Danai Udomchoke

Danai Udomchoke (, born 11 August 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. His career-best ranking was World No. 77 achieved on 29 January 2007.

Personal info Udomchoke turned professional in 1997. He was sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel.

Career

Udomchoke made his debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam in 2004 when he qualified for the US Open. He lost to Spaniard Tommy Robredo in straight sets. One of Udomchoke's highest profile matches was his 2006 Australian Open 1st round match against No. 3 seed David Nalbandian. After starting out slowly, Udomchoke shocked Nalbandian by winning the third and fourth sets. However, his energy soon wore down, and despite pushing the World No. 3 to five sets, Udomchoke lost 2–6, 2–6, 6–1, 7–6, 1–6. In the 2007 Australian Open, Udomchoke advanced to the third round, losing to 14th-seeded Novak Djokovic after defeating 24th-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero. Udomchoke qualified for Wimbledon in 2007 and was defeated in the second round by Andy Roddick.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend (doubles) Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Result. W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Winner 1–0 30 September 2012 PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) Lu Yen-hsun Eric Butorac Paul Hanley 6–3, 6–4

Asian Games

In the 15th Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar, he won the gold medal for Thailand, after beating Korean Lee Hyung-taik in two sets, 7–5 and 6–3, in the men's singles tournament.

Singles titles (9)

Legend (singles) Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (0) Challengers (9)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score 1. 6 October 2003 Dharwad Hard Yeu-Tzuoo Wang 7–6, 6–1 2. 23 May 2005 Busan Hard Paul Goldstein 7–6, 6–1 3. 25 July 2005 Granby Hard Gregory Carraz 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 4. 14 November 2005 Champaign Hard (i) Justin Gimelstob 7–5, 6–2 5. 17 April 2006 Chikmagalur Hard Toshihide Matsui 7–6, 6–4 6. 15 May 2006 Fergana Hard Alexander Peya 6–0, 6–2 7. 6 November 2006 Busan Hard Paul Goldstein 6–2, 6–0 8. 17 May 2009 Busan Hard Blaž Kavčič 6–2, 6–2 9. 4 February 2012 Burnie Hard Samuel Groth 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Current until 2014 Australian Open.