 5–7
Win 1–3 Nov 2017 ITF Oslo, Norway W15 Hard (i)   Shaline-Doreen Pipa   Ina Kaufinger
  Anette Munozova 		6–4, 5–7, [10–3]
Win 2–3 Sep 2018 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France W25 Hard (i)   Isabella Shinikova   Manon Arcangioli
  Shérazad Reix 		6–2, 7–5
Loss 2–4 Jun 2019 ITF Klosters, Switzerland W25 Clay   Isabella Shinikova   Lisa Sabino
  Gaia Sanesi 		6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss 2–5 Dec 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Hard   Melis Sezer   Georgia Crăciun
  Ioana Gaspar 		4–6, 6–1, [12–14]
Win 3–5 Nov 2022 ITF Solarino, Italy W15 Carpet   Lian Tran   Giulia Crescenzi
  Miriana Tona 		6–2, 6–2
Win 4–5 Nov 2022 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i)   Océane Babel   Celia Cerviño Ruiz
  Tess Sugnaux 		7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–2]
Win 5–5 Feb 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Chantal Sauvant   Tilwith Di Girolami
  Patricija Paukštytė 		7–5, 6–2
Win 6–5 Feb 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Naho Sato   Eleni Christofi
  Paris Corley 		6–2, 6–1
Loss 6–6 Apr 2023 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia W15 Clay   Bojana Marinković   Katarína Kužmová
  Ksenia Laskutova 		5–7, 3–6
Win 7–6 May 2023 ITF Pörtschach, Austria W15 Clay   Chantal Sauvant   Valeriia Olianovskaia
  Linda Sevciková 		w/o
Win 8–6 Jul 2023 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25 Clay   Ksenia Laskutova   Noelia Bouzo Zanotti
  Martina Capurro Taborda 		6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss 8–7 Nov 2023 ITF Limassol, Cyprus W25 Hard   Katy Dunne   Anastasiia Gureva
  Polina Iatcenko 		Walkover
Win 9–7 Jan 2024 ITF Naples, United States W35 Clay   Marie Benoît   Mayuka Aikawa
  Hsu Chieh-yu 		6–7(6), 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 9–8 Feb 2024 ITF Wesley Chapel, United States W35 Clay   Weronika Falkowska   Maria Kononova
  Maria Kozyreva 		5–7, 1–6
Loss 9–9 Mar 2024 ITF Alaminos, Cyprus W35 Clay   Eliz Maloney   Francesca Curmi
  Despina Papamichail 		3–6, 2–6

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up) edit

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

Notes edit

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

References edit

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

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