Kantaphon Wangcharoen

Kantaphon Wangcharoen (; born 18 September 1998) is a Thai badminton player. At the young age, Wangcharoen became the runner-up in the senior tournament 2014 Singapore International in the men's singles event after losing the match because of foot injury. Wangcharoen clinched the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the boys' singles event, also part of the junior team that won the mixed team bronze in 2014 and 2016, and Asian mixed team bronze in 2016.

Wangcharoen was a member of the Thailand national team that won the bronze medals at the 2017, 2019 SEA Games and 2019 Sudirman Cup. He also the finalist at the BWF Grand Prix Gold event 2017 Thailand Masters, and won the 2017 National Championships title.

At the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Wangcharoen was criticized by the Thai media after he mocked and made fun of Indonesian fans in front of them by using offensive Thai language. He had recorded and published the offensive video clip on his personal Instagram account himself.

He ended the 2018 BWF season by qualified to compete at the World Tour Finals and catapulted him to a career-best world ranking of no. 15 at that year. He won the bronze medal at the 2019 BWF World Championships, becoming the first ever Thai player to win a World Championships medal in the men's singles event.

Achievements

BWF World Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Anders Antonsen 15–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

SEA Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2019 Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines Loh Kean Yew 21–16, 6–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2016 Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain Sun Feixiang 9–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2026 Macau Open Super 300 Hu Zhe'an 21–11, 10–21, 13–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2017 Thailand Masters Tommy Sugiarto 17–21, 11–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2014 Singapore International Loh Kean Yew 21–19, 14–21, 1–11 retired Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 22 December 2022.

Player Matches Win Lost Chen Long 4 1 3 –2 Lin Dan 3 1 2 –1 Shi Yuqi 5 0 5 –5 Zhao Junpeng 2 1 1 0 Chou Tien-chen 7 1 6 –5 Anders Antonsen 3 0 3 –3 Viktor Axelsen 2 0 2 –2 Jan Ø. Jørgensen 1 0 1 –1 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 4 2 2 0 Rajiv Ouseph 2 2 0 +2 Parupalli Kashyap 1 1 0 +1 Srikanth Kidambi 3 1 2 –1

Player Matches Win Lost B. Sai Praneeth 7 3 4 –1 Lakshya Sen 5 1 4 –3 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 7 3 4 –1 Tommy Sugiarto 5 0 5 –5 Kento Momota 3 0 3 –3 Lee Chong Wei 1 0 1 –1 Liew Daren 2 2 0 +2 Loh Kean Yew 3 0 3 –3 Heo Kwang-hee 3 2 1 +1 Lee Hyun-il 2 1 1 0 Son Wan-ho 3 0 3 –3 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 3 2 1 +1