Leonie Küng

Leonie Küng

Küng at the 2018 Wimbledon girls' singles
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Beringen, Switzerland
Born	(2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 24) Beringen
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$366,539
Singles
Career record	271–210
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 144 (14 September 2020)
Current ranking	No. 244 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2021, 2022)
French Open	Q2 (2020)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2021)
US Open	Q1 (2021)
Doubles
Career record	151–133
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 220 (26 July 2021)
Current ranking	No. 242 (21 October 2024)
Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Leonie Küng (born 21 October 2000) is a Swiss tennis player. As a qualifier, she reached the singles final at the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2018.[1][2]

Küng has career-high WTA rankings of 144 in singles, achieved on 14 September 2020, and 220 in doubles, reached on 26 July 2021. To date, she has won one doubles WTA Challenger title with 10 singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Küng played first ITF events in Greece in 2014, and won her first $15k events in singles and doubles at the age of 17, in November 2017 in Oslo. She was the 2021 Swiss national singles champion, and she also won the national doubles title, partnering Ylena In-Albon.[3]

Küng made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne, in the doubles draw, partnering Ylena In-Albon.[4] Küng reached her maiden WTA Tour singles final at the 2020 Thailand Open by defeating three top-100 players en-route to the final.[5]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[6]

Singles

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q2	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	NH	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open	NH	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	NH	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250[a] (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Feb 2020	Thailand Open, Thailand	International	Hard	Magda Linette	3–6, 2–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	Bastad Open, Sweden	Clay	Mirjam Björklund	Tereza Mihalíková Kamilla Rakhimova	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (3–4)
W10/15 tournaments (7–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2016	ITF Telde, Spain	W10	Clay	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2017	ITF Oslo, Norway	W15	Hard (i)	Simona Waltert	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–1	Jan 2018	ITF Fort-de-France, Martinique	W15	Hard	Emily Appleton	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jan 2018	ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe	W15	Hard	Irina Ramialison	3–6, 5–7
Win	3–2	Dec 2018	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Chiara Scholl	6–2, 6–1
Win	4–2	Dec 2018	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Bojana Marinković	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Aug 2019	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	W25+H	Clay	Mayar Sherif	1–6, 0–6
Win	5–3	Dec 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Georgia Crăciun	6–2, 6–4
Win	6–3	Apr 2023	ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia	W15	Clay	Lavinia Tanasie	7–6^(7), 6–1
Win	7–3	Apr 2023	ITF Kursumlijska Banja 2, Serbia	W15	Clay	Lavinia Tanasie	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–4	Jun 2023	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W25	Clay	Martina Capurro Taborda	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7–5	Jan 2024	ITF Naples, United States	W35	Clay	Marie Benoît	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win	8–5	Feb 2024	ITF Wesley Chapel, United States	W35	Clay	Sophie Chang	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	9–5	Mar 2024	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W35	Clay	Sapfo Sakellaridi	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–6	Apr 2024	ITF Telde, Spain	W15	Clay	Ariana Geerlings	1–6, 1–6
Loss	9–7	Jun 2024	ITF Palma del Río, Spain	W50	Hard	Linda Klimovičová	5–7, 4–6
Loss	9–8	Sep 2024	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W35	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Win	10–8	Oct 2024	ITF Loulé, Portugal	W35	Hard	Irene Burillo Escorihuela	6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 22 (11 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (4–5)
W10/15 tournaments (6–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2016	ITF Sion, Switzerland	W10	Clay	Simona Waltert	Emily Arbuthnott Karin Kennel	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2016	ITF Telde, Spain	W10	Clay	Vivian Wolff	Lucía de la Puerta Uribe Guiomar Maristany	5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2017	ITF Knokke, Belgium	W15	Clay	Axana Mareen	Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–3	Nov 2017	ITF Oslo, Norway	W15	Hard (i)	Shaline-Doreen Pipa	Ina Kaufinger Anette Munozova	6–4, 5–7, [10–3]
Win	2–3	Sep 2018	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	W25	Hard (i)	Isabella Shinikova	Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix	6–2, 7–5
Loss	2–4	Jun 2019	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	Lisa Sabino Gaia Sanesi	6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss	2–5	Dec 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Melis Sezer	Georgia Crăciun Ioana Gaspar	4–6, 6–1, [12–14]
Win	3–5	Nov 2022	ITF Solarino, Italy	W15	Carpet	Lian Tran	Giulia Crescenzi Miriana Tona	6–2, 6–2
Win	4–5	Nov 2022	ITF Lousada, Portugal	W15	Hard (i)	Océane Babel	Celia Cerviño Ruiz Tess Sugnaux	7–6^(7–3), 5–7, [10–2]
Win	5–5	Feb 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Chantal Sauvant	Tilwith Di Girolami Patricija Paukštytė	7–5, 6–2
Win	6–5	Feb 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Naho Sato	Eleni Christofi Paris Corley	6–2, 6–1
Loss	6–6	Apr 2023	ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia	W15	Clay	Bojana Marinković	Katarína Kužmová Ksenia Laskutova	5–7, 3–6
Win	7–6	May 2023	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	W15	Clay	Chantal Sauvant	Valeriia Olianovskaia Linda Ševčíková	w/o
Win	8–6	Jul 2023	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W25	Clay	Ksenia Laskutova	Noelia Bouzo Zanotti Martina Capurro Taborda	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss	8–7	Nov 2023	ITF Limassol, Cyprus	W25	Hard	Katy Dunne	Anastasiia Gureva Polina Iatcenko	Walkover
Win	9–7	Jan 2024	ITF Naples, United States	W35	Clay	Marie Benoît	Mayuka Aikawa Hsu Chieh-yu	6–7^(6), 6–2, [10–8]
Loss	9–8	Feb 2024	ITF Wesley Chapel, United States	W35	Clay	Weronika Falkowska	Maria Kononova Maria Kozyreva	5–7, 1–6
Loss	9–9	Mar 2024	ITF Alaminos, Cyprus	W35	Clay	Eliz Maloney	Francesca Curmi Despina Papamichail	3–6, 2–6
Loss	9–10	May 2024	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	W50	Hard	Evialina Laskevich	Madeleine Brooks Eudice Chong	4–6, 4–6
Loss	9–11	Jul 2024	ITF Rome, Italy	W35	Clay	Rasheeda McAdoo	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Aurora Zantedeschi	4–6, 4–6
Win	10–11	Jul 2024	ITF Rome Open, Italy	W75	Clay	Vasanti Shinde	Matilde Paoletti Beatrice Ricci	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	11–11	Oct 2024	Open de Touraine, France	W35	Hard (i)	Sarah Beth Grey	Anastasiia Firman Chelsea Fontenel	6–4, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Iga Świątek	4–6, 2–6

Notes

1. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

1. "Swiatek wins girls' singles title". wimbledon.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
2. "Swiatek ready for 'next step' after junior Wimbledon win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
3. "SwissTennis".
4. "DigiSport".
5. "WTA".
6. "Leylah Fernandez". Australian Open. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

External links

• Leonie Küng at the Women's Tennis Association
• Leonie Küng at the International Tennis Federation
• Official website