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Benjamas Sangaram

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Benjamas Sangaram
Full nameBenjamas Sangaram
Country (sports) 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]

Biography

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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

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

Singles (1–0)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 17 October 1999 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Japan Satomi Kinjo 6-4, 6-3

Doubles (9–7)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 2 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Suvimol Duangchan China Li Fang
China Tang Min
4–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 15 November 1992 Manila, Philippines Hard Thailand Suvimol Duangchan Philippines Mia Fernandez
Philippines Evangelina Olivarez
6–1, 6–3
Winner 3. 22 November 1992 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Thailand Suvimol Duangchan Japan Seiko Ichioka
United States Sandy Sureephong
6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Runner-up 4. 9 May 1994 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Hard Indonesia Irawati Iskandar Japan Anori Fukuda
Japan Keiko Nagatomi
6–7, 3–6
Winner 5. 2 April 1995 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard China Lisa Tang Japan Yuko Hosoki
South Korea Park In-sook
5-7, 7-5, 6-3
Winner 6. 18 September 1995 Samut Prakan, Thailand Hard Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Indonesia Agustine Limanto
Indonesia Veronica Widyadharma
7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Runner-up 7. 5 May 1996 Seoul, South Korea Hard South Korea Choi Young-ja Australia Catherine Barclay
Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
1-6, 2-6
Runner-up 8. 2 June 1996 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Hard Chinese Taipei Julie Huang Japan Miyako Ataka
Japan Keiko Ishida
6-7, 3-6
Runner-up 9. 11 August 1996 Tarakan, Indonesia Hard South Korea Jeon Mi-ra Australia Annabel Ellwood
Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
3-6, 2-6
Winner 10. 17 May 1997 Caboolture, Australia Clay Japan Shinobu Asagoe South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Australia Lisa McShea
6–4, 7–5
Winner 11. 24 May 1997 Gympie, Australia Clay Japan Shinobu Asagoe South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Australia Lisa McShea
5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Runner-up 12. 31 May 1997 Bundaberg, Australia Clay Japan Shinobu Asagoe South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Australia Lisa McShea
6-4, 1-6, 1-6
Runner-up 13. 7 June 1997 Ipswich, Australia Clay Japan Shinobu Asagoe South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Australia Lisa McShea
4-6, 6-3, 5-7
Winner 14. 3 August 1997 Bandung, Indonesia Hard Japan Keiko Ishida Japan Tomoe Hotta
Japan Yoriko Yamagishi
6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Winner 15. 6 April 1998 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Indonesia Wynne Prakusya Hungary Petra Gáspár
San Marino Ludmila Varmužová
7–6(1), 1–6, 6–3
Winner 16. 18 October 1999 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Indonesia Liza Andriyani India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6–0, 6–3

References

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  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.
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