Danai Udomchoke ( th, ดนัย อุดมโชค, born 11 August 1981) is a former professional

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player from

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. He was born in

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, where he still resides. Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and was coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by

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for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking was World No. 77 on 29 January 2007.

Grand Slams

Udomchoke made his debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam in 2004 when he qualified for the US Open. He lost to Spaniard Tommy Robredo in straight sets. One of Udomchoke's highest profile matches was his 2006 Australian Open 1st round match against No. 3 seed David Nalbandian. After starting out slowly, Udomchoke shocked Nalbandian by winning the third and fourth sets. However, his energy soon wore down, and despite pushing the World No. 3 to five sets, Udomchoke lost 2–6, 2–6, 6–1, 7–6, 1–6. In the

2007 Australian Open The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January until 28 January 2007. The total prize pool was set at exactly A$20 million, with the winners of both the men's and women's singles competit ...

, Udomchoke advanced to the third round, losing to 14th-seeded

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after defeating 24th-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero. Udomchoke qualified for Wimbledon in 2007 and was defeated in the second round by

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ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Asian Games

In the 15th

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held in

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, he won the gold medal for Thailand, after beating

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n Lee Hyung-taik in two sets, 7–5 and 6–3, in the men's singles tournament.

Singles titles (9)

Singles performance timeline

''Current until

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External links

Danai Udomchoke's Official website
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Udomchoke World ranking history

Thai Men Recent match results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Udomchoke, Danai 1981 births Living people Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in tennis Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke Southeast Asian Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Danai Udomchoke Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade