Benjamas Sangaram

Benjamas Sangaram
Full name	Benjamas Sangaram
Country (sports)	Thailand
Born	11 January 1975 (age 49); Chiang Mai, Thailand
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Retired	2000
Prize money	$69,223
Singles
Career record	92-146
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 298 (16 September 1996)
Doubles
Career record	122-122
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 134 (29 September 1997)

Benjamas Sangaram (born 11 January 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. She represented Thailand at three Olympic Games, in 1992, 1996 and 2000.^[1]

Biography

Born in Chiang Mai, Sangaram first played for the Thailand Fed Cup team as a 16-year old in 1991. She appeared in a total of 21 ties during her Fed Cup career, mostly as a doubles player.

She debuted on the WTA Tour in 1992 at her home event, the Thailand Open, which she competed in regularly throughout her career. Most of her main draw singles appearances were at the Thailand Open but she also made the second round at Surabaya in 1995. It was in doubles that she had the most success, reaching a best ranking of 134 in the world.

Partnering Tamarine Tanasugarn, Sangaram made the women's doubles quarter-finals at both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.^[2] At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney the pair upset Japanese fourth seeds Nana Miyagi and Ai Sugiyama from Japan, then in the quarter-finals held a match point, before losing to eventual silver medalists Kristie Boogert and Miriam Oremans from the Netherlands.^[3]

ITF finals

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

Singles (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	17 October 1999	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Satomi Kinjo	6-4, 6-3

Doubles (9–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 September 1991	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Suvimol Duangchan	Li Fang Tang Min	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	15 November 1992	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Suvimol Duangchan	Mia Fernandez Evangelina Olivarez	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	22 November 1992	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Suvimol Duangchan	Seiko Ichioka Sandy Sureephong	6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Runner-up	4.	9 May 1994	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Hard	Irawati Iskandar	Anori Fukuda Keiko Nagatomi	6–7, 3–6
Winner	5.	2 April 1995	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Lisa Tang	Yuko Hosoki Park In-sook	5-7, 7-5, 6-3
Winner	6.	18 September 1995	Samut Prakan, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Agustine Limanto Veronica Widyadharma	7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Runner-up	7.	5 May 1996	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Choi Young-ja	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	1-6, 2-6
Runner-up	8.	2 June 1996	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Julie Huang	Miyako Ataka Keiko Ishida	6-7, 3-6
Runner-up	9.	11 August 1996	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard	Jeon Mi-ra	Annabel Ellwood Kerry-Anne Guse	3-6, 2-6
Winner	10.	17 May 1997	Caboolture, Australia	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe	Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea	6–4, 7–5
Winner	11.	24 May 1997	Gympie, Australia	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe	Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea	5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Runner-up	12.	31 May 1997	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe	Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea	6-4, 1-6, 1-6
Runner-up	13.	7 June 1997	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe	Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea	4-6, 6-3, 5-7
Winner	14.	3 August 1997	Bandung, Indonesia	Hard	Keiko Ishida	Tomoe Hotta Yoriko Yamagishi	6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Winner	15.	6 April 1998	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Wynne Prakusya	Petra Gáspár Ludmila Varmužová	7–6⁽¹⁾, 1–6, 6–3
Winner	16.	18 October 1999	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Liza Andriyani	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–0, 6–3