Sonchat Ratiwatana

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**Sonchat Ratiwatana**

Country	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok, Thailand
Date of birth	January 23, 1982
Place of birth	Bangkok, Thailand
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right handed
Career prize money	$148,522
Singles
Career record:	2–5
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	655 (May 4, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon
US Open
Doubles
Career record:	26 - 24
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	42 (March 3, 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1st (2008)
French Open	1st (2008)
Wimbledon	2nd (2006)
US Open	-
Infobox last updated on: March 3, 2008.

Sonchat Ratiwatana (born January 23, 1982 in Bangkok) is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home country. In the final, the team beat 2007 Wimbledon men's doubles winner Michael Llodra and 2007 U.S. Open men's doubles semifinalist Nicolas Mahut in the final. He reached his highest doubles ranking at world number 49 as of 25 February 2007. The right-hander turned professional in 2004. He visited newly opened and popular sports complex, "Sports and Spa" at its grand opening ceremorny in October. He, along with his brother went down to the courts and greeted the youngsters waiting anxiously for them for hours. He and his twin brother played in the Grand Slam for the first time during the Australian Open 2008 where they lost to the eventual finalist pairing of Arnaud Clément & Michael Llodra.

1 Career titles
- 1.1 Doubles
  - 1.1.1 Wins (2)
2 External links

[edit] Career titles

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	28 September 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Sanchai Ratiwatana	Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut	3–6, 7–5, 10-7 (Match TB)
2.	6 January 2008	Chennai, India	Hard	Sanchai Ratiwatana	Marcos Baghdatis Marc Gicquel	6–4, 7–5