Thailand at the Hopman Cup

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Thailand
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First year 2000
Years played2
Runners-up1 (2000)
Most total wins Tamarine Tanasugarn (7–8)
Most singles winsTamarine Tanasugarn (5–3)
Most doubles winsTamarine Tanasugarn (2–5)
Paradorn Srichaphan (2–5)
Best doubles teamTamarine Tanasugarn &
Paradorn Srichaphan (2–5)
Most years playedTamarine Tanasugarn (2)
Paradorn Srichaphan (2)

Thailand is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on two occasions. The nation's first appearance came in 2000, when they won the qualification play-off and went on to reach the final, eventually finishing as the runners-up. [1] This remains their best performance to date.

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Thailand also participated a number of times in the now defunct Asian Hopman Cup, a qualifying tournament which ran from 2006 until 2009 and granted the winners entry into the Hopman Cup the following year. In 2006, 2008 and 2009 Thailand failed to progress past the round robin stage of the event [2] [3] [4] but in 2007 they hosted the event and finished as the runners-up to Chinese Taipei. [5]

Players

This is a list of players who have played for Thailand in the Hopman Cup.

NameTotal W–LSingles W–LDoubles W–LFirst year playedNo. of years played
Paradorn Srichaphan 6–94–42–5 2000 2
Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–85–32–5 2000 2

Results

YearCompetitionLocationOpponentScoreResult
2000 1Qualification Play-Off Burswood Dome, Perth Japan 2–1Won
Round RobinBurswood Dome, Perth Australia 2–1Won
Round RobinBurswood Dome, Perth Slovakia 3–0Won
Round RobinBurswood Dome, Perth Austria 1–2Lost
FinalBurswood Dome, Perth South Africa 0–3Lost
2001 Round RobinBurswood Dome, Perth Switzerland 0–3Lost
Round RobinBurswood Dome, PerthSouth Africa1–2Lost
Round RobinBurswood Dome, PerthAustralia3–0Won

1 In the 2000 tie against Slovakia, the female Slovakian competitor, Henrieta Nagyová, was forced to retire during the singles match and was also unable to play the mixed doubles match. This conceded two points to Thailand and helped towards their eventual 3–0 victory over Slovakia. [1]

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