Benjamas Sangaram

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.

Biography 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. 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.

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

Singles (1–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 17 October 1999 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Satomi Kinjo 6-4, 6-3

Doubles (9–7) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 2 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Suvimol Duangchan Li Fang Tang Min 4–6, 2–6Win 2. 15 November 1992 Manila, Philippines Hard Suvimol Duangchan Mia Fernandez Evangelina Olivarez 6–1, 6–3Win 3. 22 November 1992 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Suvimol Duangchan Seiko Ichioka Sandy Sureephong 6-4, 6-7, 6-3Loss 4. 9 May 1994 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Hard Irawati Iskandar Anori Fukuda Keiko Nagatomi 6–7, 3–6Win 5. 2 April 1995 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Lisa Tang Yuko Hosoki Park In-sook 5-7, 7-5, 6-3Win 6. 18 September 1995 Samut Prakan, Thailand Hard Tamarine Tanasugarn Agustine Limanto Veronica Widyadharma 7-5, 1-6, 6-4Loss 7. 5 May 1996 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Young-ja Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse 1-6, 2-6Loss 8. 2 June 1996 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Hard Julie Huang Miyako Ataka Keiko Ishida 6-7, 3-6Loss 9. 11 August 1996 Tarakan, Indonesia Hard Jeon Mi-ra Annabel Ellwood Kerry-Anne Guse 3-6, 2-6Win 10. 17 May 1997 Caboolture, Australia Clay Shinobu Asagoe Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea 6–4, 7–5Win 11. 24 May 1997 Gympie, Australia Clay Shinobu Asagoe Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea 5-7, 6-3, 6-3Loss 12. 31 May 1997 Bundaberg, Australia Clay Shinobu Asagoe Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea 6-4, 1-6, 1-6Loss 13. 7 June 1997 Ipswich, Australia Clay Shinobu Asagoe Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea 4-6, 6-3, 5-7Win 14. 3 August 1997 Bandung, Indonesia Hard Keiko Ishida Tomoe Hotta Yoriko Yamagishi 6-2, 3-6, 6-4Win 15. 6 April 1998 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Wynne Prakusya Petra Gáspár Ludmila Varmužová 7–6(1), 1–6, 6–3Win 16. 18 October 1999 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Liza Andriyani Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–0, 6–3