Benjamas Sangaram

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Benjamas Sangaram
Full nameBenjamas Sangaram
Country (sports)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Born (1975-01-11) 11 January 1975 (age 49)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Retired2000
Prize money$69,223
Singles
Career record92-146
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 298 (16 September 1996)
Doubles
Career record122-122
Career titles0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 134 (29 September 1997)

Benjamas Sangaram (born 11 January 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. She represented Thailand at three Olympic Games, in 1992, 1996 and 2000. [1]

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Biography

Born in Chiang Mai, Sangaram first played for the Thailand Fed Cup team as a 16-year old in 1991. She appeared in a total of 21 ties during her Fed Cup career, mostly as a doubles player.

She debuted on the WTA Tour in 1992 at her home event, the Thailand Open, which she competed in regularly throughout her career. Most of her main draw singles appearances were at the Thailand Open but she also made the second round at Surabaya in 1995. It was in doubles that she had the most success, reaching a best ranking of 134 in the world.

Partnering Tamarine Tanasugarn, Sangaram made the women's doubles quarter-finals at both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. [2] At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney the pair upset Japanese fourth seeds Nana Miyagi and Ai Sugiyama from Japan, then in the quarter-finals held a match point, before losing to eventual silver medalists Kristie Boogert and Miriam Oremans from the Netherlands. [3]

ITF finals

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–0)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.17 October 1999 Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Flag of Japan.svg Satomi Kinjo 6-4, 6-3

Doubles (9–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.2 September 1991 Bangkok, ThailandHard Flag of Thailand.svg Suvimol Duangchan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Fang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Min
4–6, 2–6
Winner2.15 November 1992 Manila, PhilippinesHard Flag of Thailand.svg Suvimol Duangchan Flag of the Philippines.svg Mia Fernandez
Flag of the Philippines.svg Evangelina Olivarez
6–1, 6–3
Winner3.22 November 1992Nonthaburi, ThailandHard Flag of Thailand.svg Suvimol Duangchan Flag of Japan.svg Seiko Ichioka
Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Sureephong
6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Runner-up4.9 May 1994 Bandar Seri Begawan, BruneiHard Flag of Indonesia.svg Irawati Iskandar Flag of Japan.svg Anori Fukuda
Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Nagatomi
6–7, 3–6
Winner5.2 April 1995 Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lisa Tang Flag of Japan.svg Yuko Hosoki
Flag of South Korea.svg Park In-sook
5-7, 7-5, 6-3
Winner6.18 September 1995 Samut Prakan, ThailandHard Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn Flag of Indonesia.svg Agustine Limanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Veronica Widyadharma
7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Runner-up7.5 May 1996 Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry-Anne Guse
1-6, 2-6
Runner-up8.2 June 1996 Taipei, Chinese TaipeiHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Julie Huang Flag of Japan.svg Miyako Ataka
Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ishida
6-7, 3-6
Runner-up9.11 August 1996 Tarakan, IndonesiaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Mi-ra Flag of Australia (converted).svg Annabel Ellwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry-Anne Guse
3-6, 2-6
Winner10.17 May 1997 Caboolture, AustraliaClay Flag of Japan.svg Shinobu Asagoe Flag of South Africa.svg Nannie de Villiers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lisa McShea
6–4, 7–5
Winner11.24 May 1997 Gympie, AustraliaClay Flag of Japan.svg Shinobu Asagoe Flag of South Africa.svg Nannie de Villiers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lisa McShea
5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Runner-up12.31 May 1997 Bundaberg, AustraliaClay Flag of Japan.svg Shinobu Asagoe Flag of South Africa.svg Nannie de Villiers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lisa McShea
6-4, 1-6, 1-6
Runner-up13.7 June 1997 Ipswich, AustraliaClay Flag of Japan.svg Shinobu Asagoe Flag of South Africa.svg Nannie de Villiers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lisa McShea
4-6, 6-3, 5-7
Winner14.3 August 1997 Bandung, IndonesiaHard Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ishida Flag of Japan.svg Tomoe Hotta
Flag of Japan.svg Yoriko Yamagishi
6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Winner15.6 April 1998 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHard Flag of Indonesia.svg Wynne Prakusya Flag of Hungary.svg Petra Gáspár
Flag of San Marino.svg Ludmila Varmužová
7–6(1), 1–6, 6–3
Winner16.18 October 1999 Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Flag of Indonesia.svg Liza Andriyani Flag of India.svg Rushmi Chakravarthi
Flag of India.svg Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6–0, 6–3

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References

  1. "Benjamas Sangaram - Olympic Tennis". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. "Benjamas Sangaram Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. "Dubbele zoenen na dubbele zege". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 26 September 2000. Retrieved 6 May 2018.