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Mananchaya Sawangkaew
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| Sawangkaew in Cary in 2024 | ||||||
| Thailand | ||||||
| (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002Sing Buri province, Thailand | ||||||
| Right (two-handed backhand) | ||||||
| Oklahoma State | ||||||
| $328,504 | ||||||
| 185–97 | ||||||
| 1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF | ||||||
| No. 100 (9 June 2025) | ||||||
| No. 212 (9 February 2026) | ||||||
| 1R (2026) | ||||||
| Q2 (2025) | ||||||
| Q1 (2024) | ||||||
| Q3 (2024) | ||||||
| 49–42 | ||||||
| 2 ITF | ||||||
| No. 442 (8 December 2025) | ||||||
| No. 443 (22 December 2025) | ||||||
| 2–2 | ||||||
| 2025 Thailand | Singles | 2025 Thailand | Women's team | |||
| 2025 Thailand | Singles | |||||
| 2025 Thailand | Women's team | |||||
| Last updated on: 11:23, 11 January 2026 (UTC). |
Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Thai: มนัญชญา สว่างแก้ว; born 10 July 2002) is a tennis player from Thailand. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 100 by the WTA, achieved on 9 June 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 442, achieved on 8 December 2023. Sawangkaew has won three singles titles and two doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is currently the No. 2 Thai player.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, she achieved a career-high combined ranking of No. 14, on 28 January 2019. She reached the quarterfinals of the girls' singles draw at the 2019 Australian Open.
Sawangkaew made her debut for Thailand Fed Cup team in 2019.
She attended the Oklahoma State University in 2021–2022.
Sawangkaew made her WTA main draw debut at the 2024 Thailand Open 2 in Hua Hin, after qualifying but lost to eventual champion Rebecca Šramková. She also qualified for the next tournament, the WTA 1000 2024 China Open making her debut at this WTA level and defeated fellow qualifier Zarina Diyas in straight sets for her first WTA Tour win, but lost in the second round to top seed Aryna Sabalenka. As a result she reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 167 on 7 October 2024 and a week later of No. 165 and became the Thai player No. 1.
She qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Guangzhou Open and defeated lucky loser Ella Seidel for a second time, having previously beaten her in the last round of qualifying. In the second round Sawangkaew overcame third seed Yuan Yue to become the first Thai player to reach a WTA Tour quarterfinal since Luksika Kumkhum in Hong Kong in 2018. She lost in the last eight to eventual champion Olga Danilović. As a result she reached the top 150 in the rankings on 28 October 2024. At the next and last 2024 Asian swing tournament, the Jiangxi Open, Sawangkaew qualified for the main draw and recorded wins over seventh seed Lucia Bronzetti, and then Zheng Saisai against whom she saved two match points, to reach back-to-back quarterfinals. Once again she went out at the last eight stage, this time losing to Laura Siegemund.
Following the 2025 French Open, Sawangkaew made her top 100 debut on 9 June 2025.
Sawangkaew made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2026 Australian Open, losing to 28th seed Emma Raducanu in the opening round.
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Feb 2025 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard | Jil Teichmann | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | Feb 2026 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard | Lilli Tagger | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Feb 2026 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard | Nicole Fossa Huergo | Polina Iatcenko Elena Pridankina | 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [5–10] |
| Legend | Finals by surface |
|---|---|
| W100 tournaments (0–1) | |
| W75 tournaments (1–1) | |
| W40/50 tournaments (1–2) | |
| W25 tournaments (1–1) | |
| W15 tournaments (1–3) | |
| Hard (4–8) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | W15 | Hard | Bunyawi Thamchaiwat | 1–6, 7–6(3), 2–1 ret. |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2019 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | W15 | Hard | Moyuka Uchijima | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | W15 | Hard | Naho Sato | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Nov 2022 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Aliona Falei | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jan 2023 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W40 | Hard | Lanlana Tararudee | 6–2, 1–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | May 2023 | ITF Goyang, South Korea | W25 | Hard | Hanna Chang | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | Jul 2023 | ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand | W25 | Hard | Sahaja Yamalapalli | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Aug 2023 | ITF Hong Kong, China SAR | W40 | Hard | Yang Ya-yi | 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–6 | Jan 2024 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W50 | Hard | Antonia Ružić | 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2024 | Lexington Challenger, United States | W75 | Hard | Wei Sijia | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Apr 2025 | Kangaroo Cup, Japan | W100 | Hard | Zhang Shuai | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–8 | Jan 2026 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W75 | Hard | Lisa Pigato | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Legend | Finals by surface |
|---|---|
| W100 tournaments (1–1) | |
| W25 tournaments (0–1) | |
| W15 tournaments (1–2) | |
| Hard (2–4) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2018 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | W15 | Hard | Joanna Garland | Nadia Ravita Aldila Sutjiadi | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Apr 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Thasaporn Naklo | Katarina Kuzmová Zhibek Kulambayeva | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jan 2020 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W25 | Hard | Supapitch Kuearum | Ankita Raina Bibiane Schoofs | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Nov 2022 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Dong Na | Cho Yi-tsen Cho I-hsuan | 2–6, 6–7(4) |
| Loss | 1–4 | Apr 2025 | Ando Securities Open, Japan | W100 | Hard | Lanlana Tararudee | Guo Hanyu Ena Shibahara | 7–5, 6–7(1), [5–10] |
| Win | 2–4 | Dec 2025 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | W100 | Hard | Gao Xinyu | Rada Zolotareva Vera Zvonareva | 4–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew at the Women's Tennis Association
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew at the International Tennis Federation
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived former page)
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew at Wimbledon
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew at ESPN.com
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