Nicha Lertpitaksinchai

Nicha "Eve" Lertpitaksinchai (Thai: ณิชาต์ เลิศพิทักษ์สินชัย; born 14 August 1991) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand.

Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Native nameณิชาต์ เลิศพิทักษ์สินชัย
Country (sports) Thailand
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Born (1991-08-14) 14 August 1991 (age 33)
Bangkok
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired2018
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$137,659
Singles
Career record204–208
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 280 (24 October 2016)
Doubles
Career record188–143
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 144 (21 April 2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–7
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  Thailand
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Jakarta-Palembang Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Jakarta-Palembang Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Jakarta-Palembang Singles
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ashgabat Mixed Doubles

She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 280 in singles, achieved on 24 October 2016, and 144 in doubles, reached on 21 April 2014.

Lertpitaksinchai had her biggest success at the $50k 2013 Lexington Challenger, where she and Peangtarn Plipuech claimed the doubles title. During her career, she won two singles titles and fifteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2019, she joined The Face Thailand season 5 as one of the contestants of Team Toni.

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Sep 2016 Dalian Open,
China
Hard   Jessy Rompies   Lee Ya-hsuan
  Kotomi Takahata
2–6, 1–6

ITF finals

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Singles (2–5)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 3 July 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard   Jessy Rompies 2–6, 5–7
Win 2. 11 December 2010 ITF Bangalore, India Hard   Kumiko Iijima 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2. 2 April 2011 ITF New Delhi, India Hard   Céline Cattaneo 1–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 17 December 2011 Pune Championships,
India
Hard   Lu Jiajing 3–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 9 November 2013 ITF Phuket, Thailand Hard (i)   Zhang Ling 2–6, 6–7(7)
Win 2. 23 May 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech 7–6(4), 6–2
Loss 5. 2 October 2016 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand Hard   Arantxa Rus 6–3, 6–7(4), 6–7(3)

Doubles (15–10)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (14–8)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 2 October 2011 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard   Nungnadda Wannasuk   Kao Shao-yuan
  Zhao Yijing
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1. 24 June 2012 ITF Goyang, South Korea Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Liu Wanting
  Sun Shengnan
7–6(1), 3–6, [7–10]
Win 2. 21 July 2012 ITF Woking, United Kingdom Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
  Nicola Slater
6–2, 7–5
Loss 2. 19 August 2012 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Erika Takao
  Remi Tezuka
6–2, 6–7(1), [3–10]
Loss 3. 9 September 2012 ITF Rockhampton, Australia Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Ayu Fani Damayanti
  Lavinia Tananta
7–5, 6–7(2), [8–10]
Loss 4. 14 October 2012 ITF Margaret River, Australia Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Miyabi Inoue
  Mai Minokoshi
7–6(8), 6–7(3), [12–14]
Win 3. 23 February 2013 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass   Peangtarn Plipuech   Justyna Jegiołka
  Veronika Kapshay
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 4. 27 April 2013 ITF Phuket, Thailand Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Tara Moore
  Melanie South
6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Win 5. 4 May 2013 ITF Phuket, Thailand Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Fatma Al-Nabhani
  Lee Ya-hsuan
6–2, 6–4
Win 6. 27 July 2013 Lexington Challenger,
United States
Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Julia Glushko
  Chanel Simmonds
7–6(5), 6–3
Loss 5. 9 September 2013 Incheon Open, South Korea Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Miki Miyamura
  Akiko Omae
4–6, 7–6, [9–11]
Loss 6. 14 October 2013 ITF Makinohara, Japan Grass   Peangtarn Plipuech   Eri Hozumi
  Makoto Ninomiya
1–6, 2–6
Win 7. 16 November 2013 ITF Phuket, Thailand Hard (i)   Peangtarn Plipuech   Lu Jiaxiang
  Lu Jiajing
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 8. 2 December 2013 Pune Championships, India Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Jocelyn Rae
  Anna Smith
7–5, 7–5
Win 9. 17 February 2014 ITF New Delhi, India Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Erika Sema
  Yurika Sema
7–6, 6–3
Win 10. 26 July 2014 ITF Phuket, Thailand Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Han Na-lae
  Yoo Mi
6–3, 6–7, [11–9]
Loss 7. 30 August 2014 ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Han Xinyun
  Zhang Kailin
4–6, 4–6
Win 11. 20 October 2014 ITF Phuket, Thailand Hard (i)   Peangtarn Plipuech   Oleksandra Korashvili
  Alyona Sotnikova
7–6(0), 2–6, [10–4]
Win 12. 27 October 2014 ITF Phuket, Thailand Hard (i)   Peangtarn Plipuech   Kamonwan Buayam
  Lee Pei-chi
7–5, 6–3
Loss 8. 10 November 2014 ITF Mumbai, India Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Lu Jiajing
  Ankita Raina
4–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Loss 9. 31 May 2015 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard   Nudnida Luangnam   Harriet Dart
  Prarthana Thombare
4–6, 6–4, [16–18]
Win 13. 26 July 2015 ITF Evansville, United States Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Lauren Herring
  Kennedy Shaffer
6–2, 6–3
Win 14. 27 May 2017 ITF Goyang, South Korea Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Genevieve Lorbergs
  Olivia Tjandramulia
7–5, 6–4
Loss 10. 13 November 2017 Toyota World Challenge, Japan Carpet (i)   Peangtarn Plipuech   Ksenia Lykina
  Junri Namigata
6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 15. 14 April 2018 ITF Osaka, Japan Hard   Choi Ji-hee   Akiko Omae
  Peangtarn Plipuech
6–3, 6–4
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