Tamarine Tanasugarn

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**Tamarine Tanasugarn**

Nickname(s)	Tammy
Country	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok, Thailand
Date of birth	May 24, 1977 (1977-05-24) (age 31)
Place of birth	Los Angeles, CA
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	63 kg (140 lb/9.9 st)
Turned pro	1994
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$2,218,885
Singles
Career record:	400-319
Career titles:	1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 19 (May 13, 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4r (1998)
French Open	3r (2002)
Wimbledon	4r (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)
US Open	4r (2003)
Doubles
Career record:	182-177
Career titles:	5 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 15 (September 13, 2004)
Infobox last updated on: December 26, 2007.

Tanasugarn on the right in this photo, with her doubles partner Su-Wei Hsieh

Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thai: แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์, born May 24, 1977, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is a professional female tennis player from Thailand. She turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top twenty in both singles and doubles.

Her highest WTA ranking has been World Number 19, a ranking she achieved on May 13, 2002. Tanasugarn has won one singles title. She was briefly a doubles partner with Maria Sharapova, with whom she won two titles in 2003. She won a total of five doubles titles. Her highest doubles ranking was World Number 15 which she achieved on September 13, 2004. With Liezel Huber, Tanasugarn reached the 2004 U.S. Open doubles quarterfinals.

In her career, Tanasugarn has defeated former number ones Amélie Mauresmo^[1] and Jennifer Capriati^[2]. Tanasugarn has also beat Mary Pierce^[3]. All of these women were Grand Slam champions.

She is also a regular competitor for the Thailand Fed Cup team, helping the team join the World Group II in 2005 and 2006.

1 WTA Tour titles (6)
2 References
3 External links

[edit] WTA Tour titles (6)

[edit] Singles (1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV & V (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	9 February 2003	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Iroda Tulyaganova	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Singles finalist (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	18 November 1996	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Ruxandra Dragomir	7–6, 6–4
2.	12 June 2000	Birmingham, England, United Kingdom	Grass	Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–7 (7), 6–4
3.	1 October 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Monica Seles	6–3, 6–2
4.	7 January 2002	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Anna Smashnova	7–5, 7–6(2)
5.	11 February 2002	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Monica Seles	7–6(6), 6–3
6.	9 October 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Vania King	2–6, 6–4, 6–4