Maia Lumsden

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Maia Lumsden
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Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 26)
Glasgow, Scotland [1]
Prize moneyUS$ 276,484
Singles
Career record148–119
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 250 (14 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 1203 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q1 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
Doubles
Career record109–77
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 57 (1 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 74 (15 July 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: 15 July 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.

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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, she and partner Naiktha Bains became the first British pair to reach the quarterfinals in 40 years. [24] [25]

She 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. [26]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAA0 / 00–0  
French Open AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon Q1Q1Q1Q1Q10 / 00–0  
US Open AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0  
Career statistics
Tournaments00010Career total: 1
Overall win–loss0–00–00–01–10–00 / 11–150%
Year-end ranking$115,760

Doubles

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 ... 2022 2023 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAA0 / 00–0  
French Open AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon QF 0 / 13–175%
US Open AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–03–10 / 13–175%

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Apr 2024 Open de Rouen, FranceWTA 250Clay (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos
Flag placeholder.svg Irina Khromacheva
3–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

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

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Aug 2023 Kozerki Open, PolandHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Kawa
Flag of France.svg Elixane Lechemia
3–6, 4–6
Win1–1 Oct 2023 Open de Rouen, FranceHard (i) Flag of France.svg Jessika Ponchet Flag of Hungary.svg Anna Bondár
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kimberley Zimmermann
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss1–2 Dec 2023 Open de Limoges, FranceHard (i) Flag of Georgia.svg Oksana Kalashnikova Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa
Flag placeholder.svg 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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Feb 2016 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK10,000Hard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Anna Zaja 4–6, 3–6
Win1–1Feb 2017ITF Wirral, UK15,000Hard (i) Flag of Poland.svg Maja Chwalińska 6–4, 6–1
Win2–1Nov 2017ITF Sunderland, UK15,000Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie 6–4, 6–0
Loss2–2Feb 2018GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK25,000Hard (i) Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win3–2Nov 2018 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK25,000Hard (i) Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Savinykh 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss3–3May 2019ITF Goyang, South Korea25,000Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Natalija Kostić 3–6, 2–6
Loss3–4Sep 2019ITF Kiryat Shmona, Israel25,000Hard Flag of Ukraine.svg Daria Snigur 1–6, 4–6
Loss3–5Jul 2022ITF Nottingham, UK25,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Apr 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Panna Udvardy Flag of Chile.svg Fernanda Brito
Flag of Sweden.svg Fanny Östlund
6–4, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss1–1Aug 2017ITF Mrągowo, Poland15,000Clay Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasiya Shoshyna Flag of Italy.svg Angelica Moratelli
Flag of France.svg Jade Suvrijn
4–6, 4–6
Loss1–2Sep 2017ITF Varna, Bulgaria15,000Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Julia Stamatova Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dia Evtimova
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michaela Boev
6–2, 6–7(5), [3–10]
Win2–2Oct 2017ITF Wirral, UK15,000Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alicia Barnett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Laura Sainsbury
6–4, 6–3
Win3–2Nov 2017ITF Sunderland, UK15,000Hard (i) Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Kordolaimi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alicia Barnett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sarah Beth Grey
2–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss3–3Nov 2017 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK25,000Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Swan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss3–4Oct 2020ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000Hard (i) Flag of Turkey.svg Melis Sezer Flag of Romania.svg Jaqueline Cristian
Flag of Romania.svg Elena-Gabriela Ruse
3–6, 4–6
Win4–4May 2022ITF Nottingham, UK25,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kimberly Birrell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alexandra Osborne
3–6, 7–6(6), [11–9]
Loss4–5 Jun 2022 Ilkley Trophy, UK100,000Grass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lizette Cabrera
Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Su-jeong
7–6(7), 0–6, [9–11]
Win5–5Jul 2022ITF Roehampton, UK25,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lauryn John-Baptiste
Flag of Slovakia.svg Katarína Strešnáková
6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss5–6Aug 2022 GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK25,000Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ali Collins
3–6, 3–6
Loss5–7Aug 2022ITF Roehampton, UK25,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of India.svg Rutuja Bhosale
Flag of Japan.svg Erika Sema
6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win6–7 Oct 2022 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia60,000Hard (i) Flag of Georgia.svg Mariam Bolkvadze Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Conny Perrin
Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–2, 6–3
Win7–7Feb 2023 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK25,000Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ella McDonald Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anna Sisková
3–6, 6–1, [13–11]
Win8–7Apr 2023ITF Nottingham, UK25,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina
Flag of India.svg Rutuja Bhosale
6–1, 6–4
Win9–7Apr 2023ITF Calvi, France40,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina
Flag of France.svg Estelle Cascino
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win10–7May 2023ITF Nottingham, UK25,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiajing
Flag of Estonia.svg Elena Malõgina
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win11–7Oct 2023Scottish Open Championships, UK60,000Hard (i) Flag of Portugal.svg Francisca Jorge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivia Gadecki
6–3, 6–1
Loss11–8 Mar 2024 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France60,000Hard (i) Flag of France.svg Jessika Ponchet Flag of France.svg Estelle Cascino
Flag of the Philippines.svg Alex Eala
5–7, 6–7(4)

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