Varatchaya Wongteanchai

Varatchaya "Pias" Wongteanchai (; born 7 September 1989) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand.

In her career, she won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with four singles titles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 July 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 200. On 12 September 2016, she peaked at No. 77 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Thailand Fed Cup team, Wongteanchai has accumulated a win–loss record of 10–6.

Her younger sister Varunya Wongteanchai is also a tennis professional.

Career In February 2012, Wongteanchai made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her home tournament, the Pattaya Open. She qualified for the main draw by defeating Hsu Wen-hsin in three, and Misa Eguchi in straight sets. She then faced top-seed Vera Zvonareva in the first round but lost in two sets by 2–6, 5–7. She also partnered her younger sister Varunya in the doubles event, but they lost in the quarterfinals.

In 2013, Wongteanchai started her year by winning a title at the Blossom Cup. It was her most important title so far. She was then awarded a wildcard into the Pattaya Open, where she defeated Annika Beck 6–3, 6–3 but lost to Marina Erakovic in the second round. In the doubles event, Wongteanchai partnered with her sister Varunya. In the first round, they defeated the third seeds Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching as well as Irina Buryachok and Valeria Solovyeva. They then lost to Akgul Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the semifinals. She also played in the qualifying event of the 2013 Roland Garros but lost to Grace Min in the first round.

Partnering Jessica Moore, Wongteanchai won the doubles title at the 2016 Bucharest Open, defeating Alexandra Cadanțu and Katarzyna Piter in the final in straight sets.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 2 (titles) LegendGrand Slam tournamentPremier M & Premier 5PremierInternational (2–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Malaysian Open International Hard Yang Zhaoxuan Liang Chen Wang Yafan 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]Win 2–0 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Jessica Moore Alexandra Cadanțu Katarzyna Piter 6–3, 7–6(5)

WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (runner–up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand Hard Yang Zhaoxuan Liang Chen Wang Yafan 3–6, 4–6

ITF finals Singles: 7 (4–3) Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (0–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Ai Yamamoto 1–6, 1–6Loss 2. ITF Solo, Indonesia Hard Lavinia Tananta 1–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss 3. ITF Aurangabad, India Clay Vlada Ekshibarova 1–6, 4–6Win 1. ITF Mumbai, India Hard Vlada Ekshibarova 2–6, 6–4, 6–1Win 2. ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard Wang Qiang 7–5, 6–3Win 3. ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Anna Tyulpa 6–4, 6–1Win 4. Blossom Cup, China Hard Nadiya Kichenok 6–2, 6–7(5), 7–6(5)

Doubles: 61 (31–30) Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (27–18)Clay (2–7)Carpet (2–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 23 July 2006 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Nungnadda Wannasuk Chang Kai-chen Nguyen Thuy Dung 6–4, 6–4Win 2. 26 September 2006 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Lavinia Tananta Ayu Fani Damayanti 6–2, 6–4Win 3. 19 November 2006 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Kao Shao-yuan Thassha Vitayaviroj 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(2)Win 4. 13 July 2007 ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard Sophia Mulsap Denise Dy Nungnadda Wannasuk 6–4, 6–2Win 5. 27 July 2007 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Sophia Mulsap Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Napaporn Tongsalee 4–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss 1. 25 August 2007 ITF Noida, India Carpet Sophia Mulsap Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri 1–6, 4–6Loss 2. 31 August 2007 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Sophia Mulsap Tara Iyer Nungnadda Wannasuk 4–6, 3–6Loss 3. 4 November 2007 ITF Kofu, Japan Hard Ayaka Maekawa Maki Arai Chang Kyung-mi 7–5, 2–6, [7–10]Win 6. 12 November 2007 ITF Pune, India Hard Zhang Ling Wynne Prakusya Angelique Widjaja 1–6, 7–5, [10–5]Win 7. 19 November 2007 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay Sandhya Nagaraj Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri 7–6(4), 7–5Win 8. 28 March 2008 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Hard Ayaka Maekawa Tomoko Dokei Etsuko Kitazaki 6–1, 6–3Loss 4. 13 July 2008 ITF Tokyo, Japan Carpet Ayumi Oka Chang Kyung-mi Chae Kyung-yee 6–3, 2–6, [7–10]Loss 5. 16 August 2008 ITF Chiang Mai, Thailand Hard Sophia Mulsap Chen Yanchong Chen Yi 5–7, 3–6Win 9. 20 September 2008 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Ayumi Oka Maki Arai Yurina Koshino 5–7, 6–2, [10–2]Loss 6. 21 March 2009 ITF Hamilton, New Zealand Hard Jessy Rompies Kim So-jung Ayaka Maekawa 5–7, 3–6Loss 7. 24 May 2009 ITF Nagano, Japan Carpet Tomoyo Takagishi Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura 1–6, 4–6Loss 8. 7 June 2009 ITF Komoro, Japan Clay Ayumi Oka Zhang Shuai Xu Yifan 2–6, 1–6Win 10. 13 June 2009 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Suchanun Viratprasert Tomoko Dokei Yoo Mi 6–3, 6–1Win 11. 26 June 2009 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Suchanun Viratprasert Tomoko Dokei Yoo Mi w/oWin 12. 2 August 2009 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Nungnadda Wannasuk Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies 6–2, 6–7(5), [10–7]Loss 9. 5 September 2009 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Lavinia Tananta Albina Khabibulina Kanyapat Narattana 7–5, 4–6, [8–10]Win 13. 3 July 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Chen Yi Kim Kun-hee Yu Min-hwa 6–2, 6–2Loss 10. 10 July 2010 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Jessy Rompies Chen Yi Sakiko Shimizu 3–6, 6–7(2)Loss 11. 9 October 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Chen Yi Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk 5–7, 7–6(4), [9–11]Win 14. 11 October 2010 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Chen Yi Juan Ting-fei Zhu Lin 7–5, 6–2Win 15. ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard Luksika Kumkhum Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Maya Kato 6–4, 7–5Win 16. 18 February 2011 ITF Aurangabad, India Hard Varunya Wongteanchai Nicole Clerico Maria Masini 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]Loss 12. 21 February 2011 ITF Mumbai, India Hard Han Sung-hee Kanae Hisami Li Ting 1–6, 5–7Loss 13. 11 April 2011 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Kao Shao-yuan Han Sung-hee Hong Hyun-hui 3–6, 6–7(3)Win 17. 28 May 2011 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Li Ting Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta 6–1, 6–4Win 18. 3 June 2011 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Li Ting Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta 5–7, 7–6(5), [10–5]Win 19. 19 June 2011 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard Kanae Hisami Yurika Sema Natsumi Hamamura 6–3, 6–2Loss 14. 4 July 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Yurina Koshino Liang Chen Zhao Yijing 1–6, 4–6Win 20. 11 September 2011 ITF Nato, Japan Carpet Kanae Hisami Ayumi Oka Natsumi Hamamura 1–6, 7–6(4), [14–12]Loss 15. 28 October 2011 ITF Hamanako, Japan Carpet Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Natsumi Hamamura Ayumi Oka 3–6, 3–6Loss 16. 23 December 2011 ITF Pune, India Hard Varunya Wongteanchai Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang 1–6, 3–6Win 21. ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Luksika Kumkhum Veronika Kapshay Ekaterina Yashina 6–2, 6–4Win 22. ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard Luksika Kumkhum Yurina Koshino Mari Tanaka 6–2, 6–2Loss 17. 19 November 2012 ITF Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Miki Miyamura Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 1–6, 2–6Win 23. 18 March 2013 ITF Ipswich, Australia Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Viktorija Rajicic Storm Sanders 4–6, 6–1, [10–8]Loss 18. 25 March 2013 ITF Bundaberg, Australia Clay Miki Miyamura Jang Su-jeong Lee So-ra 6–7(4), 6–4, [8–10]Win 24. 22 April 2013 ITF Wenshan, China Hard Miki Miyamura Rika Fujiwara Junri Namigata 7–5, 6–3Win 25. 10 February 2014 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Zhang Ling Tian Ran Tang Haochen 2–6, 6–2, [12–10]Loss 19. 28 April 2014 Anning Open, China Clay Zhang Ling Zhang Kailin Han Xinyun 4–6, 2–6Loss 20. 26 May 2014 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard Varunya Wongteanchai Michika Ozeki Peangtarn Plipuech 3–6, 6–4, [7–10]Win 26. 2 June 2014 ITF Tarakan, Indonesia Hard (i) Varunya Wongteanchai Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies 5–7, 6–4, [11–9]Win 27. 7 July 2014 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Varunya Wongteanchai Luksika Kumkhum Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 4–6, [10–8]Win 28. 13 October 2014 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Varunya Wongteanchai Martina Borecká Lesley Kerkhove 6–2, 5–7, [10–7]Win 29. 1 November 2014 ITF Margaret River, Australia Hard Miyabi Inoue Carolin Daniels Laura Schäder 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]Loss 21. 14 November 2014 Bendigo International, Australia Hard Varunya Wongteanchai Jessica Moore Abbie Myers 6–3, 1–6, [6–10]Loss 22. 10 January 2015 ITF Hong Kong Hard Varunya Wongteanchai Han Xinyun Hsu Chieh-yu 6–3, 4–6, [8–10]Win 30. 27 February 2015 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay Lee Ya-hsuan Hsu Ching-wen Lee Pei-chi 6–1, 7–6(4)Loss 23. 20 September 2015 ITF Redding, United States Hard Michelle Sammons Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey 2–6, 5–7Loss 24. 24 October 2015 ITF Brisbane, Australia Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Lauren Embree Asia Muhammad 2–6, 6–4, [9–11]Loss 25. 20 March 2016 ITF Canberra, Australia Clay Kanae Hisami Ashleigh Barty Arina Rodionova 4–6, 2–6Win 31. 24 April 2016 ITF Nanning, China Hard Liu Chang Ksenia Lykina Emily Webley-Smith 6–1, 6–4Loss 26. 2 May 2016 Kunming Open, China Clay Yang Zhaoxuan Wang Yafan Zhang Kailin 7–6(3), 6–7(2), [1–10]Loss 27. 4 February 2017 Burnie International, Australia Hard Alison Bai Riko Sawayanagi Barbora Štefková 6–7(6), 6–4, [7–10]Loss 28. 25 March 2017 ITF Mornington, Australia Clay Jessica Moore Priscilla Hon Fanny Stollár 1–6, 5–7Loss 29. 31 March 2017 ITF Mornington, Australia Clay Jessica Moore Julia Glushko Barbora Krejčíková 4–6, 6–2, [9–11]Loss 30. 18 August 2017 ITF Nonthaburi, India Hard Varunya Wongteanchai Chan Chin-wei Choi Ji-hee 6–2, 1–6, [11–13]