Varunya Wongteanchai

Varunya Wongteanchai
วรัญญา วงศ์เทียนชัย

Country (sports)	Thailand
Residence	Chiang Rai, Thailand
Born	(1993-01-07) 7 January 1993 Chiang Rai, Thailand
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$24,965
Singles
Career record	45–75
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 669 (9 November 2015)
Current ranking	No. 722 (18 July 2016)
Doubles
Career record	105–71
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 216 (9 February 2015)
Current ranking	No. 640 (18 July 2016)
Last updated on: 22 July 2013.

Varunya "Yuyee" Wongteanchai (Thai: วรัญญา วงศ์เทียนชัย; born 7 January 1993) is a Thai tennis player on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 27 May 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 736. On 12 January 2015, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 221. She is the younger sister of Varatchaya Wongteanchai who also plays on the ITF circuit.

Career

Wongteanchai has had more success in doubles than singles, she has won three ITF doubles titles. In 2012, at the 2012 PTT Pattaya Open, Wongteanchai partnered her sister Varatchaya and defeated Dominika Cibulková and Janette Husárová in the first round before losing to eventual champions Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova.

At the 2013 PTT Pattaya Open, Wongteanchai again partnered with her sister Varatchaya after the pair gained entry by an alternate spot. The pair defeated third seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan in the first round. They then defeated Irina Buryachok and Valeria Solovyeva in the quarterfinals before losing to Akgul Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the semifinals.^[1]

ITF finals: 21 (11–10)

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 October 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Kamonwan Buayam	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	1.	17 July 2016	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Hard	Mizuno Kijima	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (11–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	18 February 2011	Aurangabad, India	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Nicole Clerico Maria Masini	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Winner	2.	14 November 2011	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Napatsakorn Sankaew	Luksika Kumkhum Peangtarn Plipuech	6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	1.	23 December 2011	Pune, India	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	10 March 2012	Aurangabad, India	Clay	Peangtarn Plipuech	Dalila Jakupović Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	1–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	16 March 2012	Mumbai, India	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Anja Prislan Krya Shroff	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	8 July 2013	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	9 November 2013	Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Peangtarn Plipuech	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	4–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	24 February 2014	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Miyu Kato Yuuki Tanaka	6–2, 6–2
Winner	5.	28 April 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Lee Hua-chen Shweta Rana	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	6.	5 May 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Kyōka Okamura Hirono Watanabe	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	26 May 2014	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Michika Ozeki Peangtarn Plipuech	3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Winner	7.	2 June 2014	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies	5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
Winner	8.	7 July 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Luksika Kumkhum Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	6.	13 September 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Kotomi Takahata Akiko Omae	4–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	13 October 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Martina Borecká Lesley Kerkhove	6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Runner-up	7.	14 November 2014	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Jessica Moore Abbie Myers	6-3, 1-6, [6–10]
Runner-up	8.	10 January 2015	Hong Kong	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Han Xinyun Hsu Chieh-yu	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	10.	11 June 2016	Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Shivika Burman	Sabrina Bamburac Brenda Njuki	6–3, 6–4
Winner	11.	21 October 2016	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	Chompoothip Jandakate Tamachan Momkoonthod	6–2, 6–7 (4–7) , [10–0]

References

External links

• Varunya Wongteanchai at the Women's Tennis Association
• Varunya Wongteanchai at the International Tennis Federation

Women's Tennis Association: Top Thai female singles tennis players as of 18 July 2016
1. Luksika Kumkhum (162 4) 2. Varatchaya Wongteanchai (328 3) 3. Peangtarn Plipuech (350 1) 4. Kamonwan Buayam (378 2) 5. Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (400 12)
6. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (492 4) 7. Nudnida Luangnam (561 30) 8. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (578 7) 9. Nungnadda Wannasuk (711 4) 10. Varunya Wongteanchai (722 2)