Danai Udomchoke

Danai Udomchoke
ดนัย อุดมโชค

Country	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok, Thailand
Born	August 11, 1981 (1981-08-11) (age 30) Bangkok, Thailand
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1997
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$852,307
Singles
Career record	43-62
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 77 (January 29, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 200 (August 29, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2007)
French Open	1R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2007)
US Open	1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	7-24
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 146 (April 26, 2004)
Last updated on: January 17, 2011.

Danai Udomchoke (Thai: ดนัย อุดมโชค, born August 11, 1981) is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides.

Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and is coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking is World No. 77 in January 29, 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 (4), 1–6. In the 2007 Australian Open, Udomchoke advanced to the third round, losing to 14th-seeded Novak Djoković after defeating 24th-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero. Udomchoke qualified for Wimbledon in 2007 and was defeated in the second round by Andy Roddick, though put up an extremely good fight and lost in a tie-break at the end in a final score 6–3, 6–4, 7–6.

Asian Games

Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for  Thailand
Asian Games
Gold	2006 Doha	Men's Singles
Bronze	2006 Doha	Team Event
Southeast Asian Games
Silver	2005 Manila	Men's Singles
Bronze	2005 Manila	Team Event
Gold	2007 Korat	Team Event
Silver	2007 Korat	Men's Singles
Silver	2009 Vientiane	Team Event
Bronze	2009 Vientiane	Men's Singles
Bronze	2009 Vientiane	Men's Doubles
Universiade
Gold	2007 Bangkok	Men's Singles

In the 15th Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar, he won the gold medal for Thailand, after beating Korean Lee Hyung-taik in two sets, 7–5 and 6–3, in the men's singles tournament.

Singles titles (8)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (0)

Challengers (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 6, 2003	Dharwad	Hard	Yeu-Tzuoo Wang	7–6, 6–1
2.	May 23, 2005	Busan	Hard	Paul Goldstein	7–6, 6–1
3.	July 25, 2005	Granby	Hard	Gregory Carraz	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
4.	November 14, 2005	Champaign	Hard Indoors	Justin Gimelstob	7–5, 6–2
5.	April 17, 2006	Chikmagalur	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	7–6, 6–4
6.	May 15, 2006	Fergana	Hard	Alexander Peya	6–0, 6–2
7.	November 6, 2006	Busan	Hard	Paul Goldstein	6–2, 6–0
8.	May 17, 2009	Busan	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	6–2, 6–2

External links

• Danai Udomchoke's Official Website
• Danai Udomchoke at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Udomchoke Recent Match Results
• Udomchoke World Ranking History
• Thai Men Recent Match Results

Persondata
Name	Udomchoke, Danai
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	August 11, 1981
Place of birth	Bangkok, Thailand
Date of death
Place of death