Tamarine Tanasugarn is a Thai former tennis player.
53 Facts About Tamarine Tanasugarn
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Tamarine Tanasugarn won four singles and eight WTA doubles titles, and was briefly a doubles partner with Maria Sharapova, with whom she won two titles in 2003.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn has been regarded as a grass-court specialist; she won most matches on that surface including two WTA International titles.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn has been a regular competitor for the Thailand Fed Cup team, helping the team join the World Group II in 2005 and 2006, after beating the teams of Australia and Croatia in their play-off matches.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn received a law degree from Bangkok University in 2000.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn produces her best game and strategy when she performs on grass.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn's serve is a slice that turns into you and it stays low.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn's shots are really, really low to the ground.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn was coached by her best friend, Andreea Ehritt-Vanc, until her retirement.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn turned pro in 1994, but made her WTA Tour debut in the 1993 Pattaya Open, in which she lost to Australian Rennae Stubbs.
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In 1995, Tamarine Tanasugarn started participating in Grand Slams, but did not make it beyond the qualifying rounds.
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In 1996, Tamarine Tanasugarn played her first WTA final at the Pattaya Open, in which she lost to Ruxandra Dragomir.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn reached a semifinal at Hobart and ended the year with a No 46 ranking.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn made her second fourth round of the year at Wimbledon, where she eventually lost to Martina Hingis.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn partnered with Paradorn Srichaphan at the Hopman Cup in 2000.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn beat Jelena Dokic of Australia, Barbara Schett of Austria, Ai Sugiyama of Japan, and Henrieta Nagyova of Slovakia.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn reached her second WTA final at Birmingham with a win over Julie Halard-Decugis, but lost to Lisa Raymond.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn lost in the fourth round at Wimbledon to Serena Williams.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn reached three semifinals at the Japan Open, Kuala Lampur, and Shanghai.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn represented Thailand in the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was defeated by Venus Williams.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn's year-end ranking was No 29, her first time in the top 30.
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In 2003, Tamarine Tanasugarn won her first major in Hyderabad where she beat Maria Kirilenko in the quarterfinals, then Flavia Pennetta in the semifinals, and Iroda Tulyaganova in the final.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn reached her second Tier I quarterfinal at the Pan Pacific Open, beating Silvia Farina Elia, but lost to Lindsay Davenport, in two sets.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn suffered her earliest exit at Wimbledon since she turned pro, losing to Akiko Morigami in the first round.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn reached the fourth round at the US Open for the first time, beating Rita Grande, Patty Schnyder, and ninth seed Daniela Hantuchova.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn lost to Amelie Mauresmo in two sets in the following round.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn was ranked No 34 at the end of the year.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn was a semifinalist in the Japan Open Tennis Championships, losing to Maria Sharapova.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn had to deal with multiple injuries, which affected most of her year in 2005.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn's ranking dropped out of the top 100, and she played in Challenger-level tournaments to collect points.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn reached her home country tournament final again in the Bangkok Open, facing Vania King, and was two games away from taking the title.
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Unfortunately, Tamarine Tanasugarn still struggled with injuries in 2007 and had to play in many Challengers, ending the season ranked No 124.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn decided to skip the clay-court season due to her difficulty playing on that surface and chose to play in hardcourt Challengers, she thought were more like grass.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn won the singles title at the Kangaroo Cup in Gifu, defeating former world No 4, Kimiko Date-Krumm.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn reached her seventh fourth round at Wimbledon, beating Petra Cetkovska, Vera Zvonareva and Marina Erakovic en route, and surprised the world No 3, Jelena Jankovic, with a two-set defeat in the fourth round.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn became the first Thai player to make a Grand Slam quarterfinal.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn ended 2008 ranked No 35, her best ranking in four years.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn was seeded 32nd in the 2009 Australian, Open, but lost early to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn lost to Sania Mirza in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the Pattaya Women's Open.
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At the French Open, Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated Camille Pin, in the first round.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn started playing on grass courts at the Birmingham Classic.
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At Wimbledon, Tamarine Tanasugarn had an arm injury and lost to Arantxa Parra Santonja in the first round.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn played the mixed-doubles event for the first time, partnering with Rogier Wassen, but she scratched in the second round because of her injury.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn came back after her arm injury at the US Open, but lost to Anastasija Sevastova in the first round.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn started the year by playing at the Australian Open.
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At the Pattaya Open, Tamarine Tanasugarn worked her way past Alla Kudryavtseva, second seed Sabine Lisicki, Anna Chakvetadze, and Sesil Karatantcheva.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn finally lost to top seed and defending champion, Vera Zvonareva, in a dramatic final.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn's next scheduled tournament was the Malaysian Open, where she lost to seventh seed Magdalena Rybarikova in the first round.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn then competed at Rosmalen, but was defeated in the first round.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn suffered a first-round loss at Wimbledon and missed the US Open due to injuries.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn won her fourth WTA title at Osaka, defeating Marion Bartoli en route, and Kimiko Date-Krumm in the final.
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In late March 2015, Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated Sofia Shapatava in the first qualifying round of the Open GdF Suez; this would be the final singles win of her professional career.
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Tamarine Tanasugarn announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2016.