Varatchaya Wongteanchai


Varatchaya "Pias" Wongteanchai is a former Thai female tennis player.
In her career, she won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour as well as four singles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 July 2015, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 200. On 12 September 2016, she peaked at No. 77 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Thailand at the Fed Cup, Wongteanchai has 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 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 2–6, 5–7. She also partnered her younger sister Varunya in the doubles event, but lost in the quarterfinals.
In 2013, Wongteanchai started her year by winning a title at the 2013 Blossom Cup. It was her most important title so far. She was then awarded a wild card into the 2013 PTT 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 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 then played in the qualifying event of the 2013 Roland Garros but lost to Grace Min in the first round.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 titles

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02016 Malaysian Open – Doubles|Malaysian OpenInternationalHard Yang Zhaoxuan Liang Chen
Wang Yafan
4–6, 6–4,
Win2–02016 BRD Bucharest Open – Doubles|Bucharest Open, RomaniaInternationalClay Jessica Moore Alexandra Cadanțu
Katarzyna Piter
6–3, 7–6

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 runner–up

ITF finals

Singles (4–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.27 06 2009Bangkok, ThailandHard Ai Yamamoto1–6, 1–6
Runner-up2.09 08 2009Solo, IndonesiaHard Lavinia Tananta1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up3.18 02 2011Aurangabad, IndiaClay Vlada Ekshibarova1–6, 4–6
Winner1.25 02 2011Mumbai, IndiaHard Vlada Ekshibarova2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner2.19 06 2011Balikpapan, IndonesiaHard Wang Qiang7–5, 6–3
Winner3.25 06 2011Pattaya, ThailandHard Anna Tyulpa6–4, 6–1
Winner4.11 01 2013Quanzhou, ChinaHard Nadiya Kichenok6–2, 6–7, 7–6

Doubles (31–30)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.23 July 2006Bangkok, ThailandHard Nungnadda Wannasuk Chang Kai-chen
Nguyen Thuy Dung
6–4, 6–4
Winner2.26 September 2006Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Lavinia Tananta
Ayu Fani Damayanti
6–2, 6–4
Winner3.19 November 2006Manila, PhilippinesHard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Kao Shao-yuan
Thassha Vitayaviroj
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner4.13 July 2007Khon Kaen, ThailandHard Sophia Mulsap Denise Dy
Nungnadda Wannasuk
6–4, 6–2
Winner5.27 July 2007BangkokHard Sophia Mulsap Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Napaporn Tongsalee
4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up1.25 August 2007Noida, IndiaCarpet Sophia Mulsap Ankita Bhambri
Sanaa Bhambri
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.31 August 2007New Delhi, IndiaHard Sophia Mulsap Tara Iyer
Nungnadda Wannasuk
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.4 November 2007Kofu, JapanHard Ayaka Maekawa Maki Arai
Chang Kyung-mi
7–5, 2–6,
Winner6.12 November 2007Pune, IndiaHard Zhang Ling Wynne Prakusya
Angelique Widjaja
1–6, 7–5,
Winner7.19 November 2007Aurangabad, IndiaClay Sandhya Nagaraj Ankita Bhambri
Sanaa Bhambri
7–6, 7–5
Winner8.28 March 2008Wellington, New ZealandHard Ayaka Maekawa Tomoko Dokei
Etsuko Kitazaki
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up4.13 July 2008Tokyo, JapanCarpet Ayumi Oka Chang Kyung-mi
Chae Kyung-yee
6–3, 2–6,
Runner-up5.16 August 2008Chiang Mai, ThailandHard Sophia Mulsap Chen Yanchong
Chen Yi
5–7, 3–6
Winner9.20 September 2008Kyoto, JapanCarpet Ayumi Oka Maki Arai
Yurina Koshino
5–7, 6–2,
Runner-up6.21 March 2009Hamilton, New ZealandHard Jessy Rompies Kim So-jung
Ayaka Maekawa
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up7.24 May 2009Nagano, JapanCarpet Tomoyo Takagishi Junri Namigata
Akiko Yonemura
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up8.7 June 2009Komoro, JapanClay Ayumi Oka Zhang Shuai
Xu Yifan
2–6, 1–6
Winner10.13 June 2009BangkokHard Suchanun Viratprasert Tomoko Dokei
Yoo Mi
6–3, 6–1
Winner11.26 June 2009BangkokHard Suchanun Viratprasert Tomoko Dokei
Yoo Mi
w/o
Winner12.2 August 2009Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Nungnadda Wannasuk Beatrice Gumulya
Jessy Rompies
6–2, 6–7,
Runner-up9.5 September 2009Nonthaburi, ThailandHard Lavinia Tananta Albina Khabibulina
Kanyapat Narattana
7–5, 4–6,
Winner13.3 July 2010NonthaburiHard Chen Yi Kim Kun-hee
Yu Min-hwa
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up10.10 July 2010Pattaya, ThailandHard Jessy Rompies Chen Yi
Sakiko Shimizu
3–6, 6–7
Runner-up11.9 October 2010NonthaburiHard Chen Yi Peangtarn Plipuech
Nungnadda Wannasuk
5–7, 7–6,
Winner14.11 October 2010PattayaHard Chen Yi Juan Ting-fei
Zhu Lin
7–5, 6–2
Winner15.24 10 2010Khon Kaen, ThailandHard Luksika Kumkhum Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang
Maya Kato
6–4, 7–5
Winner16.18 February 2011AurangabadHard Varunya Wongteanchai Nicole Clerico
Maria Masini
4–6, 6–2,
Runner-up12.21 February 2011Mumbai, IndiaHard Han Sung-hee Kanae Hisami
Li Ting
1–6, 5–7
Runner-up13.11 April 2011Incheon, South KoreaHard Kao Shao-yuan Han Sung-hee
Hong Hyun-hui
3–6, 6–7
Winner17.28 May 2011BangkokHard Li Ting Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Lavinia Tananta
6–1, 6–4
Winner18.3 June 2011BangkokHard Li Ting Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Lavinia Tananta
5–7, 7–6,
Winner19.19 June 2011Balikpapan, IndonesiaHard Kanae Hisami Yurika Sema
Natsumi Hamamura
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up14.4 July 2011PattayaHard Yurina Koshino Liang Chen
Zhao Yijing
1–6, 4–6
Winner20.11 September 2011Nato, JapanCarpet Kanae Hisami Ayumi Oka
Natsumi Hamamura
1–6, 7–6,
Runner-up15.28 October 2011Hamanako, JapanCarpet Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Natsumi Hamamura
Ayumi Oka
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up16.23 December 2011Pune, IndiaHard Varunya Wongteanchai Lu Jiajing
Lu Jiaxiang
1–6, 3–6
Winner21.22 07 2012Astana, KazakhstanHard Luksika Kumkhum Veronika Kapshay
Ekaterina Yashina
6–2, 6–4
Winner22.02 09 2012Tsukuba, JapanHard Luksika Kumkhum Yurina Koshino
Mari Tanaka
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up17.19 November 2012Toyota, JapanCarpet Miki Miyamura Ashleigh Barty
Casey Dellacqua
1–6, 2–6
Winner23.18 March 2013Ipswich, AustraliaHard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Viktorija Rajicic
Storm Sanders
4–6, 6–1,
Runner-up18.25 March 2013Bundaberg, AustraliaClay Miki Miyamura Jang Su-jeong
Lee So-ra
6–7, 6–4,
Winner24.22 April 2013Wenshan, ChinaHard Miki Miyamura Rika Fujiwara
Junri Namigata
7–5, 6–3
Winner25.10 February 2014NonthaburiHard Zhang Ling Tian Ran
Tang Haochen
2–6, 6–2,
Runner-up19.28 April 2014Anning, ChinaClay Zhang Ling Zhang Kailin
Han Xinyun
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up20.26 May 2014BalikpapanHard Varunya Wongteanchai Michika Ozeki
Peangtarn Plipuech
3–6, 6–4,
Winner26.2 June 2014Tarakan, IndonesiaHard Varunya Wongteanchai Beatrice Gumulya
Jessy Rompies
5–7, 6–4,
Winner27.7 July 2014BangkokHard Varunya Wongteanchai Luksika Kumkhum
Tamarine Tanasugarn
6–3, 4–6,
Winner28.13 October 2014BangkokHard Varunya Wongteanchai Martina Borecká
Lesley Kerkhove
6–2, 5–7,
Winner29.1 November 2014Margaret River, AustraliaHard Miyabi Inoue Carolin Daniels
Laura Schäder
4–6, 6–4,
Runner-up21.14 November 2014Bendigo, AustraliaHard Varunya Wongteanchai Jessica Moore
Abbie Myers
6–3, 1–6,
Runner-up22.10 January 2015Hong KongHard Varunya Wongteanchai Han Xinyun
Hsu Chieh-yu
6–3, 4–6,
Winner30.27 February 2015AurangabadClay Lee Ya-hsuan Hsu Ching-wen
Lee Pei-chi
6–1, 7–6
Runner-up23.20 September 2015Redding, United StatesHard Michelle Sammons Ashley Weinhold
Caitlin Whoriskey
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up24.24 October 2015Brisbane, AustraliaHard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Lauren Embree
Asia Muhammad
2–6, 6–4,
Runner-up25.20 March 2016Canberra, AustraliaClay Kanae Hisami Ashleigh Barty
Arina Rodionova
4–6, 2–6
Winner31.24 April 2016Nanning, ChinaHard Liu Chang Ksenia Lykina
Emily Webley-Smith
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up26.2 May 2016Anning, ChinaClay Yang Zhaoxuan Wang Yafan
Zhang Kailin
7–6, 6–7,
Runner-up27.4 February 2017Burnie, AustraliaHard Alison Bai Riko Sawayanagi
Barbora Štefková
6–7, 6–4,
Runner-up28.25 March 2017Mornington, AustraliaClay Jessica Moore Priscilla Hon
Fanny Stollár
1–6, 5–7
Runner-up29.31 March 2017Mornington, AustraliaClay Jessica Moore Julia Glushko
Barbora Krejčíková
4–6, 6–2,
Runner-up30.18 August 2017Nonthaburi, IndiaHard Varunya Wongteanchai Chan Chin-wei
Choi Ji-hee
6–2, 1–6,