Mananchaya Sawangkaew (; born 10 July 2002) is a Thai professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 97, achieved on 24 August 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 290, achieved on 9 February 2026. Sawangkaew has won five singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In February 2026, she won her first title on a WTA 125 tournament.
Career
2019: Juniors and Fed Cup debut 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.
2021–2022: College years Sawangkaew attended the Oklahoma State University in 2021–2022.
2024–2025: WTA Tour debut & first quarterfinal, Thai No. 1 & top 100 Sawangkaew made her WTA Tour 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 China Open making her debut at this 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 number-one player.
Sawangkaew 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 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.
2026: Major debut and third round Sawangkaew made her major main-draw debut at the 2026 Australian Open, after qualifying, losing to 28th seed Emma Raducanu in the opening round.
At the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, she again qualified for the main draw and this time reached the third round for the first time in her career defeating Roland Garros finalist Maja Chwalinska and Alycia Parks. Mananchaya was the second Thai woman to reach the third round at Wimbledon after Tamarine Tanasugarn, and the third Thai woman to reach the third round of a major after Tamarine and Luksika Kumkhum.
Performance timelines
Singles Current through the 2026 US Open
Tournament202420252026Win %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAQ21R0 / 10–1 French OpenAQ2A0 / 00–0 WimbledonQ1A3R0 / 12–1 US OpenQ3A2R0 / 11–1Win–Loss0–00–03–30 / 33–3
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentsScoreLossMumbai Open, IndiaHard Jil Teichmann3–6, 4–6WinMumbai Open, India Hard Lilli Tagger6–4, 6–3
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLossMumbai Open, IndiaHard Nicole Fossa Huergo Polina Iatcenko Elena Pridankina6–7(3–7), 6–1, [5–10]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W75 tournaments (1–1)W40/50 tournaments (1–2)W25 tournaments (1–1)W15 tournaments (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (5–8)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 May 2018ITF Hua Hin, ThailandW15 Hard Bunyawi Thamchaiwat 1–6, 7–6(3), 2–1 ret.Loss 1–1 Oct 2019ITF Hua Hin, ThailandW15 Hard Moyuka Uchijima 2–6, 4–6Loss 1–2 Jun 2022ITF Chiang Rai, ThailandW15 Hard Naho Sato 4–6, 2–6Loss 1–3 Nov 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Aliona Falei 1–6, 5–7Loss 1–4 Jan 2023ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW40 Hard Lanlana Tararudee 6–2, 1–6, 0–6Loss 1–5 May 2023ITF Goyang, South KoreaW25 Hard Hanna Chang 2–6, 4–6Win 2–5 Jul 2023ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW25 Hard Sahaja Yamalapalli 6–4, 6–0Loss 2–6 Aug 2023ITF Hong Kong, China SARW40 Hard Yang Ya-yi 3–6, 6–4, 3–6Win 3–6 Jan 2024ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W50 Hard Antonia Ružić 6–1, 2–6, 6–2Loss 3–7 Aug 2024Lexington Challenger, USW75 Hard Wei Sijia 5–7, 4–6Loss 3–8 Apr 2025Kangaroo Cup, JapanW100 Hard Zhang Shuai 3–6, 4–6Win 4–8 Jan 2026ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W75 Hard Lisa Pigato 6–1, 6–4Win 5–8 May 2026Kangaroo Cup, JapanW100 Hard Emerson Jones 7–6(2), 6–3
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W25/35 tournaments (1–1)W15 tournaments (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Dec 2018ITF Hua Hin, ThailandW15 Hard Joanna Garland Nadia Ravita Aldila Sutjiadi 2–6, 4–6Win 1–1 Apr 2019ITF Sharm El Sheik, EgyptW15 Hard Thasaporn Naklo Katarína Kužmová Zhibek Kulambayeva 6–3, 7–5Loss 1–2 Jan 2020ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW25 Hard Supapitch Kuearum Ankita Raina Bibiane Schoofs 4–6, 2–6Loss 1–3 Nov 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Dong Na Cho Yi-tsen Cho I-hsuan 2–6, 6–7(4)Loss 1–4 Apr 2025Tokyo Open, JapanW100 Hard Lanlana Tararudee Guo Hanyu Ena Shibahara 7–5, 6–7(1), [5–10]Win 2–4 Dec 2025Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAEW100 Hard Gao Xinyu Rada Zolotareva Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]Win 3–4 Jul 2026Dallas Summer Series, USW35 Hard (i) Cody Wong Sophie Llewellyn Anita Sahdiieva 6–3, 6–1
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