Varatchaya Wongteanchai

Varatchaya Wongteanchai
วรัชญา วงค์เทียนชัย
Country (sports) Thailand
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Born (1989-09-07) 7 September 1989 (age 35)
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2006
Retired2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachBobby Wongteanchai
Prize money$299,061
Singles
Career record293–246
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 200 (20 July 2015)
Doubles
Career record352–219
Career titles2 WTA, 31 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 77 (12 September 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2017)
Wimbledon2R (2017)
US Open1R (2016)

Varatchaya "Pias" Wongteanchai (Thai: วรัชญา วงค์เทียนชัย; born 7 September 1989) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand.

In her career, she won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with four singles titles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 July 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 200. On 12 September 2016, she peaked at No. 77 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Thailand Fed Cup team, Wongteanchai has accumulated a win–loss record of 10–6.

Her younger sister Varunya Wongteanchai is also a tennis professional.

Career

In February 2012, Wongteanchai made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her home tournament, the Pattaya Open. She qualified for the main draw by defeating Hsu Wen-hsin in three, and Misa Eguchi in straight sets. She then faced top-seed Vera Zvonareva in the first round but lost in two sets by 2–6, 5–7. She also partnered her younger sister Varunya in the doubles event, but they lost in the quarterfinals.

In 2013, Wongteanchai started her year by winning a title at the Blossom Cup. It was her most important title so far. She was then awarded a wildcard into the Pattaya Open, where she defeated Annika Beck 6–3, 6–3 but lost to Marina Erakovic in the second round. In the doubles event, Wongteanchai partnered with her sister Varunya. In the first round, they defeated the third seeds Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching as well as Irina Buryachok and Valeria Solovyeva. They then lost to Akgul Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the semifinals. She also played in the qualifying event of the 2013 Roland Garros but lost to Grace Min in the first round.

Partnering Jessica Moore, Wongteanchai won the doubles title at the 2016 Bucharest Open, defeating Alexandra Cadanțu and Katarzyna Piter in the final in straight sets.[1]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (titles)

Legend
Grand Slam tournament
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2016 Malaysian Open International Hard China Yang Zhaoxuan China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win 2–0 Jul 2016 Bucharest Open,
Romania
International Clay Australia Jessica Moore Romania Alexandra Cadanțu
Poland Katarzyna Piter
6–3, 7–6(5)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2015 Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand Hard China Yang Zhaoxuan China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan
3–6, 4–6

ITF finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 27 June 2009 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Japan Ai Yamamoto 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 9 August 2009 ITF Solo, Indonesia Hard Indonesia Lavinia Tananta 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 3. 18 February 2011 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay Uzbekistan Vlada Ekshibarova 1–6, 4–6
Win 1. 25 February 2011 ITF Mumbai, India Hard Uzbekistan Vlada Ekshibarova 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 2. 19 June 2011 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard China Wang Qiang 7–5, 6–3
Win 3. 25 June 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Russia Anna Tyulpa 6–4, 6–1
Win 4. 11 January 2013 Blossom Cup, China Hard Ukraine Nadiya Kichenok 6–2, 6–7(5), 7–6(5)

Doubles: 61 (31–30)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (27–18)
Clay (2–7)
Carpet (2–5)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 23 July 2006 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Vietnam Nguyen Thuy Dung
6–4, 6–4
Win 2. 26 September 2006 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Indonesia Lavinia Tananta
Indonesia Ayu Fani Damayanti
6–2, 6–4
Win 3. 19 November 2006 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Chinese Taipei Kao Shao-yuan
Thailand Thassha Vitayaviroj
3–6, 6–3, 7–6(2)
Win 4. 13 July 2007 ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard Thailand Sophia Mulsap Philippines Denise Dy
Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
6–4, 6–2
Win 5. 27 July 2007 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Sophia Mulsap Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Thailand Napaporn Tongsalee
4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1. 25 August 2007 ITF Noida, India Carpet Thailand Sophia Mulsap India Ankita Bhambri
India Sanaa Bhambri
1–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 31 August 2007 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Thailand Sophia Mulsap India Tara Iyer
Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
4–6, 3–6
Loss 3. 4 November 2007 ITF Kofu, Japan Hard Japan Ayaka Maekawa Japan Maki Arai
South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
7–5, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 6. 12 November 2007 ITF Pune, India Hard Hong Kong Zhang Ling Indonesia Wynne Prakusya
Indonesia Angelique Widjaja
1–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 7. 19 November 2007 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay India Sandhya Nagaraj India Ankita Bhambri
India Sanaa Bhambri
7–6(4), 7–5
Win 8. 28 March 2008 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Hard Japan Ayaka Maekawa Japan Tomoko Dokei
Japan Etsuko Kitazaki
6–1, 6–3
Loss 4. 13 July 2008 ITF Tokyo, Japan Carpet Japan Ayumi Oka South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
South Korea Chae Kyung-yee
6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 5. 16 August 2008 ITF Chiang Mai, Thailand Hard Thailand Sophia Mulsap China Chen Yanchong
Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
5–7, 3–6
Win 9. 20 September 2008 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Ayumi Oka Japan Maki Arai
Japan Yurina Koshino
5–7, 6–2, [10–2]
Loss 6. 21 March 2009 ITF Hamilton, New Zealand Hard Indonesia Jessy Rompies South Korea Kim So-jung
Japan Ayaka Maekawa
5–7, 3–6
Loss 7. 24 May 2009 ITF Nagano, Japan Carpet Japan Tomoyo Takagishi Japan Junri Namigata
Japan Akiko Yonemura
1–6, 4–6
Loss 8. 7 June 2009 ITF Komoro, Japan Clay Japan Ayumi Oka China Zhang Shuai
China Xu Yifan
2–6, 1–6
Win 10. 13 June 2009 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Suchanun Viratprasert Japan Tomoko Dokei
South Korea Yoo Mi
6–3, 6–1
Win 11. 26 June 2009 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Suchanun Viratprasert Japan Tomoko Dokei
South Korea Yoo Mi
w/o
Win 12. 2 August 2009 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk India Beatrice Gumulya
Indonesia Jessy Rompies
6–2, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Loss 9. 5 September 2009 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Indonesia Lavinia Tananta Uzbekistan Albina Khabibulina
Thailand Kanyapat Narattana
7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 13. 3 July 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Yi South Korea Kim Kun-hee
South Korea Yu Min-hwa
6–2, 6–2
Loss 10. 10 July 2010 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Indonesia Jessy Rompies Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
Japan Sakiko Shimizu
3–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 11. 9 October 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Yi Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
5–7, 7–6(4), [9–11]
Win 14. 11 October 2010 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Yi Chinese Taipei Juan Ting-fei
China Zhu Lin
7–5, 6–2
Win 15. 24 October 2010 ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard Thailand Luksika Kumkhum Vietnam Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang
Japan Maya Kato
6–4, 7–5
Win 16. 18 February 2011 ITF Aurangabad, India Hard Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai Italy Nicole Clerico
Italy Maria Masini
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss 12. 21 February 2011 ITF Mumbai, India Hard South Korea Han Sung-hee Japan Kanae Hisami
China Li Ting
1–6, 5–7
Loss 13. 11 April 2011 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Chinese Taipei Kao Shao-yuan South Korea Han Sung-hee
South Korea Hong Hyun-hui
3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 17. 28 May 2011 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard China Li Ting Indonesia Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Indonesia Lavinia Tananta
6–1, 6–4
Win 18. 3 June 2011 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard China Li Ting Indonesia Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Indonesia Lavinia Tananta
5–7, 7–6(5), [10–5]
Win 19. 19 June 2011 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard Japan Kanae Hisami Japan Yurika Sema
Japan Natsumi Hamamura
6–3, 6–2
Loss 14. 4 July 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Japan Yurina Koshino China Liang Chen
China Zhao Yijing
1–6, 4–6
Win 20. 11 September 2011 ITF Nato, Japan Carpet Japan Kanae Hisami Japan Ayumi Oka
Japan Natsumi Hamamura
1–6, 7–6(4), [14–12]
Loss 15. 28 October 2011 ITF Hamanako, Japan Carpet Vietnam Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Japan Natsumi Hamamura
Japan Ayumi Oka
3–6, 3–6
Loss 16. 23 December 2011 ITF Pune, India Hard Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai China Lu Jiajing
China Lu Jiaxiang
1–6, 3–6
Win 21. 22 July 2012 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Thailand Luksika Kumkhum Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
Russia Ekaterina Yashina
6–2, 6–4
Win 22. 2 September 2012 ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard Thailand Luksika Kumkhum Japan Yurina Koshino
Japan Mari Tanaka
6–2, 6–2
Loss 17. 19 November 2012 ITF Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Miki Miyamura Australia Ashleigh Barty
Australia Casey Dellacqua
1–6, 2–6
Win 23. 18 March 2013 ITF Ipswich, Australia Hard Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Australia Viktorija Rajicic
Australia Storm Sanders
4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss 18. 25 March 2013 ITF Bundaberg, Australia Clay Japan Miki Miyamura South Korea Jang Su-jeong
South Korea Lee So-ra
6–7(4), 6–4, [8–10]
Win 24. 22 April 2013 ITF Wenshan, China Hard Japan Miki Miyamura Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Junri Namigata
7–5, 6–3
Win 25. 10 February 2014 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Hong Kong Zhang Ling China Tian Ran
China Tang Haochen
2–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss 19. 28 April 2014 Anning Open, China Clay Hong Kong Zhang Ling China Zhang Kailin
China Han Xinyun
4–6, 2–6
Loss 20. 26 May 2014 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai Japan Michika Ozeki
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 26. 2 June 2014 ITF Tarakan, Indonesia Hard (i) Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya
Indonesia Jessy Rompies
5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
Win 27. 7 July 2014 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 28. 13 October 2014 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai Czech Republic Martina Borecká
Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Win 29. 1 November 2014 ITF Margaret River, Australia Hard Japan Miyabi Inoue Germany Carolin Daniels
Germany Laura Schäder
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss 21. 14 November 2014 Bendigo International, Australia Hard Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Abbie Myers
6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss 22. 10 January 2015 ITF Hong Kong Hard Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai China Han Xinyun
Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 30. 27 February 2015 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen
Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi
6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss 23. 20 September 2015 ITF Redding, United States Hard South Africa Michelle Sammons United States Ashley Weinhold
United States Caitlin Whoriskey
2–6, 5–7
Loss 24. 24 October 2015 ITF Brisbane, Australia Hard Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn United States Lauren Embree
United States Asia Muhammad
2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss 25. 20 March 2016 ITF Canberra, Australia Clay Japan Kanae Hisami Australia Ashleigh Barty
Australia Arina Rodionova
4–6, 2–6
Win 31. 24 April 2016 ITF Nanning, China Hard China Liu Chang Russia Ksenia Lykina
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
6–1, 6–4
Loss 26. 2 May 2016 Kunming Open, China Clay China Yang Zhaoxuan China Wang Yafan
China Zhang Kailin
7–6(3), 6–7(2), [1–10]
Loss 27. 4 February 2017 Burnie International, Australia Hard Australia Alison Bai Japan Riko Sawayanagi
Czech Republic Barbora Štefková
6–7(6), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 28. 25 March 2017 ITF Mornington, Australia Clay Australia Jessica Moore Australia Priscilla Hon
Hungary Fanny Stollár
1–6, 5–7
Loss 29. 31 March 2017 ITF Mornington, Australia Clay Australia Jessica Moore Israel Julia Glushko
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
4–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss 30. 18 August 2017 ITF Nonthaburi, India Hard Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
South Korea Choi Ji-hee
6–2, 1–6, [11–13]

References

  1. ^ "Doubles delight for Aussies". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2024.