Andrė Lukošiūtė (born 23 June 2001) is a Lithuanian tennis player.
Country (sports) | Lithuania |
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Residence | Great Britain |
Born | [1] Kaunas, Lithuania | 23 June 2001
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $22,838 |
Singles | |
Career record | 74–56 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 705 (23 October 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 1117 (4 November 2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 42–30 |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 399 (30 January 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 987 (4 November 2024) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 4–2 |
Last updated on: 4 November 2024. |
Lukošiūtė has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 705, achieved on 23 October 2023. She also has a career-high doubles ranking by WTA of 399, achieved on 30 January 2023. She has won one single and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Lukošiūtė competes for Lithuania in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win-loss record of 4–2 as of July 2024.[2]
Personal life
editLukosiute was born in Kaunas and began playing tennis at the age of 6. Her favourite players growing up were Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal. She resides in the United Kingdom and has previously represented Essex at county tennis, starting at U14 level.[3][4][5]
Career
editJunior
editLukosiute entered several tournaments on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2016 and 2017 but did not play regularly and reached a highest ranking of 876. She was the winner of the Grade 5 Preveza Cup in Greece in July 2016.[6] In Tennis Europe junior tour events, Lukosiute won the Nike Junior International held in Edinburgh in 2015, defeating Amarni Banks in the final; and later that year was runner-up to Emma Raducanu in the Nike Junior International at the National Tennis Centre in London.[7]
Senior
editLukosiute made her professional debut in December 2018 at an ITF event in Monastir, Tunisia but played only sporadically on the ITF Circuit until 2021.[8] She won two doubles titles during the 2022 ITF season with Eliz Maloney, which saw her crack the top 500 in the doubles rankings.[9]
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2022 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Anastasiia Gureva | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Oct 2023 | ITF Näsbypark, Sweden | W15 | Hard (i) | Daria Lopatetska | 6–1, 6–4 |
Doubles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Eliz Maloney | Ksenia Laskutova Maggie Ng |
5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Feb 2022 | ITF Birmingham, United Kingdom | W25 | Hard | Eliz Maloney | Quinn Gleason Catherine Harrison |
7–6(4), 3–6, [10–8] |
Win | 2–1 | Mar 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Eliz Maloney | Lu Jingjing Wang Meiling |
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Loss | 2–2 | Aug 2022 | ITF Aldershot, UK | W25 | Hard | Eliz Maloney | Freya Christie Ali Collins |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Sep 2023 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Nell Miller | Darja Suvirdjonkova Amelia Waligora |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 4–2 | Oct 2023 | ITF Villena, Spain | W15 | Hard | Patricija Paukštytė | Laura Böhner Joëlle Steur |
6–4, 2–6, [10–7] |
Win | 5–2 | Feb 2024 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Karola Bejenaru | Mana Ayukawa Briana Szabó |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 6–2 | Mar 2024 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Jeong Bo-young | Daria Kuczer Liisa Varul |
6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 7–2 | Nov 2024 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Madelief Hageman | Ela Nala Milić Anna Turati |
4–6, 6–0, [10–5] |
References
edit- ^ "Andre Lukosiute". Billie Jean King Cup.
- ^ "A.Lukošiūtė iškovojo antrąją pergalę Lietuvos moterų teniso rinktinei". Sportas (in Lithuanian). 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Andre Lukosiute Biography". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "U14 12 Counties Girls Event". LTA. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Essex Ladies runners up in Group 1 in Winter County Cup". LTA. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Andre Lukosiute Junior Singles Overview". ITF Tennis. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Andre Lukosiute Tournaments". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Andre Lukosiute Women's Singles Activity". ITF Tennis. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Andre Lukosiute Women's Doubles Activity". ITF Tennis. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2022.