Noppawan Lertcheewakarn

Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn (; born 18 November 1991) is a former professional Thai tennis player. At 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she won the junior singles title. She reached career-high WTA rankings of 149 in singles and 97 in doubles.

As of July 2018, Lertcheewakarn having played her last match in August 2017, is in training to be a police officer. She has yet to officially retire.

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

She has been inspired by Tamarine Tanasugarn, Monica Seles, Marion Bartoli, and Williams sisters. Lertcheewakarn has been coached by Chuck Kriese.

Junior career In 2008, Lertcheewakarn was world No. 1 in ITF Junior Circuit, became the first Thai player to ever hold that position. In the same year, Lertcheewakarn won the girls' ITF World Champions.

She has reached two Grand Slam girls' singles finals: 2008 Wimbledon losing to Laura Robson, and 2009 Wimbledon beating Kristina Mladenovic. She also reached four Grand Slam girls' doubles finals, won 2008 US Open with Sandra Roma, 2009 French Open with Elena Bogdan, 2009 Wimbledon with Sally Peers, but lost the 2009 US Open, partnering Elena Bogdan.

Professional career

2006–2009 Lertcheewakarn started playing her first ITF Circuit events in August 2006. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in 2007 as a qualifier, defeating world No. 97, Melinda Czink of Hungary, in straight sets in the final qualifying round, before losing to Aiko Nakamura in three sets in the first round.

In May 2008, Lertcheewakarn won her first pro title in singles at $25k Balikpapan, defeating the top seed Isha Lakhani of India, in straight sets. In 2009, Lertcheewakarn received a main-draw wildcard into the Pattaya Open; she lost her first-round match against Shahar Pe'er, which lasted 52 minutes, 1–6, 0–6.

2010 She received a wildcard to Pattaya Open, but lost in the first round to Chanelle Scheepers, in a two-hour-and-forty-minute three-set 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 in the first round in straight sets, making this her first WTA main-draw win ever. At the $50k Nottingham Trophy, she advanced into the quarterfinals, before losing to Elena Baltacha in two straight sets. Lertcheewakarn received a wildcard entry to the Wimbledon Championships where she was defeated by Andrea Hlaváčková in the first round. She ended the year inside top 200 in singles and doubles.

2011 Lertcheewakarn qualified for the Auckland Open but lost to Heather Watson in the first round, 1–6, 1–6. At the Malaysian Open, she defeated Alberta Brianti, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, and lost to a qualifier Anne Kremer in the second round. In doubles, Lertcheewakarn reached a WTA tournament final, partnering Jessica Moore, they lost to Dinara Safina and Galina Voskoboeva in a close match. She lost in the first round of the Baku Cup to Ksenia Pervak, having led 5–3 in the third set.

At the US Open, Lertcheewakarn qualified for her second Grand Slam main draw, defeating Zuzana Kučová, Ashley Weinhold and Kristýna Plíšková in three tough matches. In the first round, in just her second Grand Slam tournament, she lost to Anastasiya Yakimova 0–6, 6–4, 3–6. Lertcheewakarn won the Al Habtoor Challenge, beat Bojana Jovanovski, Regina Kulikova, Simona Halep and Kristina Mladenovic en route. She also qualified for HP Open but lost to Samantha Stosur in three sets, she was two points away to score the victory. In 2011, Lertcheewakarn broke into top 100 in doubles and top 150 in singles.

2012 She reached the final of the $50k event in Gifu but lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm, in three sets. She qualified for the Birmingham Classic main draw, defeating Sesil Karatantcheva en route. In the first round, she lost to Misaki Doi in three sets. At the Stanford Classic, Lertcheewakarn lost to Nicole Gibbs, 4–6, 4–6.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5PremierInternational (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss6 March 2011 Malaysian OpenHard Jessica Moore Dinara Safina Galina Voskoboeva 5–7, 6–2, [5–10]

WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (runner–up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 2012Royal Indian Open, India Hard Julia Glushko Nina Bratchikova Oksana Kalashnikova 0–6, 6–4, [8–10]

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner–ups) Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (5–9)

Doubles: 18 (8 titles, 10 runner–ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (6–9)Clay (1–1)Grass (1–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 26 September 2006 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Varatchaya Wongteanchai Lavinia Tananta Ayu Fani Damayanti 6–2, 6–4Win 2. 19 November 2006 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Varatchaya Wongteanchai Kao Shao-yuan Thassha Vitayaviroj 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(2)Loss 1. 17 June 2007 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard Varanya Vijuksanaboon Elisa Balsamo Valentina Sulpizio 6–1, 6–0Loss 2. 27 July 2007 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Napaporn Tongsalee Sophia Mulsap Varatchaya Wongteanchai 4–6, 6–4, 6–1Win 3. 24 April 2009 ITF Bol, Croatia Clay Martina Borecká Michaela Pochabová Patrícia Verešová 6–3, 6–3Loss 3. 15 May 2010 ITF Tanjung Selor, Indonesia Hard Jessy Rompies Liu Wanting Zhang Ling 7–6(5), 6–3Loss 4. 31 July 2010 ITF St. Joseph, United States Hard Gabriela Paz Maria Sanchez Ellen Tsay 6–4, 4–6, [5–10]Loss 5. 11 September 2010 ITF Cairns, Australia Hard Tyra Calderwood Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska 6–3, 7–6(3)Loss 6. 25 April 2011 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Hard Erika Sema Chan Yung-jan Chan Hao-ching 6–2, 6–3Loss 7. 7 August 2011 Vancouver Open, Canada Hard Jamie Hampton Kristýna Plíšková Karolína Plíšková 5–7, 6–2, [10–2]Win 4. 26 March 2012 ITF Phuket, Thailand Hard Zheng Saisai Sun Shengnan Han Xinyun 6–3, 6–3Win 5. 18 March 2013 ITF Ipswich, Australia Hard Varatchaya Wongteanchai Viktorija Rajicic Storm Sanders 4–6, 6–1, [10–8]Loss 8. 19 August 2013 Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia Clay Justyna Jegiołka Victoria Kan Ganna Poznikhirenko 2–6, 0–6Win 6. 12 October 2013 ITF Margaret River, Australia Hard Arina Rodionova Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson 6–2, 3–6, [10–8]Loss 9. 5 May 2014 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Melis Sezer Han Na-lae Yoo Mi 1–6, 1–6Win 7. 20 April 2015 ITF Shenzhen, China Hard Lu Jiajing Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 7–5Loss 10. 24 October 2015 ITF Brisbane, Australia Hard Varatchaya Wongteanchai Lauren Embree Asia Muhammad 2–6, 6–4, [9–11]Win 8. 10 March 2017 ITF Mildura, Australia Grass Lu Jiajing Tessah Andrianjafitrimo Shérazad Reix 6–4, 1–6, [10–8]

Grand Slam tournament performance timelines

Singles

Doubles