Thailand Open (tennis)

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Thailand Open

ATP Tour
Location	Bangkok Thailand
Venue	Impact Arena
Category	International Series
Surface	Hard / Indoors
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$550,000
Website	thailandopen.org

The Thailand Open is tennis tournament held in the city of Bangkok, in the country of Thailand. The last three editions of the Thailand Open were held in the third week of September. Held since 2003, both men's singles and doubles are held at the tournament. Since 2005 there is also a tournament for female tennis players: the PTT Bangkok Open.

Roger Federer is the only man to have won the Men's Singles competition more than once; and has also made an appearance in the doubles final with Yves Allegro. The Ram/Elrich team are the only doubles pair to have won the competition more than once.

In 2007, Sonchat Ratiwatana and Sanchai Ratiwatana became the first Thai winners, triumphing over Wimbledon doubles champion Michaël Llodra and Nicolas Mahut, the number 3 seeds.

1 Past finals
- 1.1 Singles
- 1.2 Doubles
2 External links

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2003	Taylor Dent	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 7–6(7-5)
2004	Roger Federer	Andy Roddick	6–4, 6–0
2005	Roger Federer	Andy Murray	6–3, 7–5
2006	James Blake	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 6–1
2007	Dmitry Tursunov	Benjamin Becker	6–2, 6–1

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2003	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Andrew Kratzmann Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 7–6(4)
2004	Justin Gimelstob Graydon Oliver	Yves Allegro Roger Federer	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2005	Paul Hanley Leander Paes	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–7(5), 6–1, 6–2
2006	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Andy Murray Jamie Murray	6–2, 2–6, 10–4
2007	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut	3–6, 7–5, 10–7