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2007 Bangkok Universiade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UDOMCHOKE Danai.......(PIK...»Ôê¡)
Residence : Bangkok, Thailand
Date of Birth : 11 August 1981
Birthplace : Bangkok, Thailand
Height : 173 cm
Weight : 64 kg
Plays : Right-handed
Status : Turned Pro. 1997

Nickname : Pik
Danai's 2008 schedule >> Here
Danai's photos
album 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Articles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Contact Pik >>>> pikky1118@hotmail.com
Danai's Blogs >>> Click here
Official Website : www.danaiudomchoke.net
ATP Ranking History
Season-Ending Singles : Year end 2006 - 104 :2005 - 121 : 2004 -211 : 2003 -158 : 2002 -211 : 2001-283 : 2000 -268 : 1999 -291
Season-Ending Doubles : Year end 2006 - 160 :2005 - 266 : 2004 -168 : 2003 -170 : 2002 -274 : 2001-513 : 2000 -622 : 1999 -699
Career-High Singles : No. 77 ( 29 Jan 2007 )
Career-High Doubles : No. 146 ( 26 April 2004 )
Current Singles and Doubles Ranking >>> Click Here
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
ATP SINGLE TITLE - 0
ATP DOUBLE TITLE - 0
CHALLENGERS SINGLE TITLE - 7
2003 -
$25K Dharwad, IND
2005 -
$50K Busan, KOR
2005 - $50K Granby, CAN
2005 - $50K Champaign, USA
2006 - $25K Chikmagalur, IND
2006 - $25K Fergana, UZB
2006 - $75K Busan, KOR
CHALLENGERS DOUBLE TITLE - 2
2002
Yokohama/w. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
2003
Granby/w. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
FUTURES SINGLE TITLE - 3
1999 -
Thailand F2
2000 -
Indonesia F3, Philippines F2
FUTURES DOUBLE TITLE - 3
2000 - Philippines F2/w. Donavan September(RSA )
2001 - Korea F2/w. Lee Radovanovich (NZL )
2002 - China F/w. Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (TPE)
Grand Slam (singles) Record 
 
07
06
05
04
03
02
01
00
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
ROLAND GARROS
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WIMBLEDON
QLF,R2
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US OPEN
Clothing/Equipment
Racquet : Dunlop Aerogel 300
Clothing : Dunlop
Shoes :
CAREER IN REVIEW
1999 - Won ITF Junior Circuit Group 2 in Pattaya, Thailand.....Finished runner-up at Chaina #2 Futures ( in May ), Indonesia #5 Futures ( in Oct ), Indonesia #6 ( in Oct ) and closed season by winning Thailand #2 Futures in November
2000
- In February played in his first Challengers match in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam , losting to Motomura in two set.......Reaching R16 at Kyoto Challengers (lost to Ullyett, Kevin ), Texas Challengers (lost to Russell, Michael ), Oklahoma Challengers (lost to Bryan, Bob ) and Yokohama Challengers (lost to Vik, Robin ).....Closed season by winning Indonesia #3 Futures ( in July ) and Manila #2 Futures ( in December )
2001 - In October played in his first ATP match in Tokyo, defeated Harel Levy ( world number 62 ) in R32 and lost to Marcelo Rios ( world number 36 ) in R16 in two sets...... Reaching QF in New York Challengers, SF in California Challengers and Yokohama Challengers
2002 - In August played in his second ATP match in Washington DC ( lost to Bryan, Bob in R64 )......Advanced to QF at California Challengers with wins over Mamiit, Cecil, Trifu, Gabriel before losing to Vahaly, Brian....... In March reaching to SF at Osaka Challengers ( d. Kralert, Petr, d. van Lottum, John, d. Waske, Alexander, l. Phau, Bjorn ), In July reaching SF at Brazil Challengers ( d. Golovanov, Denis, d. Braga, Pedro, d. Gallardo Valles, Miguel, l. Mello, Ricardo ), In November reaching to SF at Illinois Challengers ( d. Nunez, Eric, d. Trifu, Gabriel, d. Kim, Kevin, l. Taino, Eric ).
2003 - In October winning his first Challengers title at Dharwad, India ( d. Azzaro, Leonardo, d. Gabashvili, Teimuraz, d. Kohlschreiber, Philipp, d. De Voest, Rik, d. Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo )....... In April reaching to FINAL at New Delhi, ( d. Bopanna, Rohan, d. Lu, Yen-Hsun, d. van Lottum, John, d. Vosloo, Louis, l. Ivo Heuberger ) and in July at Belo Horizonte ( d. Motomura, Gouichi, d. Braga, Pedro, d. Alves, Thiago, d. Gallardo Valles, Miguel, l. Peralta, Julio ). In September played in his third ATP match in Bangkok ( lost to Nieminen, Jarkko )..
2004 - In January qualified for ATP main draw at Chennai, India ( d. Vijay Sundar Prashanth, d. Somdev K. Dev Varman, d. Jacob Adaktusson)......In June raeching final qualifying round at Wimbledon Grand Slam ( d. Alejandro Hernandez, d. Jiri Vanex, l. Christophe Rochust )........ In August reaching to FINAL at Binghamton, NY, USA ( d. Todd Widom, d. Kevin Kim, d. Janko Tipsarevic, d. Frank Dancevic , l. Noam Okun)...... In August qualified for Grand Slam main draw for the first time at US Open (d. Gilles Muller, d. Frank Dancevic, d. Jan Vacek) and lost to Robredo, Tommy in the first round.
2005 - In February reaching QF at $50K Joplin, Missouri, USA ( d. Wang, Jr, Yu, d. Delgado, Ramon, l. Niemeyer Frederic )....... In May reaching to FINAL at $25K Fergana, UZB ( d. Ledovskikh, Mikhail, d. Tereshchuk, Orest, d. Kunitsyn, Igor, d. Istomin, Denis, l. Lu, Yen-Hsun )........In May winning his second Challenger title at $50K Busan, KOR ( d. Scherrer, Jean-Claude, d. Bruthans, Victor, d. Gimelstob, Justin, d. Amritraj, Prakash, d. Goldstein, Paul )........In June qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon for the first time and reaching the main draw second round ( d. Gicquel, Marc, d. Mertinak, Michal, d. Prpic, Filip...... d. Koubek, Stefan, l. Ancic, Mario )......... In July winning his third Challengers title at $50K Granby, Canada ( d. Philip Gubenco, d. Philip Bester, d. Yen-Hsun Lu, d. Jan-Michael Gambill, d. Gregory Carraz )......In August raeching final qualifying round at US Open Grand Slam ( d. Tomas Tenconi, d. Dennis van Scheppingen, l. Arnaud Clement )..........In November winning his fourth Challengers title at $50K Champaign, USA ( d. Richard Bloomfield, d. Travis Rettenmaier, d. Nathan Healey, d. Jeff Morrison, d. Justin Gimelstob )....... In November reaching to FINAL at $25K Sunderland, GBR ( d. Jamie Baker, d. Richard Bloomfield, d. Paolo Lorenzi, d. Alexander Waske, l. Alex Bogdanovic )
2006 - In Jan qualified for the main draw at Australian Open for the first time ( d. STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy, d. WEINER, Glenn, d. MEFFERT, Dominik...... l. David Nalbandian )........In April helped send Thailand to reach the World Group Play-Offs of the Davis Cup for the fourth times....... In April winning his fifth Challengers title at $25K Chikmagalur, IND ( d. Vishal Uppal, d. Laurent Recouderc, d. Phillip King, d. Yen -Hsun Lu, d. Toshihide Matsui ).......
.In May winning his sixth Challengers title at $25K Fergana, UZB ( d. Maxim Filippov, d. Mikhail Ledovskikh, d. Sergei Bubka, d. Lars Uebel, d. Alexander Peya )........
In September defeating Tommy Haas in Davis Cup World Group Play-Offs ..........In November winning his seventh Challengers title at $75K Busan, KOR ( d. Noam Okun, d. Alexander Peya, d. Kevin Kim, d. Julien Jeanpierre, d. Paul Goldstein )..........In December winning men's singles Gold Medal of Doha Asian Game (d. Hyung-Tiak Lee in the final) .
...Reaching to
..Reaching to
ATP / ITF CHALLENGERS / FUTURES / JUNIOR RESULT
JUNIOR SINGLE RESULT : 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999
SINGLE RESULT : 1998 , 1999 , 2000 ,2001 ,2002 ,2003 ,2004 ,2005 ,2006 2007
SINGLE RESULT : YEAR 2008
SCHEDULE
TOURNAMENTS
LEVEL
SURFACE
ROUND ENTRY
Jan 14
Melbourne, AUS
GS
Hard O
Jan 21
Waikoloa, HI, USA
50K+H
Hard O
Jan 28
Guangzhou, CHN
50K
Hard O
Mar 03
Kyoto, JPN
35K+H
Carpet I
Apr 14
Busan, KOR
75K
Hard O
Apr 21
Cremona, ITA
35K
Hard O
Apr 28
Lanzarote, ESP
50K
Hard O
May 19
Fergana, UZB
35K
Hard O
May 26
Izmir, TUR
75K
Hard O
Jun 09
London, GBR
ATP
Grass O
Jun 16
Wimbledon, GBR Qualifying
GS
Grass O
Jul 07
Granby, CAN
50K+H
Hard O
Jul 14
Moncton, CAN
35K+H
Hard O
         
PERSONAL
Nicknamed "Pik" in his native country......Began playing tennis at age 8 as recommended by his doctor because he was so physically weak at that time.......Father, Vuthipan is a lawyer and Mother, Kanchana, own a boutique shop....Danai was fully encouraged by his parents to play tennis seriously, and he himself enjoyed tennis games so much that he continued practicing very hard and competing in tournaments throughout his childhood.....Studying law in Bangkok University.......Hobbies include listening to the music and computor game......At Southeast Asia Games in Malaysia in 2001, captured two gold medalist, winning singles, doubles (w/ Vittaya Samrej) and in Vietnam in 2003, winning gold medal in singles..... At Asian Games in Doha Qatar in 2006, winning gold medal in single........Also has an older sister, (Kittiwan)...Considers groundstrokes as strength and hard courts as favorite surface... A member of Thailand's Davis Cup team since 1998.....Coached by Jan Storces of Czech Republic (Only part-time)
AWARDS
Won 2001 gold medal Sea Games in Men's single and double in Malaysia
Won 2003 Men's singles gold medal Sea Games in Hanoi, Vietnam ( Detail : 13 Dec 2003 )
Won 2006 Men's singles gold medal Doha Asian Games ( Photo Album >>> Click here )
Voted 2007 Best Men Athlete Award by the Sport Authority of Thailand (SAT)
ADDITIONAL : Thai Davis Cup Team 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006



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