Andrė Lukošiūtė
Country (sports) Lithuania
ResidenceGreat Britain
Born (2001-06-23) 23 June 2001[1]
Kaunas, Lithuania
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$17,626
Singles
Career record65–47 (58.0%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 705 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 763 (6 November 2023)
Doubles
Career record33–25 (56.9%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 399 (30 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 711 (6 November 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–0
Last updated on: 6 November 2023.

Andrė Lukošiūtė (born 23 June 2001) is a Lithuanian tennis player.

Lukošiūtė has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 705, achieved on 23 October 2023. She also has a career high doubles ranking by WTA of 399, achieved on 30 January 2023. She has won one single and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Lukošiūtė competes for Lithuania in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win-loss record of 4–0.[2]

Personal life

Lukosiute was born in Kaunas and began playing tennis at the age of 6. Her favourite players growing up were Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal. She resides in the United Kingdom and has previously represented Essex at county tennis, starting at U14 level.[3][4][5]

Career

Junior

Lukosiute entered several tournaments on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2016 and 2017 but did not play regularly and reached a highest ranking of 876. She was the winner of the Grade 5 Preveza Cup in Greece in July 2016.[6] In Tennis Europe junior tour events, Lukosiute won the Nike Junior International held in Edinburgh in 2015, defeating Amarni Banks in the final; and later that year was runner-up to Emma Raducanu in the Nike Junior International at the National Tennis Centre in London.[7]

Senior

Lukosiute made her professional debut in December 2018 at an ITF event in Monastir, Tunisia but played only sporadically on the ITF tour until 2021.[8] She won two doubles titles during the 2022 ITF season with Eliz Maloney, which saw her crack the top 500 in the doubles rankings.[9]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Anastasiia Gureva 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2023 ITF Näsbypark, Sweden 15,000 Hard (i) Ukraine Daria Lopatetska 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Eliz Maloney Russia Ksenia Laskutova
Hong Kong Maggie Ng		 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2022 ITF Birmingham, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Eliz Maloney United States Quinn Gleason
United States Catherine Harrison		 7–6(4), 3–6, [10–8]
Win 2–1 Mar 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Eliz Maloney China Lu Jingjing
China Wang Meiling		 w/o
Loss 2–2 Aug 2022 ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Eliz Maloney United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Ali Collins		 4–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Nell Miller Serbia Darja Suvirdjonkova
Belgium Amelia Waligora		 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–2 Oct 2023 ITF Villena, Spain 15,000 Hard Lithuania Patricija Paukštytė Germany Laura Böhner
Germany Joëlle Steur		 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]

References

  1. ↑ "Andre Lukosiute". Billie Jean King Cup.
  2. ↑ "A.Lukošiūtė iškovojo antrąją pergalę Lietuvos moterų teniso rinktinei". Sportas (in Lithuanian). 13 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Andre Lukosiute Biography". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "U14 12 Counties Girls Event". LTA. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Essex Ladies runners up in Group 1 in Winter County Cup". LTA. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Andre Lukosiute Junior Singles Overview". ITF Tennis. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Andre Lukosiute Tournaments". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Andre Lukosiute Women's Singles Activity". ITF Tennis. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Andre Lukosiute Women's Doubles Activity". ITF Tennis. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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