Noppawan Lertcheewakarn is a professional Thai

Thai people

The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...

 tennis player. At the Wimbledon 2009

2009 Wimbledon Championships

The 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009...

, she won the junior singles title

2009 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn won in the final 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 against Kristina Mladenovic.Laura Robson was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Quirine Lemoine.-Seeds:# Kristina Mladenovic # Laura Robson ...

. As of 12 April 2010, Lertcheewakarn has a rank on the WTA

Women's Tennis Association

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 singles tour of 150 and doubles tour of 97.

Playing style

Lertcheewakarn is a counterpuncher with her two-handed backhand and forehand. She is intelligent on court and has a good strategy. Her game is lacking powerful strokes, but based on precise groundstrokes. Her main weakness is considered to be her serve, lacking of power, consistency and stability.

Lertcheewakarn has inspiration by Tamarine Tanasugarn

Tamarine Tanasugarn

Tamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, United States, and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles....

, Monica Seles

Monica Seles

Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...

, Marion Bartoli

Marion Bartoli

Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....

, and Williams sisters

Williams sisters

The Williams sisters are two professional American tennis players: Venus Williams born 1980, seven-time Grand Slam title winner , and Serena Williams born 1981, thirteen-time Grand Slam title winner , both of whom were coached from an early age by their father Richard Williams...

.

Lertcheewakarn is currently coached by Chuck Kriese.

Junior career

Lertcheewakarn has been named world No. 1 in ITF junior circuit in, becoming the first female Asian player to hold that position. In following weeks, Lertcheewakarn won the 2008 Junior World Championship.

Lertcheewakarn has reached overall 2 Grand slam Singles finals, 2008 Wimbledon losing to Laura Robson

Laura Robson

Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her...

 and 2009 Wimbledon defeated Kristina Mladenovic

Kristina Mladenovic

Kristina Mladenovic is a French professional tennis player of Serbian background. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 171st, which she reached on 12 April 2010.Kristina was born in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Nord department of France...

 and 4 Grand Slam Doubles finals, capturing 3 titles at 2008 US Open with Sandra Roma

Sandra Roma

Sandra Roma is a tennis player from Sweden. She reached a career high ranking in juniors of 11 in September 2008. She along with Nikola Hofmanova reached the semi-final of 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles....

, 2009 French Open

2009 French Open – Girls' Doubles

Polona Hercog and Jessica Moore were the defending champions, but did not compete in the Juniors this year.Elena Bogdan and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 10–8, against Tímea Babos and Heather Watson.-Seeds:...

 with Elena Bogdan

Elena Bogdan

Elena Bogdan is a Romanian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking was 155, which she reached on July 4, 2011 whilst her best doubles ranking was 107 on June 13, 2011...

, 2009 Wimbledon with Sally Peers

Sally Peers

Sally Peers is an Australian professional tennis player. She plays right-handed, with a double-handed backhand. Her career high WTA singles ranking is world no. 153, which she reached on 20 September 2010 & her career high doubles ranking is world no. 89 which she reached on 8 November 2010, while...

, and a finalist at 2009 US Open with Elena Bogdan

Elena Bogdan

Elena Bogdan is a Romanian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking was 155, which she reached on July 4, 2011 whilst her best doubles ranking was 107 on June 13, 2011...

.

2006–2009

Lertcheewakarn started playing her first ITF Circuit events in August 2006.

Lertcheewakarn made her WTA Tour main draw debut in 2007 as a qualifier, defeating world No. 97 Melinda Czink

Melinda Czink

Melinda Czink is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On September 21, 2009 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 37....

 of Hungary in straight sets in the final qualifying round, before losing to Aiko Nakamura

Aiko Nakamura

, is a female Japanese tennis player. She was once the second highest WTA-ranked Japanese singles tennis player, at 107 , after Ai Sugiyama....

 in three sets in the first round.

In May 2008, Lertcheewakarn won her first pro title in singles at $25,000 Balikpapan

Balikpapan

Balikpapan is a seaport city on the eastern coast of the island of Borneo, Indonesia, in the East Kalimantan province, a resource-rich region well known for its timber, mining, and petroleum export products. Two harbors, Semayang and Kariangau , and the Sepinggan International Airport are the main...

, defeating the top seed Isha Lakhani

Isha Lakhani

Isha Lakhani is an Indian tennis player. She has been a member of the India Fed Cup team.Lakhani was born in Mumbai, India. Her career high in Singles is 291, achieved on 19 May 2008. In Doubles she has reached 371 on 1 December 2008....

 of India in straight sets.

In 2009, Lertcheewakarn received a main draw wildcard

Wild card (sports)

The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 to Pattaya Women's Open

Pattaya Women's Open

The PTT Pattaya Open is a tennis tournament held in Pattaya City, Thailand. Held since 1991, this WTA Tour event is currently classified as an International Series tournament and is played on hardcourts....

, lost early in a first round match against Shahar Pe'er

Shahar Pe'er

Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 ....

, which lasted nearly 52 minutes with a score, 6–1, 6–0.

2010

She received a wild card to PTT Pattaya Open

2010 PTT Pattaya Open

The 2010 PTT Pattaya Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the PTT Pattaya Open and was part of the International category on the 2010 WTA Tour...

, but lost in the first round to Chanelle Scheepers

Chanelle Scheepers

Chanelle Scheepers is a South African professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is No. 37, which she reached on 10 October 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 91, set at 30 August 2010....

, 7–6(9), 4–6, 4–6 in a two hour and forty minute match in which Lertcheewakarn had a 4–1 lead in the second set. She then received a wildcard to the Malaysian Open where she beat Ksenia Pervak

Ksenia Pervak

Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011...

 in the first round in straight sets, making this her first WTA main draw win ever. At the US$50,000 Aegon Trophy in Nottingham

Nottingham

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, she advanced into the quarterfinal round before losing to Elena Baltacha

Elena Baltacha

Elena Baltacha is a British professional tennis player of Ukrainian background. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Award, she is also the long standing British number 1, a position she has held intermittently since 2002. As of 24 November 2011 she holds a current world ranking of No. 50. Her...

 in two straights sets. Lertcheewakarn received a wildcard

Wild card (sports)

The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 entry to the Wimbledon Championships

2010 Wimbledon Championships

The 2010 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from Monday 21 June until Sunday 4 July 2010. It was the 124th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand...

, where she was defeated by Andrea Hlaváčková

Andrea Hlavácková

Andrea Hlaváčková is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is World No.87, which she reached on 31 January 2011, and her highest doubles ranking is World No.17, reached on 15 August 2011...

 in the first round 6–3 6–2. Lertcheewakarn ended the year inside top 200 in singles and doubles

2011

Lertcheewakarn qualified in Auckland

2011 ASB Classic – Singles Qualifying

The 2011 ASB Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour...

 but lost to Heather Watson

Heather Watson

Heather Miriam Watson is a British female tennis player. Born in Guernsey, she trains and resides at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, USA. Watson has won one major title at the 2009 US Open Juniors, two senior ITF titles and won gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has...

 in the first round, 6–1, 6–1. In 2011 Malaysian Open

2011 Malaysian Open

----The 2011 BMW Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour. This was also be the first edition of the tournament to be sponsored by BMW...

, Lertcheewakarn defeated Alberta Brianti

Alberta Brianti

Alberta Brianti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On June 13, 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55...

, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, she lost to a qualifier, Anne Kremer

Anne Kremer

Anne Kremer is a professional female tennis player from Luxembourg. Her highest WTA Ranking has been World No...

, in the second round. In double, Lertcheewakarn reached WTA double final

2011 Malaysian Open – Doubles

Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate. Dinara Safina and Galina Voskoboeva won in the final against Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Jessica Moore, 7–5, 2–6, [10–5].-Seeds:...

 partnering Jessica Moore

Jessica Moore (tennis)

Jessica Moore is an Australian professional tennis player. Formerly coached by Milo Bradley, Moore works with the Australian Institute of Sport. Her preferred surface is grass.-Career:...

, they lost to Dinara Safina

Dinara Safina

Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....

 and Galina Voskoboeva

Galina Voskoboeva

Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached her career-high singles rank of World No. 56 on October 10, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 31st, set at January 29, 2007.-Early life:...

, 7–5, 2–6, 10–5. She lost in the first round of 2011 Baku Cup

2011 Baku Cup – Singles

Vera Zvonareva won the first edition of this tournament, defeating Ksenia Pervak in the final, 6–1, 6–4.-Seeds:# Vera Zvonareva # Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova # Elena Vesnina ...

 to Ksenia Pervak

Ksenia Pervak

Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011...

 3–6, 6–1, 7–5, having led 5–3 in the third set. At the 2011 US Open

2011 US Open (tennis)

The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...

 Lertcheewakarn qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament, defeating Zuzana Kucova

Zuzana Kučová

Zuzana Kučová , is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Her career high singles ranking is No. 101, achieved on June 7, 2010. She is the sister of Kristína Kučová.-Tennis career:...

, Ashley Weinhold

Ashley Weinhold

Ashley Weinhold is a professional American tennis player.Weinhold's highest singles ranking was World Number 362 on October 18, 2010. Her highest doubles rank was World Number 235 on July 26, 2010. She has received six various entries into the U.S. Open. Weinhold enjoys playing on clay, and has...

 and Kristyna Pliskova

Kristýna Plíšková

Kristýna Plíšková is a Czech tennis player. She won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships in junior singles, beating Sachie Ishizu 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, while her twin sister Karolína is the 2010 Australian Open junior singles champion....

 in three tough matches. In the first round, in just her second Grand Slam tournament she lost to Anastasiya Yakimova

Anastasiya Yakimova

Anastasiya Yakimova is a female tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.-2009:...

 0-6 6-4 3-6.

Doubles (1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	6 March 2011	Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Open (tennis) The Malaysian Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It will be held annually in late September, early October at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex in Kuala... , Malaysia	Hard	Jessica Moore Jessica Moore (tennis) Jessica Moore is an Australian professional tennis player. Formerly coached by Milo Bradley, Moore works with the Australian Institute of Sport. Her preferred surface is grass.-Career:...	Dinara Safina Dinara Safina Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....     Galina Voskoboeva Galina Voskoboeva Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached her career-high singles rank of World No. 56 on October 10, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 31st, set at January 29, 2007.-Early life:...	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]

Singles (8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
RU	1.	17 June 2007	$10,000, Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre... , Indonesia	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
RU	2.	28 July 2007	$10,000, Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... , Thailand	Hard	Jia Xiang Lu	6–2, 2–6, 7–6(5)
W	3.	4 May 2008	$25,000, Balikpapan Balikpapan Balikpapan is a seaport city on the eastern coast of the island of Borneo, Indonesia, in the East Kalimantan province, a resource-rich region well known for its timber, mining, and petroleum export products. Two harbors, Semayang and Kariangau , and the Sepinggan International Airport are the main... , Indonesia	Hard	Isha Lakhani Isha Lakhani Isha Lakhani is an Indian tennis player. She has been a member of the India Fed Cup team.Lakhani was born in Mumbai, India. Her career high in Singles is 291, achieved on 19 May 2008. In Doubles she has reached 371 on 1 December 2008....	6–3, 6–2
W	4.	3 August 2008	$10,000, Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is... , Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–2, 6–3
RU	5.	22 March 2009	$10,000, Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...	Hard	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Ayu-Fani Damayanti Ayu-Fani Damayanti is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She is coached by Komang Ngurah Wiyasa. She made her debut as a professional in 2003, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta....	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
RU	6.	27 July 2010	$10,000, Saint Joseph, Missouri Saint Joseph, Missouri Saint Joseph is the second largest city in northwest Missouri, only second to Kansas City in size, serving as the county seat for Buchanan County. As of the 2010 census, Saint Joseph had a total population of 76,780, making it the eighth largest city in the state. The St...	Hard	Gabriela Paz-Franco Gabriela Paz-Franco Gabriela Paz-Franco is a Venezuelan tennis player. She has a career high of 230 and has won five ITF titles in her career.-Career:...	6–1, 6–4
W	7.	5 September 2010	$25,000, Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Shiho Akita	6–4, 6–1
RU	8.	12 September 2010	$25,000, Cairns, Australia	Hard	Ana-Clara Duarte	6–3, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles (7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
W	1.	26 September 2006	$10,000, Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre... , Indonesia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Lavinia Tananta Lavinia Tananta Lavinia Tananta is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in May 2003, aged 15, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta....     Ayu-Fani Damayanti Ayu-Fani Damayanti Ayu-Fani Damayanti is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She is coached by Komang Ngurah Wiyasa. She made her debut as a professional in 2003, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta....	6–2, 6–4
W	2.	19 November 2006	$10,000, Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... , Philippines	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Shao-Yuan Kao   Thassha Vitayaviroj	3–6, 6–3 , 7–6(2)
RU	3.	17 June 2007	$10,000, Montemor-O-Novo Montemor-o-Novo Montemor-o-Novo is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 1233.0 km² and a total population of 18,485 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 12,000.The municipality is composed of 10 parishes, and is located in the District of Évora.... , Portugal	Hard	Varanya Vijuksanaboon	Elisa Balsamo Elisa Balsamo Elisa Balsamo , is an Italian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 329, which she reached on December 1, 2008...     Valentina Sulpizio Valentina Sulpizio Valentina Sulpizio , is an Italian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 345, which she reached on October 24, 2005...	6–1, 6–0
RU	4.	27 July 2007	$10,000, Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... , Thailand	Hard	Napaporn Tongsalee	Sophia Mulsup   Varatchaya Wongteanchai	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
W	5.	24 April 2009	$10,000, Bol, Croatia Bol, Croatia Bol is a town on the south of the island of Brač in theSplit-Dalmatia County of Croatia, population 1,661 .Bol is renowned for its most popular beach, the Zlatni rat . It is a promontory composed mostly of pebble rock that visibly shifts with the tidal movement, a unique sight...	Clay	Martina Borecka	Michaela Pochabova   Patricia Veresova	6–3, 6–3
RU	6.	15 May 2010	$25,000, Tanjung Selor, Indonesia	Hard	Jessy Rompies Jessy Rompies Jessy Rompies is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She is coached by Suzanna Wibowo. She made her debut as a professional in 2004, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta....	Liu Wan-Ting   Zhang Ling	7–6(5), 6–3
RU	7.	11 September 2010	$25,000, Cairns, Australia	Hard	Tyra Calderwood Tyra Calderwood Tyra Calderwood is a professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 607, which she reached on 6 October 2008...	Tammi Patterson   Olivia Rogowska Olivia Rogowska Olivia Rogowska is an Australian tennis player. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 138, which she reached on 7 December 2009. Her career high in doubles is 170, which she reached on 20 September 2010...	6–3, 7–6(3)

External links

• profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Lertcheewakarn Noppawan CoreTennis Profile