Marissa Niroj (born 26 April 1979) is a Thai former professional

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player. She is now known as Marissa Kroon. Niroj, a world top-100 junior, made her only

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main draw appearance at the 1997 Pattaya Open. She reached a career high singles ranking of 506 while competing on the professional tour. At the

1997 Southeast Asian Games The 1997 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 19th Southeast Asian Games (; the 19th SEA Games), were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia. This was the third time that Indonesia hosted the games. Jakarta ...

in Jakarta, Niroj won a silver medal for Thailand in the team event and partnered with

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for a bronze medal in the women's doubles. In 1999 she was a member of the

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and appeared in a total of four ties, winning one singles and two doubles rubbers.

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

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