Maia Lumsden

Maia Lumsden

Lumsden at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 26) Glasgow, Scotland [1]
Prize money	US$ 301,582
Singles
Career record	148–119
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 250 (14 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 1203 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	118–87
Career titles	2 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 57 (1 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 77 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	QF (2023)
US Open	2R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

Maia Lumsden (born 10 January 1998) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 57 achieved on 1 July 2024. Lumsden has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as three titles in singles and eleven in doubles on the ITF Circuit.

Early and personal life

Raised in Bearsden, near Glasgow from a family of five, her mother Gillian and father David ^[2] brother Ewen and sister Eve, two and four years younger, respectively. ^[3] Both siblings have played competitive tennis as juniors with Ewen progressing to the senior level. ^{[4] [5]} Educated at Beaconhurst School, Bridge of Allan ^[6] later studying at nearby University of Stirling after returning to Scotland in 2016. ^[7]

Career

Juniors

Recognized as young as age 10 as the best in Britain in her age group ^[8] and training at the national academy, University of Stirling, ^[9] under coach Toby Smith with mentoring by Judy Murray who said at the time that Lumsden may need to train abroad to realise her potential. ^[10]

By 2012, she was the No. 1 under-14 player in the Tennis Europe rankings ^[9] and Under-14 champion at the Junior Orange Bowl beating Gabriella Taylor 6–3, 7–5, in an all-British final. ^[11] The following year the two players teamed up to become under-16 British National Junior Champions in the doubles whilst Lumsden was also the under-16 singles champion. ^[12]

Gabi Taylor, Katie Swan, Freya Christie and Lumsden were members of the 2014 British team, coached by Judy Murray, which won the Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy, an annual under-18s competition against the U.S. ^[13]

She won an ITF under-18 title in Malta and the Super Open Auray, and reached the third round in the girls’ tournament at Wimbledon. ^[14]

Lumsden was a member of Great Britain’s University Tennis Team that won a gold medal at the Master’U BNP Paribas Tournament in 2017, ^[15] and silver medal in 2018. ^[16]

2012

As a 14 year old, she won her first matches at ITF level beating England's Pippa Horn and Oman's Fatma Al-Nabhani, the second seed and world No. 463, to qualify for the Pro-Series event at Scotstoun. ^[17]

2017-2018

In 2018, Lumsden's first full year as a professional, she recorded two individual title wins in Sunderland and the Wirral ^[2] and six ITF doubles finals, three of them as winner.

In 2017, entering her home competition in Scotstoun, Glasgow as a wildcard, Lumsden lost to her Spanish opponent Paula Badosa in the final of the GB Pro-Series Glasgow or Scottish Championships. ^[18] In November, Lumsden claimed her first $25k title, beating former top 100 player Valeria Savinykh in the final. ^[19]

2019: WTA Tour singles debut

In February, Lumsden lost at the quarterfinal stage of the $60k Shrewsbury event to top-seeded Yanina Wickmayer. ^[20]

She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the Nottingham Open in June, after receiving a wildcard to the main draw of the tournament, ^[21] winning her first match against fellow Brit Tara Moore, ^[22] then losing the following day to Caroline Garcia. ^[23]

2023-2024: First Wimbledon doubles quarterfinalist in 40 years, top 70

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, Lumsden and partner Naiktha Bains became the first British pair to reach the quarterfinals in 40 years. ^{[24] [25]}

She won her first WTA 125 title at the 2023 Open de Rouen, playing with Jessika Ponchet, and overcoming top seeds Anna Bondár and Kimberley Zimmermann in straight sets in the final. ^[26]

Lumsden made her debut in the top 70 in the doubles rankings on 22 April 2024, following reaching the doubles final of the 2024 Open de Rouen with Naiktha Bains. ^[27]

Partnering with Emily Appleton, she won her second WTA 125 title at the 2024 Dow Tennis Classic, defeating Ariana Arseneault and Mia Kupres in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak. ^{[28] [29]}

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2022 US Open.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	...	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A		A		0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A		A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1		Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	A		A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	0	1		0		Career total: 1
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		0–0		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Year-end ranking								$115,760

Doubles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	...	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A		A		0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A		A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon							QF	0 / 1	3–1	75%
US Open	A	A	A	A		A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	3–1	0 / 1	3–1	75%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2024	Open de Rouen, France	WTA 250	Clay (i)	Naiktha Bains	Tímea Babos Irina Khromacheva	3–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2023	Kozerki Open, Poland	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Katarzyna Kawa Elixane Lechemia	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2023	Open de Rouen, France	Hard (i)	Jessika Ponchet	Anna Bondár Kimberley Zimmermann	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	1–2	Dec 2023	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Oksana Kalashnikova	Cristina Bucșa Yana Sizikova	4–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments (1–4) $10/15,000 tournaments (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (3–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2016	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Anna Zaja	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2017	ITF Wirral, UK	15,000	Hard (i)	Maja Chwalińska	6–4, 6–1
Win	2–1	Nov 2017	ITF Sunderland, UK	15,000	Hard (i)	Freya Christie	6–4, 6–0
Loss	2–2	Feb 2018	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Paula Badosa	6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Nov 2018	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Valeria Savinykh	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	3–3	May 2019	ITF Goyang, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Natalija Kostić	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–4	Sep 2019	ITF Kiryat Shmona, Israel	25,000	Hard	Daria Snigur	1–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Jul 2022	ITF Nottingham, UK	25,000	Hard	Priscilla Hon	3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–1) $60,000 tournaments (2–1) $40,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (5–4) $15,000 tournaments (3–2)

Finals by surface Hard (10–5) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Panna Udvardy	Fernanda Brito Fanny Östlund	6–4, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Aug 2017	ITF Mrągowo, Poland	15,000	Clay	Anastasiya Shoshyna	Angelica Moratelli Jade Suvrijn	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2017	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	15,000	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Dia Evtimova Michaela Boev	6–2, 6–7(5), [3–10]
Win	2–2	Oct 2017	ITF Wirral, UK	15,000	Hard (i)	Samantha Murray	Alicia Barnett Laura Sainsbury	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–2	Nov 2017	ITF Sunderland, UK	15,000	Hard (i)	Eleni Kordolaimi	Alicia Barnett Sarah Beth Grey	2–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	3–3	Nov 2017	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Katie Swan	Freya Christie Harriet Dart	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	3–4	Oct 2020	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Melis Sezer	Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	May 2022	ITF Nottingham, UK	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Kimberly Birrell Alexandra Osborne	3–6, 7–6(6), [11–9]
Loss	4–5	Jun 2022	Ilkley Trophy, UK	100,000	Grass	Naiktha Bains	Lizette Cabrera Jang Su-jeong	7–6(7), 0–6, [9–11]
Win	5–5	Jul 2022	ITF Roehampton, UK	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Lauryn John-Baptiste Katarína Strešnáková	6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss	5–6	Aug 2022	GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Naiktha Bains	Freya Christie Ali Collins	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–7	Aug 2022	ITF Roehampton, UK	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Rutuja Bhosale Erika Sema	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	6–7	Oct 2022	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	60,000	Hard (i)	Mariam Bolkvadze	Conny Perrin Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–2, 6–3
Win	7–7	Feb 2023	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Ella McDonald	Dominika Šalková Anna Sisková	3–6, 6–1, [13–11]
Win	8–7	Apr 2023	ITF Nottingham, UK	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Ankita Raina Rutuja Bhosale	6–1, 6–4
Win	9–7	Apr 2023	ITF Calvi, France	40,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Ankita Raina Estelle Cascino	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	10–7	May 2023	ITF Nottingham, UK	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Lu Jiajing Elena Malõgina	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win	11–7	Oct 2023	Scottish Open Championships, UK	60,000	Hard (i)	Francisca Jorge	Freya Christie Olivia Gadecki	6–3, 6–1
Loss	11–8	Mar 2024	Open de Seine-et-Marne, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Jessika Ponchet	Estelle Cascino Alex Eala	5–7, 6–7(4)

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External links

• Maia Lumsden at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maia Lumsden at the International Tennis Federation
• Maia Lumsden at ESPN.com