Vittaya Samrej

Last updated
Vittaya Samrej
Country (sports)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Born (1964-02-18) 18 February 1964 (age 60)
Singles
Career record2-3 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 963 (10 September 1990)
Doubles
Career record21-13 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 789 (14 May 2001)

Vittaya Samrej (born 18 February 1964) is a Thai tennis coach and former professional player. As of 2020 he is team captain of Thailand's Davis Cup team. [1]

Samrej had a record 18-year long Davis Cup career playing for Thailand, featuring in 37 ties between 1985 and 2002, mostly as a doubles specialist. He won 21 doubles rubbers in total, which is a former Thai record. His two singles wins both came in a 1997 tie against Hong Kong. [2]

A regular participant in the Southeast Asian Games, Samrej has won numerous medals, including three doubles gold medals. He won a further four gold medals for his country in the team event.

Samrej won a team bronze medal at the 1986 Asian Games, then a mixed doubles bronze at the 1990 Asian Games.

His son, Kasidit Samrej, is a Davis Cup player for Thailand. [3]

Related Research Articles

Karan Rastogi is an Indian tennis player, who also represented Hong Kong in international competitions. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. He was ranked No.1 in all age groups in India from the under 12s to the under 18s.

Wong Wing-Luen, Wayne is a former tennis player from Hong Kong. He also goes by the nickname "Wayne". As of February 14, 2005, Wong was #1158 in world in the ATP rankings, which is the highest in his career. The right-hander stands 5 feet 7 inches and weighs 140 pounds.

Aqeel Khan is a Pakistani tennis player. He is the current Pakistani number one and National Champion. His favourite surface is Grass. He is coached by Pakistani tennis coach Jamil Khan, who is his father. Aqeel Khan is sponsored by Jaffer Brothers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christopher Rungkat</span> Indonesian tennis player

Christopher Benjamin Rungkat is an Indonesian tennis player. In 2008, he won the final stage of French Open 2008 Boys' Doubles Juniors category with Finnish tennis player Henri Kontinen. He is the youngest ever Indonesian to be the All Indonesian Champion, and by the end of his junior career, he was awarded for Indonesian best promising athlete 2008.

Felicisimo Ampon was a tennis player from the Philippines. He is considered to be the greatest Filipino tennis player in history, and at only 5 foot 3 inches tall, though closer to 4 ft 11, was once considered the best tennis player in the world, pound for pound.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leander Paes</span> Indian professional tennis player (born 1973)

Leander Adrian Paes is an Indian former professional tennis player. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-time and holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes won eight men's doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. He made a total of 34 Grand Slam finals across men's and mixed doubles in his career which is the joint 2nd highest of all-time among men. He holds a career Grand Slam in men's doubles and mixed doubles making him one of only three men in the Open era to achieve this distinction and won the rare men's/mixed double at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. Paes, together with Mahesh Bhupathi, were the first pair in Open era history to reach the men's doubles finals of all 4 Grand Slams in the same calendar year (1999).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saketh Myneni</span> Indian tennis player

Saketh Myneni is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 74 achieved on 16 January 2023. He was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold medal in Mixed doubles and a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the Incheon Asian Games 2014. He has won 10 ITF and 2 ATP Challenger singles titles. Also, 18 ITF and 14 ATP Challenger doubles titles.

Xia Jiaping is a former professional tennis player from the People's Republic of China.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eudice Chong</span> Hong Kong tennis player

Eudice Chong is a professional tennis player from Hong Kong. She reached her career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles, both in 2022, of world No. 213 and No. 134, respectively. Chong has won 6 singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Bonit Wiryawan Sugiharto is a former professional tennis player from Indonesia.

Prima Simpatiaji is a former professional tennis player from Indonesia.

Chiradip "Chiro" Mukerjea is an Indian former professional tennis player.

Weerapat Doakmaiklee is a Thai former professional tennis player.

Daniel Heryanto Dewandaka is an Indonesian-born former professional tennis player who competed in Davis Cup tennis for both Indonesia and Singapore.

Tintus Arianto Wibowo is an Indonesian former professional tennis player.

Sulistyono Sulistyono is an Indonesian former professional tennis player.

John Hui Kin-yip is a Hong Kong former professional tennis player.

Thanakorn Srichaphan is a Thai tennis coach and former professional player. He has featured as both a player and captain on the Thailand Davis Cup team.

Orawan Thampensri is a Thai former professional tennis player.

Alexander Elbert Sie, known as Elbert Sie, is an Indonesian former professional tennis player. After retiring he became a national representative in the sport of soft tennis.

References

  1. ↑ "Vittaya confident Wishaya Would Bounce Back to Lead Thailand to Davis Cup victory against Kuwait". The Nation . 5 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rain delays keep Hong Kong in the Davis Cup - for now". South China Morning Post . 16 February 1997.
  3. ↑ "Fond Davis Cup memories drive Udomchoke forward". www.daviscup.com.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.