Suchanun Viratprasert

Suchanun Viratprasert
สุชานัน วิรัชประเสริฐ
Country (sports)	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok, Thailand
Born	1 January 1983 (age 41); Bangkok
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2013
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$144,002
Singles
Career record	251–191
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 172 (9 August 2004)
Doubles
Career record	53–56
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 357 (9 February 2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	19–15

Suchanun Viratprasert (Thai: สุชานัน วิรัชประเสริฐ; born 1 January 1983) is a Thai former professional tennis player.

Her career-high singles ranking is 172, which she reached in August 2004. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 357, set on 9 February 2004.

Career

Viratprasert made her first appearance in 2010 and received a wildcard into the PTT Pattaya Open, but lost to Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round, 1–6, 5–7.

In her career, she won a total of nine singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Fed Cup

Viratprasert was also a regular competitor for the Thailand Fed Cup team, helping the team join the World Group II in 2005 and 2006, after beating Australia and Croatia in their play-off matches. In 2004, she helped the Thailand team gain promotion to World Group II, defeated the No. 1 Australian player and world No. 41 in three sets, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1. In 2005, she beat the Croatian world No. 96, Sanda Mamić in straight sets, 6–3, 7–6. Thailand finally lost to Croatia 2–3, but remained in World Group II. Viratprasert played the world No. 15, Nicole Vaidišová, in the opening rubber-match but lost in three sets, 6–3, 2–6, 0–6. But on the next day of play, she beat the world No. 45, Iveta Benešová, 6–4, 6–4.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles (9–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	18 October 1999	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Irawati Iskandar	6–4, 6–1
Winner	2.	20 August 2000	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Jeon Mi-ra	7–5, 1–6, 6–1
Winner	3.	18 November 2001	Haibara, Japan	Grass	Sachie Umehara	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	4.	16 February 2003	Chennai, India	Hard	Verena Beller	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	10 August 2003	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	2–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	31 August 2003	New Delhi, India	Hard	Khoo Chin-bee	6–2, 6–4
Winner	7.	14 September 2003	Bangalore, India	Grass	Meghha Vakaria	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	29 February 2004	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	4–6, 5–7
Winner	9.	18 September 2004	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	10.	13 June 2004	Beijing, China	Hard	Li Na	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	29 May 2005	Shanghai, China	Hard	Daniela Kix	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	3 August 2008	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Kimiko Date-Krumm	3–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Winner	13.	14 September 2008	Nato, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	6–4, 6–4
Winner	14.	6 September 2009	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Kurumi Nara	6–3, 6–4

Doubles (6–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 February 2002	Mumbai, India	Hard	Chao Hsiao-han	Annabel Blow Dominika Luzarová	4–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	13 October 2002	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Leonie Muller van Moppe	Zsuzsanna Babos Barbara Pócza	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	25 May 2003	Gunma, Japan	Grass	Kumiko Iijima	Aiko Nakamura Maki Arai	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	4.	17 May 2008	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Napaporn Tongsalee	Dilyara Saidkhodjayeva Albina Khabibulina	1–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, [10–8]
Winner	5.	31 August 2008	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Tomoko Dokei	Guo Zhi-Xian Yi Yang	6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	14 June 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Tomoko Dokei Yoo Mi	6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	26 June 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Tomoko Dokei Yoo Mi	w/o
Runner-up	8.	1 July 2013	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Napaporn Tongsalee	Lu Jiaxiang Lu Jiajing	4–6, 4–6

External links

Suchanun Viratprasert at the Women's Tennis Association
Suchanun Viratprasert at the International Tennis Federation
Suchanun Viratprasert at the Billie Jean King Cup