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Swiss tennis player
Leonie Küng
Küng (l.) and Iga Świątek in Wimbledon, 2018
Country (sports)
Switzerland Residence
Beringen , Switzerland Born (2000-10-21 ) 21 October 2000 (age 23) BeringenHeight 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Plays Right (two-handed backhand) Prize money $348,580 Career record 257–197 (56.6%) Career titles 9 ITF Highest ranking No. 144 (14 September 2020) Current ranking No. 289 (1 July 2024)
Australian Open Q1 (
2021 ,
2022 )
French Open Q2 (
2020 )
Wimbledon Q1 (
2021 )
US Open Q1 (
2021 ) Career record 133–121 (52.4%) Career titles 1 WTA Challenger, 9 ITF Highest ranking No. 220 (26 July 2021) Current ranking No. 348 (1 July 2024) Last updated on: 1 July 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.
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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 eight singles titles and nine 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 .
[2]
Küng made her
WTA Tour main-draw debut at the
2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne , in the doubles draw, partnering Ylena In-Albon.
[3] Küng reached her maiden WTA Tour singles final at the
2020 Thailand Open by defeating three top-100 players en-route to the final.
[4]
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.
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Singles
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Legend
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (2–3)
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
Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)
Legend
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (3–4)
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 Sevciková
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
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)
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