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SRICHAPHAN Paradorn(THA)
 Residence
: Bangkok, Thailand
Date
of Birth : 14 June 1979
Birthplace
: Khonkaen, Thailand
Height
: 185 cm
Weight
: 81 kg
Plays
: Right-handed
Status
: Pro (1997)
ATP Tour
singles titles : 5 ( as of
24 April 2006 )
ATP Tour
doubles titles : 0
Prize
Money : $3,105,395 ( as of
April 2006 )
Nickname
: Ball
Paradorn's
2008 schedule >> Here
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| ATP
Ranking History |
Season-Ending
Singles : Year end 2007 - 625 : 2006 - 53 :2004 - 27 : 2003-11: 2002-16
: 2001-120 : 2000-109 : 1999 -99
: 1998-404
Season-Ending Doubles : Year end 2007 - 740 : 2006 - 295 : 2004 - 347 : 2003-80:
2002-810 : 2001-543 : 2000-801
: 1999 -682
Career-High Singles : No. 9 (12 May
, 2003)
Career-High Doubles : No. 79 (08 September 2003)
Current Singles and Doubles Ranking >>> Click
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| Clothing/Equipment |
Racquet
: Yonex - RDX500
Clothing : Adidas
Shoes : Adidas - a3 ForeFoot
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| Grand
Slam (singles) History |
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WL |
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99 |
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96 |
95 |
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93 |
AUSTRALIAN
OPEN |
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4R |
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ROLAND
GARROS |
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1R |
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2R |
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3R |
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WIMBLEDON |
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1R |
1R |
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4R |
3R |
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US
OPEN |
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2R |
3R |
3R |
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| CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS |
SINGLES
— 5 Titles ( as of 14 February 2005 )
2002--Long
Island, Stockholm
2003--Chennai,
Long Island
2004--Nottingham
FINALIST
— 5 ( as of
14 February 2005 )
2002--Chennai,
Washington
2003--Indianapolis
2004--Chennai
2005--Chennai
ADDITIONAL :
Thai Davis Cup Team 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.
Thai Olympic Team 2000, 2004.
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| CAREER
IN REVIEW |
1997 - Won Thailand Satellite (49 points) and played
in his first ATP match in Singapore, losing to Courier in three sets...
1998 - 1998-Finished runner-up at Korea #1 Futures
in May and closed season by winning Thailand #1 Futures...Lost in
1st RD in two Challengers...
1999 - 1999-Compiled consistent results on all levels,
winning Futures title at India #3, reaching final at Yokohama Challenger
(l. to H.-T. Lee) and first ATP SF in Singapore (d. No. 19 Norman,
l. to Tillstrom)...Also a QF in Tashkent and Shanghai...Qualified
in four ATP level tournaments during year, including his first Grand
Slam at Wimbledon where he defeated Raoux and lost to Kafelnikov in
four sets in 2nd RD...Finished as highest-ranked player from Thailand
at No. 106...
2000 - 2000-Reached 2nd RD at Australian Open for
first time, defeating No. 14 seed Kucera in four sets in 1st RD before
losing to Dosedel in next round...In May, advanced to first ATP QF
in Orlando (d. Lareau, d. Siemerink, l. to eventual champion Gonzalez)...Following
week at Birmingham Challenger, reached final (l. to Agenor)...Reached
2nd RD at Sydney Olympics (l. to Norman)...Finished season by reaching
final at Charleroi Challenger (l. to Siemerink)...
2001 - In June, advanced to QF at Queen's Club with
wins over Erlich, Sa and Woodbridge before losing to Henman...Advanced
to 2nd RD in Washington (l. to Roddick) and qualified for US Open
(l. Sanguinetti in 1st RD)...In September, reached second ATP QF in
Tashkent (d. Malisse, d. Dent, l. to Hrbaty)...Closed season with
back-to-back SF in Yokohama and Tyler Challengers...In doubles, reached
Waikoloa Challenger final (w/M. Bryan)...Went 3-1 in Davis Cup singles
play...
2002 - 2002-Captured two ATP titles and reached two
other finals while becoming first Thai player to finish in Top 20
and win an ATP title...Became first Asian in that year-end group since
India's Vijay Amritraj was No. 20 in 1980...Made biggest improvement
in match victories from previous season, winning 39 more matches (from
10 to 49) and finished with most hard court match victories (40) on
tour...Also made second-biggest climb in Top 20 (behind Gonzalez),
improving 110 positions on ATP Entry Rankings...Had wins over six
Top 10 players, including year-end Top 4 of Hewitt, Agassi, Safin
and Ferrero...Moya was only other player to accomplish feat...Posted
an impressive 32-10 match record in second half of year after going
17-15 through Wimbledon...Opened season by reaching his first ATP
final in Chennai (d. Johansson, Pavel, l. to Canas)...Did not win
back-to-back matches again until March when he reached QF in Delray
Beach...Advanced to Grand Slam-best 3rd RD at Roland Garros (l. to
Di Pasquale) and Wimbledon (d. Agassi in 2nd, l. to Krajicek)...In
his last 11 tournaments (32-10 mark), won two titles, reached one
final, advanced to three SF and one QF...Lost only once in 1st RD
during that span...In August, reached final in Washington (l. to Blake)
and followed with first ATP title in Long Island (d. Chela)...Then
lost to Rusedski in five sets in 2nd RD at US Open and followed with
SF in Tashkent (d. Safin, l. to Kafelnikov)...After a 1st RD exit
in Hong Kong (l. to Dent), went 15-3 in his last four tournaments
and improved from 31 to No. 16, winning title in Stockholm (d. Rios),
SF in Tokyo (d. Hewitt, l. to Carlsen) and TMS Paris (d. Ferrero,
Canas, Roddick, l. to Hewitt) and QF at TMS Madrid (d. Kuerten, Henman,
l. to Novak)...Compiled records of 40-17 on hard, 5-2 on carpet, 2-2
on grass, 2-4 on clay.
2003 -The No. 1 Asian player compiled his most consistent
season, winning two ATP titles in three finals, a career-best 50
match wins and finishing a year-end best No. 11...Became first Asian-born
player to rank in Top 10 during year, reaching a career- high No.
9 in May and spent 10 weeks in Top 10...Opened season with title
in Chennai (d. Kucera) and followed with QF in Sydney...Did not
win back-to-back tournament matches again until March when he advanced
to his second career Tennis Masters SF in Miami (d. Kafelnikov in
3rd, T. Martin in QF), losing to Moya...After posting two Davis
Cup wins in April, struggled throughout clay court circuit with
a 2-6 record...Turned things around on grass with a Grand Slam-best
4th RD showing at Wimbledon (l. to Roddick)...Continued success
on North American summer hard court circuit (16-5 mark) with a runner-up
in Indianapolis (l. to Roddick), QF in Washington, 3rd RD at TMS
Miami, repeat title in Long Island (d. Blake) without dropping a
set and 4th RD at US Open (l. to Hewitt)...Closed out campaign with
a 12-7 mark, reaching QF in his native Bangkok, SF in Tokyo and
Lyon and 3rd RD at TMS Paris...Came within one match victory in
Paris of finishing in Top 10...Compiled records of 38-17 on hard,
6-2 on carpet and 4-3 on grass...Earned a career-high $794,362.
2004 IN DETAIL
2004 IN REVIEW The Asian No. 1 player recorded his third straight 40 match wins season and captured his fifth career ATP title… Opened season with runner-up in Chennai (l. to Moya) and two weeks later advanced to a career-best 4th RD at Australian Open (l. to Agassi)… Did not win back-to-back matches until March when he reached 4th RD in Miami (l. to Spadea)… Compiled a 15-13 record through May before turning things around on grass in June… Reached QF at Queen's (l. to Roddick) and captured title in Nottingham (d. T. Johansson)… Played well in August-September with SF showings in Long Island (l. to Horna), Beijing (l. to Youzhny) and his hometown of Bangkok (l. to Federer)… Finished last month of season with a 3-4 mark in European indoor circuit… Compiled records of 34-20 on hard, 7-2 on grass and 2-6 on clay while putting together a 16-8 tie-break mark… Went winless against Top 10 opponents (0-7).
PERSONAL
Nicknamed
"Ball" in his native country...Began
playing tennis at age six with his father, Chanachai, who quit his
bank job to coach his son...Mother, Ubon, is a school teacher...Finished
No. 10 in world junior rankings in 1996...At Southeast Asia Games
in Brunei in 1999, came away as a triple gold medalist, winning
singles, doubles (w/older brother Naratorn) and team categories...Also
has an older brother, Tanakorn...Considers groundstrokes as strength
and hard courts as favorite surface...Hobbies include car racing
and watching Thai kickboxing...Believes in touching the ground where
he plays for good luck and says, "I pick up the grass if I
have time before the match. I put it in my pocket."...Got the
idea from the Pope...Has made tradition of dining with Thai ambassador
in countries where he plays...Says red is his "lucky color
and it's like the winning color for Thai people. That's why I'm
starting to wearing it."...He first started wearing a red shirt
in Washington, where he made the final..."When I put the red
shirt on, that means I'm going to finish the match, and I'm going
to win the match," he added... A member of Thailand's Davis
Cup team since 1998 and has a 25-7 career record (23-5 in singles)
in 15 ties...Coached by his father, Chanachai (pronounced CHAN-uh-shy),
who is Thailand's Davis Cup captain.
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| AWARDS |
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In
November 2002, became a cultural ambassador for his country and was
issued a red diplomatic passport from Thai Prime Minister...Named
"Thai of the Year," in 2002, ahead of several pop stars
and politicians, by a survey in his country...Earned a spot on cover
of Time Asia's magazine in April 2003 and chosen as one of its 29
Asian heroes for 2003...
•Named
ATP Most Improved Player and recipient of Edberg Sportsmanship Award
in 2002...
•Won 2002 gold medal Asian
Games in Men's single in Busan, Korea
Source of data : Mostly from ATP Tour
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