Leonie Küng

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 (left) and Iga Świątek in Wimbledon, 2018
Country (sports)  Switzerland
ResidenceBeringen, Switzerland
Born (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000
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.

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) 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
Tournament20202021 2022SRW–LWin%
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 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 Mirjam Björklund Tereza Mihalíková
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 Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2017 ITF Oslo, Norway 15,000 Hard (i) Simona Waltert 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jan 2018 ITF Fort-de-France, Martinique 15,000 Hard Emily Appleton 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jan 2018 ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe 15,000 Hard Irina Ramialison 3–6, 5–7
Win 3–2 Dec 2018 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Chiara Scholl 6–2, 6–1
Win 4–2 Dec 2018 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Bojana Marinković 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Aug 2019 ITF Las Palmas, Spain 25,000+H Clay Mayar Sherif 1–6, 0–6
Win 5–3 Dec 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard 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 Simona Waltert Emily Arbuthnott
Karin Kennel		 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 ITF Telde, Spain 10,000 Clay Vivian Wolff Lucía de la Puerta Uribe
Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2017 ITF Knokke, Belgium 15,000 Clay Axana Mareen Quinn Gleason
Luisa Stefani		 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–3 Nov 2017 ITF Oslo, Norway 15,000 Hard (i) Shaline-Doreen Pipa Ina Kaufinger
Anette Munozova		 6–4, 5–7, [10–3]
Win 2–3 Sep 2018 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France 25,000 Hard (i) Isabella Shinikova Manon Arcangioli
Shérazad Reix		 6–2, 7–5
Loss 2–4 Jun 2019 ITF Klosters, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Isabella Shinikova Lisa Sabino
Gaia Sanesi		 6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss 2–5 Dec 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Melis Sezer Georgia Andreea Craciun
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 Iga Świątek 4–6, 2–6

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