Napaporn Tongsalee

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Napaporn Tongsalee
Country (sports)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Born (1979-10-21) 21 October 1979 (age 44)
Bangkok
Turned pro2000
Retired2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$77,828
Singles
Career record134–116
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 226 (7 August 2006)
Doubles
Career record87–78
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 194 (21 August 2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 17–24

Napaporn Tongsalee (born 21 October 1979) is a retired Thai tennis player.

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In her career, she won six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, including the 2006 "Incheon Women's Challenger", 2006 Ho Chi Minh City and the 2005 Phuket tournaments doubles titles.

She also won the 2005 "Our Lady Of Bellefonte Hospital Tennis Classic" singles tournament in Ashland, Kentucky. On the 7th of August 2006, she reached her career-high singles ranking of 226 on the WTA rankings. On the 21st of August 2006, she reached her career-high of 194 in the WTA doubles rankings.

ITF finals

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

Singles (2–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.19 August 2001 Bangkok, ThailandHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.30 March 2003 Albury, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lisa McShea 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.24 August 2003 Colombo, Sri LankaClay Flag of Germany.svg Nadine Hassinger4–6, 5–7
Winner4.3 October 2004 Balikpapan, IndonesiaHard Flag of Thailand.svg Thassha Vitayaviroj 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up5.4 December 2004Bangkok, ThailandHard Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Akgul Amanmuradova 2–6, 3–6
Winner6.2 October 2005 Ashland, United StatesHard Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Kristina Brandi 6–4, 2–6, 6–4

Doubles (6–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.16 November 2003 Port Pirie, AustraliaHard Flag of New Zealand.svg Ilke Gers Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trudi Musgrave
Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
2–6, 2–6
Winner2.6 June 2004 Wulanhaote, ChinaHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Du Rui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Nannan
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner3.4 December 2004Bangkok, ThailandHard Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Akgul Amanmuradova Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hwang I-hsuan
Flag of Thailand.svg Nudnida Luangnam
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up4.16 May 2005 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamHard Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Akgul Amanmuradova Flag of Indonesia.svg Wynne Prakusya
Flag of Indonesia.svg Romana Tedjakusuma
4–6, 0–6
Winner5.28 May 2005 Phuket, ThailandHard Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Akgul Amanmuradova Flag of Germany.svg Annette Kolb
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Monique Adamczak
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up6.20 September 2005 Albuquerque, United StatesHard Flag of Indonesia.svg Romana Tedjakusuma Flag of the United States.svg Julie Ditty
Flag of Venezuela.svg Milagros Sequera
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Winner7.21 May 2006Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung Flag of Latvia.svg Līga Dekmeijere
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trudi Musgrave
4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Winner8.18 June 2006 Inchon, South KoreaHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Mi
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jin-a
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up9.7 May 2007 Changwon, South KoreaHard Flag of Indonesia.svg Romana Tedjakusuma Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Kao Shao-yuan
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up10.27 July 2007Bangkok, ThailandHard Flag of Thailand.svg Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Flag of Thailand.svg Sophia Mulsap
Flag of Thailand.svg Varatchaya Wongteanchai
4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner11.17 May 2008Bangkok, ThailandHard Flag of Thailand.svg Suchanun Viratprasert Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Dilyara Saidkhodjayeva
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Albina Khabibulina
1–6, 7–6(3), [10–8]
Runner-up12.1 July 2013Bangkok, ThailandHard Flag of Thailand.svg Suchanun Viratprasert Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiaxiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiajing
4–6, 4–6

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