Maia Lumsden (born 10 January 1998) is a professional tennis player from Scotland.

Maia Lumsden

Lumsden at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 24) Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Prize money	US$ 115,760
Singles
Career record	134–106 (55.8%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 250 (14 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 608 (10 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	53–39 (57.6%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 231 (10 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 231 (10 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
Last updated on: 10 October 2022.

Lumsden has won three singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Nottingham Open.

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]

Junior career

Recognized as young as ten years old 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, that triumphed in the Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy, an annual under-18s competition against the USA.[13]

She has 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]

Senior career

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

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

2018

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

In February, Lumsden lost at the quarterfinal stage of the $60k Shrewsbury event to top seed Yanina Wickmayer.[20] She made her WTA Tour 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] before losing the following day to top seed Caroline Garcia.[23]

Performance timelines

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 after the 2022 US Open.

Doubles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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	GB Pro-Series Wirral, UK	15,000	Hard (i)	Maja Chwalińska	6–4, 6–1
Win	2–1	Nov 2017	GB Pro-Series 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	Nottingham Trophy, UK	25,000	Hard	Priscilla Hon	3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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	GB Pro-Series 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	Nottingham Trophy, 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	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	60,000	Hard (i)	Mariam Bolkvadze	Conny Perrin Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–2, 6–3

Notes

References

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