Paradorn Srichaphan ( th, ภราดร ศรีชาพันธุ์; ; ; born 14 June 1979) is a retired professional
tennis
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player from
Thailand
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. He was the first men's singles player from Asia to be ranked in the top 10 of the ATP rankings, reaching a career high world no. 9. His nickname is "Ball". He graduated as a
Bachelor of Social Science
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I ...
from
Ramkhamhaeng University.
Junior career
Srichaphan played his first junior match in March 1993 at the age of 13 at a grade 2 tournament in Thailand. He won his first junior title in November 1993 and made his junior grand slam debut at the
1994 Wimbledon Championships where he lost in the first round to 2nd seed
Ben Ellwood.
1996 would prove to be a breakout year for Srichaphan. Along with winning four titles within the year, he made the quarterfinals of the
Australian Open,
Wimbledon and the
US Open. His ranking soared to a career-high of No. 10 in the world at the end of the year.
Srichaphan ended his junior career after a first round loss at the
1997 Wimbledon Championships. Throughout his junior career, he posted a win-loss record of 94–48.
Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:
Australian Open: QF (1996)
French Open: 2R (1996)
Wimbledon: QF (
1996)
US Open: QF (1996)
Career
1997–1998: Turning pro and ATP debut
Srichaphan turned pro in 1997 at the age of 18 after making his ATP debut at the 1997 Heineken Open in
Singapore
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where he lost to former world No. 1
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He was the youngest man to reach the singles finals of ...
in three sets. Throughout 1997 and 1998, he mostly played ITF and ATP Challenger events winning one ITF event.
1999: Success and breaking into the top 100
Srichaphan began the year with an early loss in qualifying at the
Australian Open and a second ITF title.
In April, Srichaphan recorded his first ATP win at the
Salem Open defeating
Petr Luxa in straight sets. He lost in the second round to 5th seed
Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer (; born 5 July 1977) is a German former professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of the 2006 Australian Open and won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Kiefer ...
in straight sets. The next week at the
Japan Open, he recorded another win against
Vincenzo Santopadre
Vincenzo Santopadre (born 11 August 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Since 2011, he has been the coach of Matteo Berrettini, who has been ranked number 6 ATP, runner-up at Wimbledon, semifinalist at the US Open and the ...
in straight sets but once again lost in the second to 5th seed Nicolas Kiefer who would become the eventual champion.
After failing to qualify for the
French Open, Srichaphan qualified for
Wimbledon to make his grand slam debut. There, he defeated
Guillaume Raoux in straight sets to record his first grand slam win. He lost in the second round to world No. 3
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis p ...
.
September and October showed success for Srichaphan. In September, he made his first ATP quarterfinal at the
President's Cup
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. In October, he made another quarterfinal at the Heineken Open Shanghai. The next week, he made his first semifinal at the Heineken Open Singapore defeating 3rd seed
Magnus Norman
Magnus Norman (born 30 May 1976) is a Swedish tennis coach and retired professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 2 singles ranking on June 12, 2000. His career highlights include re ...
en route.
Srichaphan broke into the top 100 in December and finished the year ranked No. 99. A remarkable jump from his ranking of 406 at the start of the year.
2000–2001: Consistent appearances in ATP events
By mid 2000, Srichaphan had established himself as a figure on the
ATP Tour
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who made consistent appearances in ATP events. He had played in every single grand slam in the year 2000 but was only able to win one match at the
Australian Open against 14th seed and former semifinalist
Karol Kučera in straight sets. He also dropped back out of the top 100 in 2001.
2002: Breakout year
Srichaphan began the year by making his first ATP final at the
Chennai Open
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defeating 2nd seed
Thomas Johansson
Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish retired professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking on 10 May 2002. His career highlights ...
and 4th seed
Andrei Pavel
Andrei Pavel (born 27 January 1974) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player.
Career
Andrei began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen. Turned professional in 1995. He won three singles tit ...
en route. He lost to top seed
Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977), often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired tennis player from Argentina. He was born in Buenos Aires and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. Cañas won the Canada Masters i ...
in straight sets. Because of his result, his ranking improved 36 spots from No. 120 to No. 86 putting him back into the top 100. One week later at the
Adidas International he recorded his first win over a top 10 player defeating top seed and world No. 6
Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean (; born 29 May 1978) is a French former professional tennis player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive seasons r ...
in the first round in straight sets.
At the
2002 French Open, Srichaphan made the third round defeating 19th seed
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached the final of the 1999 Australian Open and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. He has a career high ATP world ...
along the way. He lost in the third round to wildcard and former Olympic bronze medalist
Arnaud Di Pasquale in straight sets. One month later at
Wimbledon, he upset 3rd seed, world No. 4, former world No. 1 and former champion
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors.
Agassi is the second of five men to ac ...
in the second round in straight sets to claim his second win over a top 10 player. He lost in the third round to former champion
Richard Krajicek in straight sets.
August would bring much success for Srichaphan. At the
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
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, he went into the tournament as the 14th seed and made the finals defeating 3rd seed
Sjeng Schalken
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Playing style
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, 8th seed
Jarkko Nieminen
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and 5th seed and former world No. 1
Marcelo Ríos
Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (; born 26 December 1975) is a Chilean former world No. 1 tennis player. Nicknamed ''"El Chino"'' ("The Chinese") and ''"El zurdo de Vitacura"'' ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the first Latin American play ...
en route. He lost in the final to 6th seed
James Blake in three sets. One week later at the
TD Waterhouse Cup, Srichaphan won his first career title defeating 7th seed
Juan Ignacio Chela
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in the final in three sets.
In his final tournaments from September to November, Srichaphan saw very significant success. At the
President's Cup
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, he upset top seed, world No. 4 and former world No. 1
Marat Safin
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in the quarterfinals in straight sets. Then, at the
Japan Open, he upset world No. 1
Lleyton Hewitt
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in the quarterfinals in straight sets. At the
Madrid Masters, he made his first
Masters 1000
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quarterfinal claiming another win over a top 10 player by defeating 4th seed and world No. 5
Tim Henman
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in the second round in straight sets. He lost in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist
Jiří Novák
Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Career
Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...
in straight sets. He the won his second title one week later at the
Stockholm Open
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defeating 6th seed
Marcelo Ríos
Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (; born 26 December 1975) is a Chilean former world No. 1 tennis player. Nicknamed ''"El Chino"'' ("The Chinese") and ''"El zurdo de Vitacura"'' ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the first Latin American play ...
in the final in four sets. In his final tournament of the year at the
Paris Masters
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The event is part of the ATP Tour Masters 1000 on the Association ...
, he made his first Masters 1000 semifinal defeating world No. 3
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ...
and world No. 12
Andy Roddick
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en route. He lost in the semifinals to world No. 1
Lleyton Hewitt
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in three sets.
Srichaphan finished the year with a win-loss record of 49–25 and a year-end ranking of No. 16. Another remarkable jump from his ranking of 120 at the start of the year. He also recorded six wins over top 10 players within the year and was awarded the most improved player of the year.
2003: First Asian male into the top 10
Srichaphan began the year by winning the
Chennai Open
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without losing a set defeating
Karol Kučera in the final.
At the
Miami Masters
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, Srichaphan went into the tournament as the 13th seed and made his second Masters 1000 semifinal defeating former world No. 1
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis p ...
along the way. He lost in the semifinals to world No. 5 and former world No. 1
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he was part of his country's succ ...
in straight sets.
On April 21, Srichaphan broke into the top 10 for the first time in his career. This made him the first Asian male in history to break into the top 10 in the singles rankings. He also reached his career-high ranking of No. 9 on May 12 and went into the
French Open as the 10th seed which remains the highest he was seeded in a Grand Slam.
At
Wimbledon, after a long streak of early exits, Srichaphan went into the tournament as the 12th seed and made the fourth round where he was beaten by
Andy Roddick
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in four sets. En route to the fourth round, he defeated 17-year-old
Rafael Nadal
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in Nadal's first Grand Slam who, as of 2022, is a 22-time Grand Slam champion and 14-time
French Open champion. He became the first player to defeat Nadal at a Grand Slam. He also reached the fourth round in the
US Open losing to
Lleyton Hewitt
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. By the end of the year, he was ranked World No. 11 in the
ATP rankings. He is however not in favor of playing doubles having won no title in this category on either Challenger or ATP level.
Srichaphan saw even more success during the US Open swing. He made the finals of the
RCA Championships
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but lost to top seed
Andy Roddick
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in straight sets. One month later, he defended his title at the
TD Waterhouse Cup as the top seed without losing a set defeating
James Blake in the final. He then made the fourth round of the
US Open where he lost to world No. 6
Lleyton Hewitt
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in four sets.
Srichaphan finished the rest of the year with a quarterfinal in his home tournament of the
Thailand Open, two semifinals in a row at the
Japan Open and the
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and another Masters 1000 quarterfinal once again at the
Madrid Masters where he lost to world No. 1 and eventual champion
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ...
in straight sets. He finished the year with a win-loss record of 50–28 and a year-end ranking of No. 11, the highest year-end ranking of his career.
2004: Last title of career
Srichaphan began the year with a third consecutive final appearance at the
Chennai Open
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where he failed to defend his title against top seed and world No. 7
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he was part of his country's succ ...
who won in three sets. Two weeks later at the
Australian Open, he made the fourth round defeating 19th seed and former world No. 1
Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times (1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he ...
en route. He lost in the fourth round to world No. 4
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors.
Agassi is the second of five men to ac ...
in straight sets.
Srichaphan won his fifth and last title at the
Nottingham Open
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where he went into the tournament as the top seed defeating qualifier and former world No. 7
Thomas Johansson
Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish retired professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking on 10 May 2002. His career highlights ...
in the final in three sets. He failed to defend his title at the TD Waterhouse Cup after he lost to
Luis Horna
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in the semifinals in three sets.
After his third round appearance at the
US Open, Srichaphan made two more semifinals. The first one came at the
China Open where he lost to
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian retired professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Assoc ...
in straight sets. The second one came at his home tournament of the
Thailand Open where he lost to world No. 1
Roger Federer
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in three sets. He was the only player in the entire tournament to win a set from Federer.
Srichaphan ended the year with a win-loss record of 44–30 and a year-end ranking of 27.
2005: Slow loss of form and rankings
Srichaphan began the year with a fourth consecutive final appearance at the
Chennai Open
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where he once again lost to top seed
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he was part of his country's succ ...
in three sets.
2005 would prove to be a worse year for Srichaphan than his past years on the tour. Out of the seven Masters 1000 tournaments he played, he only recorded one win at the
Miami Masters
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. His best Grand Slam result of the year was another third round appearance at the
US Open where he defeated world No. 6
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...
en route. Some other good results during the year included a quarterfinal at the
2005 Rotterdam Open where he defeated 2nd seed and world No. 5
Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Sebastián Coria (born 13 January 1982), nicknamed ''El Mago'' (''The Magician'' in Spanish), is an Argentine retired professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP world No. 3 singles ranking in May 2004. Coria achieved hi ...
en route, a semifinal at the
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
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where he lost to top seed, world No. 6 and eventual champion
Andy Roddick
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in straight sets and his last final at the
Stockholm Open
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where he defeated top seed
Thomas Johansson
Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish retired professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking on 10 May 2002. His career highlights ...
en route and lost to 6th seed
James Blake in straight sets. He also failed to defend his title at the
Nottingham Open
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after losing in the quarterfinals to 4th seed and eventual champion
Richard Gasquet
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in three sets.
Srichaphan ended the year with a win-loss record of 34–31 and a year-end ranking of 42.
2006: Indian Wells semifinal
Srichaphan began the year with his finals streak ending at the
Chennai Open
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when he lost in the quarterfinals to
Kristof Vliegen in straight sets.
At the
Indian Wells Masters
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, Srichaphan reached the semifinals where he lost against world No. 1
Roger Federer
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in straight sets. En route to the semifinals, he beat world No. 20
Robby Ginepri
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in the second round, world No. 16
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ...
of Spain in the third round, world No. 4
David Nalbandian
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in the fourth round and world No. 25
Jarkko Nieminen
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of Finland in the quarterfinals. Because of his result, his ranking improved 23 spots from No. 61 to No. 38.
From late March to late August, Srichaphan endured a streak of early losses in tournaments which caused his ranking to fall. At the
US Open, he defeated 24th seed
José Acasuso in the first round which would become his last win in a Grand Slam.
After the US Open, Srichaphan made three more semifinals at the
China Open where he defeated 2nd seed and world No. 5
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...
en route and lost to 3rd seed, world No. 9 and eventual champion
Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis ( el, Μάρκος Παγδατής, ar, ماركوس بغداتيس; ; born 17 June 1985) is a Cypriot former professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledo ...
in three sets, the
Thailand Open where he lost to top seed and world No. 3
Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a Grand S ...
in straight sets and the
Swiss Indoors where he lost to world No. 1
Roger Federer
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in three sets and was once again the only player to win a set from Federer the entire tournament.
Srichaphan ended the year with a win-loss record of 30–32 and a year-end ranking of 53. It was the first time since 2001 that he had more losses than wins on his yearly record.
2007–2010: Injuries and retirement
Srichaphan once again began the year at the
Chennai Open
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where he defeated qualifier
Simone Bolelli in the first round in straight sets for the last match win of his career. He lost in the second round to eventual finalist
Stefan Koubek in straight sets.
Srichaphan would go on to lose five matches in a row between January and March to have a win-loss record of 1–5 in 2007. Some of these losses include a straight sets loss to qualifier
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela ( he, דודי סלע; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009.
Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israe ...
at the
2007 Australian Open
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The total prize pool was set at exactly A$20 million, with the winners of both the men's and women's singles competi ...
which would be the last Grand Slam of his career and a straight sets loss to
Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarević ( sr-cyr, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian former tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one AT ...
at the
Indian Wells Masters
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which dropped his ranking down 31 spots from No. 52 to No. 83 due to his inability to match his semifinal result of the previous year.
At the
Miami Masters
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, Srichaphan sustained a wrist injury in his first round match against
Luis Horna
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and was forced to retire late in the first set. The injury caused him to miss the rest of 2007 and to fall out of the ATP rankings in March 2008 due to his inactivity. He began practicing to return to the tour and returned at the
2009 Thailand Open in doubles partnering fellow Thai
Danai Udomchoke but lost in the first round to
Michael Kohlmann
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Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association ...
and
Alexander Peya in three sets. It would be the last tournament of his career.
Srichaphan once again began practicing to make a strong return to the tour, but in June 2010, he was involved in a motorcycle accident that broke both his hands and severely injured his knee. Because of the injuries sustained in the accident, he officially retired on June 4.
National representation
Olympics
Srichaphan made his
Olympics debut at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney,
Australia in the singles draw. There, he defeated
Attila Sávolt
Attila Sávolt (born 5 February 1976) is a tennis player from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan
Paradorn Srichaphan ( th, ภราดร ศรีชาพันธ� ...
in the first round but lost in the second round to 3rd seed
Magnus Norman
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in straight sets. At the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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,
Greece
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, he was Thailand's flag bearer at the
opening ceremony. He went into the tournament as the 12th seed but lost in the first round of singles to
Joachim Johansson
Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005.
Backg ...
in straight sets.
Davis Cup
Srichaphan made his
Davis Cup debut for
Thailand
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in April 1998 at the age of 18. During his time with the team from 1998 to 2006, he posted a win-loss record of 33–13 (31–10 in singles).
Asian Games
At the
1998 Asian Games
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Srichaphan won a gold medal in the doubles partnering his older brother,
Narathorn Srichaphan. He the won a gold medal in singles at the next edition in
2002 which he won without losing a set. In addition, he was a triple gold medalist at the
1999 Southeast Asian Games
The 1999 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 1999), officially known as the 20th Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. This was the first time Brunei hosted th ...
winning in singles, doubles (once again parterning his brother, Narathorn) and the team event.
Hopman Cup
Srichaphan partnered
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn ( th, แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former tennis player. Born in Los Angeles, she turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubl ...
after qualifying for the
2000 Hopman Cup
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The 2000 Ho ...
. There, they surprisingly won the group stage to qualify for the finals where they lost to
South Africa
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's team of
Amanda Coetzer
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and
Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African former professional tennis player and current tennis coach.
Career
As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked world no. 1 junior doubles player and no. 6 junior singles player. He ...
. They returned at the next edition in
2001 but lost in the group stage.
Playing style
Srichaphan was known for his athleticism on court. He was known for being very quick and flexible allowing him to return balls from unlikely and uncomfortable positions. Because of this, he was regarded as one of the most entertaining players on tour. He was also known for playing a very flat and powerful playing style. His forehand is regarded as having been his best and most powerful weapon.
Personal life
Srichaphan was born on June 14, 1979 in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...
, the capital of
Thailand
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. He started playing tennis at the age of 6 with his dad who quit his bank job to coach his son.
Srichaphan is noted for his politeness on the court. At each match, he performs the
wai
Wai or WAI may refer to :
Places
* Wai, Maharashtra, a small town in India
** Wai (Vidhan Sabha constituency), a Maharashtra Legislative Assembly constituency centered around the town
* Wao State (Vav, Wai, Way), a former princely state in Banas K ...
, the traditional Thai greeting, clasping his hands together and bowing to the four corners of the stadium. The gesture is seen as thanking the fans and it has become his trademark. His success in tennis led to a spike in popularity of the game in Thailand.
Srichaphan is extremely popular in Asia, especially in Thailand. ''
The Nation
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'' newspaper named him "Thai of the Year" in 2002; in 2003, Srichaphan was featured on the cover of ''
Time
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'' and featured as one of the year's "Asian heroes".
In November 2005, Srichaphan spent a week as a
Buddhist
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monk in a temple outside Bangkok. He adopted the Buddhist name ''Mahaviro'', meaning "great and brave", wore saffron robes and shaved his head. His then girlfriend, Odette Henriette Jacqmin was present for the ceremony.
Srichaphan married
Miss Universe 2005
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At the end of the event, Jennifer Hawkins of Australia crowned Natalie Glebova of ...
,
Natalie Glebova
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of Canada in his home of
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...
,
Thailand
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, on 29 November 2007.
In June 2010, Srichaphan officially announced his retirement from the ATP tour but will coach
Thailand's Davis Cup team.
In February 2011, Srichaphan and his wife, Natalie, announced their separation after three years of marriage stating the reason to be "work commitments had kept them apart."
Srichaphan still follows
Everton, a football club supported since
Li Tie
Li Tie (; born 18 May 1977) is a Chinese professional football coach and former player.
As a player he represented Liaoning FC in the Chinese Jia-A League, Everton in the Premier League, Sheffield United in the Football League Championship a ...
and
Li Weifeng
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Club career
Li Weifeng started his football career with Tianjin Loco ...
arrived from East Asia.
Srichaphan currently resides in Thailand where he got married once again and had a child. He also coaches young children in tennis.
Awards
Srichaphan has twice been awarded the
ATP Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, in 2002 and 2003. He was also awarded the
ATP Most improved player of the year in 2002 due to his rapid success within the year.
ATP career finals
Singles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
Singles: 8 (3–5)
Doubles: 4 (1–3)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Record against top 10 players
Srichaphan's match record against players who have been ranked No. 10 or higher, with those who have been ranked No. 1 in boldface.
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Thomas Johansson
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3–0
*
Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African former professional tennis player and current tennis coach.
Career
As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked world no. 1 junior doubles player and no. 6 junior singles player. He ...
3–1
*
Michael Chang
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3–2
*
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...
3–2
*
Albert Costa
Albert Costa i Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for winning the Men's Singles title at the French Open in 2002.
Tennis career
Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. H ...
2–0
*
Karol Kučera 2–0
*
Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times (1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he ...
2–0
*
Marcelo Ríos
Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (; born 26 December 1975) is a Chilean former world No. 1 tennis player. Nicknamed ''"El Chino"'' ("The Chinese") and ''"El zurdo de Vitacura"'' ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the first Latin American play ...
2–0
*
Robin Söderling
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2–0
*
Fernando Verdasco
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His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009.
His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...
2–0
*
Tommy Robredo
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2–1
*
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ...
2–3
*
Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a Grand S ...
2–5
*
Tim Henman
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2–6
*
Jonas Björkman 1–0
*
Thomas Enqvist
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1–0
*
Nicolás Lapentti 1–0
*
Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried (; born 10 October 1979), nicknamed ''El Vampiro'' (Spanish, 'the vampire'), is a Chilean former professional tennis player. A former world No. 9 in singles, he won the singles and doubles gold medals at the 2004 ...
1–0
*
Jürgen Melzer
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1–0
*
Rafael Nadal
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1–0
*
Gilles Simon
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...
1–0
*
Mario Ančić
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1–1
*
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels on the ATP Tour ( ATP 250, ATP 500, Masters 1000) except at a major, ...
1–1
*
Joachim Johansson
Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005.
Backg ...
1–1
*
Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler (; born 25 April 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Schüttler was the runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. He won an Olympic silver medal in doubles ...
1–1
*
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian retired professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Assoc ...
1–1
*
Stan Wawrinka 1–1
*
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors.
Agassi is the second of five men to ac ...
1–2
*
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His most notable achievement was reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, causing consecutive upsets by defeating top seed and six-time champi ...
1–2
*
Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean (; born 29 May 1978) is a French former professional tennis player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive seasons r ...
1–2
*
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis p ...
1–2
*
Todd Martin
Todd Martin (born July 8, 1970) is an American retired tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the 1994 Australian Open and the 1999 US Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4.
Playing career
Martin was born ...
1–2
*
Juan Mónaco
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1–2
*
David Nalbandian
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1–2
*
Magnus Norman
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1–2
*
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
1–2
*
Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977), often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired tennis player from Argentina. He was born in Buenos Aires and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. Cañas won the Canada Masters i ...
1–3
*
Àlex Corretja
Àlex Corretja i Verdegay (; born 11 April 1974) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. During his career, he was twice a major runner-up at the French Open (in 1998 and 2001), won the Tour Finals in 1998, reached a career-high single ...
1–3
*
Mardy Fish
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1–3
*
Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; tt-Cyrl, Марат Мөбин улы Сафин; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian retired world No. 1 tennis player an ...
1–3
*
Nicolas Kiefer
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1–4
*
Lleyton Hewitt
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1–5
*
Jiří Novák
Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Career
Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...
1–5
*
James Blake 1–7
*
Andy Roddick
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1–7
*
Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis ( el, Μάρκος Παγδατής, ar, ماركوس بغداتيس; ; born 17 June 1985) is a Cypriot former professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledo ...
0–1
*
Arnaud Clément
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0–1
*
Jim Courier
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0–1
*
Tommy Haas
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0–1
*
Richard Krajicek 0–1
*
Magnus Larsson
Per Henrik ''Magnus'' Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Playing career
Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title ...
0–1
*
Andy Murray 0–1
*
Mark Philippoussis
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0–1
*
Marc Rosset
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0–1
*
Richard Gasquet
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0–2
*
Fernando González
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0–2
*
Greg Rusedski
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0–2
*
Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarević ( sr-cyr, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian former tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one AT ...
0–2
*
Roger Federer
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0–4
*
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he was part of his country's succ ...
0–4
Top 10 Wins
Business career
In August 2009, Paradorn opened an Italian cuisine restaurant in Bangkok named So–Le Cafe.
[Paradorn still ponders tennis return](_blank)
Bangkok Post. At the same time, Paradorn also launched an herbal-product company named Magic Thaiherbs.
[Paradorn endorses tonic to boost staying power](_blank)
The Nation. He also tried his hand at acting in Bang Rajan 2 (sequel of Bang Rajan The movie).
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
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Asian Games medalists in tennis
Hopman Cup competitors
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Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
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Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
Paradorn Srichaphan
Paradorn Srichaphan
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Paradorn Srichaphan
Paradorn Srichaphan
Southeast Asian Games medalists in tennis
Competitors at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games