Varunya Wongteanchai

Varunya Wongteanchai
วรัญญา วงศ์เทียนชัย

Country (sports)	Thailand
Residence	Chiang Rai, Thailand
Born	(1993-01-07) 7 January 1993 (age 31) Chiang Rai
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$48,414
Singles
Career record	130–150
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 616 (3 October 2016)
Doubles
Career record	190–134
Career titles	17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 216 (9 February 2015)
Current ranking	No. 1151 (26 December 2022)
Last updated on: 28 December 2022.

Varunya "Yuyee" Wongteanchai (Thai: วรัญญา วงศ์เทียนชัย; born 7 January 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She is the younger sister of Varatchaya Wongteanchai who also plays on the ITF Women's Circuit.

On 3 October 2016, Varunya reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 616. On 9 February 2015, she peaked at No. 216 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

Wongteanchai has had more success in doubles than singles, she has won 17 ITF doubles titles. At the 2012 PTT Pattaya Open, she partnered her sister Varatchaya and they 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 after the pair gained entry by an alternate spot. They defeated third seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan in the first round, then defeated Irina Buryachok and Valeria Solovyeva in the quarterfinals, before losing to Akgul Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the semifinals.[1]

ITF finals

Singles (0–2)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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

Doubles (17–11)

Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (17–10) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	18 February 2011	ITF Aurangabad, India	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Nicole Clerico Maria Masini	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	2.	14 November 2011	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Napatsakorn Sankaew	Luksika Kumkhum Peangtarn Plipuech	6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	1.	23 December 2011	Pune Championships, India	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	10 March 2012	ITF Aurangabad, India	Clay	Peangtarn Plipuech	Dalila Jakupović Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	1–6, 3–6
Win	3.	16 March 2012	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Anja Prislan Krya Shroff	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3.	8 July 2013	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	9 November 2013	ITF Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Peangtarn Plipuech	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	4–6, 5–7
Win	4.	24 February 2014	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Miyu Kato Yuuki Tanaka	6–2, 6–2
Win	5.	28 April 2014	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Lee Hua-chen Shweta Rana	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	6.	5 May 2014	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Kyōka Okamura Hirono Watanabe	6–2, 7–5
Loss	5.	26 May 2014	ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Michika Ozeki Peangtarn Plipuech	3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	7.	2 June 2014	ITF Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies	5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
Win	8.	7 July 2014	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Luksika Kumkhum Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	6.	13 September 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Kotomi Takahata Akiko Omae	4–6, 2–6
Win	9.	13 October 2014	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Martina Borecká Lesley Kerkhove	6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	7.	14 November 2014	Bendigo International, Australia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Jessica Moore Abbie Myers	6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss	8.	10 January 2015	ITF Hong Kong	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Han Xinyun Hsu Chieh-yu	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	10.	11 June 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Shivika Burman	Sabrina Bamburac Brenda Njuki	6–3, 6–4
Win	11.	21 October 2016	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	Chompoothip Jandakate Tamachan Momkoonthod	6–2, 6–7^(4), [10–0]
Win	12.	2 December 2016	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	Mai Hontama Yukina Saigo	7–5, 6–3
Win	13.	28 April 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	Patcharin Cheapchandej Han Sung-hee	7–5, 6–2
Loss	9.	14 July 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies	2–6, 1–6
Win	14.	21 July 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	Patcharin Cheapchandej Han Sung-hee	6–2, 7–6^(5)
Win	15.	11 August 2017	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Tamachan Momkoonthod	Genevieve Lorbergs Stefanie Tan	6–3, 6–4
Loss	10.	18 August 2017	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Chan Chin-wei Choi Ji-hee	6–2, 1–6, [11–13]
Win	16.	7 October 2017	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	Elaine Genovese Oona Orpana	6–4, 6–4
Loss	11.	13 October 2017	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	Chan Chin-wei Liang En-shuo	1–6, 4–6
Win	17.	15 December 2017	Pune Championships, India	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Samantha Murray Ana Veselinović	6–4, 6–2

References

1. "Lisicki and Kirilenko through to final". Bangkok Post. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

External links

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