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Thailand · born Chiang Mai, 1991 · Wimbledon girls' singles and doubles champion 2009 · girls' finalist 2008
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Wimbledon girls' titles in 2009, singles and doubles
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Wimbledon girls' singles finals, 2008 and 2009
No. 1
ITF junior ranking in 2008, a first for Thailand
No. 149
Career-high WTA singles ranking, September 2011
Born in Chiang Mai in 1991, Lertcheewakarn became the first Thai player to reach No. 1 in the ITF junior rankings, in 2008, and was that year's ITF girls' world champion. As a junior she won the Wimbledon girls' singles in 2009 and three major girls' doubles titles: the US Open in 2008 and Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2009. She turned professional in June 2009 and won five ITF singles and eight ITF doubles titles, reaching No. 149 in singles and No. 97 in doubles in 2011. For Thailand she won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2010 Asian Games and gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games in 2011 and 2015. She played her last match in August 2017, and in 2018 was reported to be training as a police officer.
| Major singles titles | 1: Wimbledon (2009) |
|---|---|
| Major singles finals lost | 1: Wimbledon (2008) |
| Major doubles titles | 1: Wimbledon (2009) |
| Wimbledon girls' finals | 2008, third seed: lost to Laura Robson 3-6, 6-3, 1-6. 2009, fourth seed: beat Kristina Mladenovic 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 |
| Wimbledon girls' doubles | 2009 with Sally Peers, beat Kristina Mladenovic and Silvia Njirić 6-1, 6-1 |
| Wimbledon senior | Singles first round 2010 as a wildcard, lost to Andrea Hlaváčková. Doubles first round 2011 |
| Other grass | Nottingham Trophy 2010, quarter-final; Birmingham 2012, qualified for the main draw |
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Wimbledon 2008 · Girls' final
Seeded third, she reached the girls' final and met Laura Robson of Great Britain. Lertcheewakarn won the second set, but Robson took the third 6-1 and became only the second British player of the Open Era to win a Wimbledon junior title, after Annabel Croft in 1984.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 2009 · Court One
In the 2009 final the top seed, Kristina Mladenovic, served at up to 122mph and took the first set. Lertcheewakarn was serving at around 85mph, but she was known as one of the best returners in junior tennis. She levelled the match, led 4-0 in the third and won 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in an hour and 43 minutes.
Source: Sky SportsWimbledon 2009 · Girls' final
The Associated Press counted only nine winners from the 17-year-old in the final on Court No. 1, against 39 unforced errors from Mladenovic. She put 69 per cent of her first serves in play, against her opponent's 40 per cent, and her steady serve decided the match.
Source: The Philippine Star (AP)Wimbledon 2009 · Girls' doubles
With Sally Peers of Australia she also won the girls' doubles, beating Mladenovic and Silvia Njirić 6-1, 6-1 in the final. It was her third major junior doubles title in a year, after the 2008 US Open with Sandra Roma and the 2009 French Open with Elena Bogdan.
Source: WikipediaAfter tennis, 2018
She played her last professional match in August 2017. By July 2018, when the New York Times looked at players who had won Wimbledon titles as both juniors and adults, she was training to be a police officer, though she had not formally retired from tennis.
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