Tamarine Tanasugarn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tamarine Tanasugarn

Thai tennis player

Date of Birth: 24-May-1977

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: United States, Thailand

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Tamarine Tanasugarn

  • Police Lieutenant Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thai: ???????? ??????????, RTGS: Thæmmarin ThansÂŻuka?cn?, [t???mma?ri?n t?ánásĂąka?n]; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai professional tennis player.
  • Born in Los Angeles, United States she turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles. Tanasugarn's highest WTA ranking was No.
  • 19, achieved on 13 May 2002, which is the highest ranking ever achieved for a Thai female player.
  • She has won four singles and eight doubles titles.
  • She was briefly a doubles partner with Maria Sharapova, with whom she won two titles in 2003.
  • Her career-high doubles ranking was No.
  • 15, which she achieved on 13 September 2004.
  • With Liezel Huber, she reached the 2004 US Open doubles quarterfinals, and at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, she reached the women's doubles semifinal with Marina Erakovic.
  • Her biggest success came in 2008, when she reached the singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon. In her career, Tanasugarn has defeated former and current No.
  • 1 players, including AmĂ©lie Mauresmo, Jennifer Capriati, Jelena Jankovic, Dinara Safina and Simona Halep.
  • She has also beaten Australian Open and French Open champion Mary Pierce. Tanasugarn has been regarded as a grass-court specialist; she won most matches on the surface including two grass-court International titles.
  • Tanasugarn at some point held the record of the most singles matches won on grass court among WTA active players.
  • As of 8 July 2013, she was second (with 84 wins) among active players, and 12th on the all-time list.Tanasugarn has also been a regular competitor for the Thailand Fed Cup team, helping the team join the World Group II in 2005 and 2006, after beating Australia and Croatia in their play-off matches. She received a law degree from Bangkok University in 2000.

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